"But the broken minds and tortured hearts testify to the fact that nothing can satisfy the soul hunger of man, except a nourishment suited to his soul and its aspirations for the perfect… Man's soul being spiritual demands a spiritual food. In the order of grace, this divine food is the Eucharist, or the communion [...]
"Sin is the spiritual death of the soul. Hence man is preserved from future sin in the same way as the body is preserved from future death of the body: and this happens in two ways. First of all, in so far as man's nature is strengthened inwardly against inner decay, and so by means [...]
"It is certain that if we had the happiness of many saints to whom God showed Himself, sometimes as an infant in the manger, sometimes on the Cross, we would be penetrated with a very great reverence for Him. But He is not less present with us under the sacramental veil." Source: St. John [...]
"Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God’s sight. If you consider well what you are within, you will not care what men say about you." Source: Thomas a’ Kempis, The [...]
"The grace of the virtues is infused, but their practice is acquired by subsequent labor and attention. They must be cultivated." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist St. Peter Julian Eymard was a priest and the founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. This religious order is "a Catholic religious congregation [...]
Before so great a sacrament, the faithful can only echo humbly and with ardent faith the words of the Centurion: ""Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo, et sanabitur anima mea"" (""Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and [...]
"Vice mimics virtue, and the tares strive to be thought wheat, growing like the wheat in appearance, but being detected by good judges from the taste." Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
"You are at Adoration, and you experience great joy. You might, indeed, enjoy it, but you prefer to sacrifice it to Our Lord, and you begin to meditate on His Passion. Oh! this is the most agreeable thing you can offer Him for is there anything sweeter and more lawful than the spiritual joys of [...]
"He is there, in the sacrament of His love, sighing, and interceding with His Father for sinners, and He asks that we pray for their salvation." Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé D’Ars
"Only my readiness to encounter my neighbor and to show him love makes me sensitive to God as well. Only if I serve my neighbor can my eyes be opened to what God does for me and how much he loves me… Love of God and love of neighbor are thus inseparable, they form a [...]