Daily quotes on the Eucharist from Saints, Popes and others.
"It is true, that in every place God graciously hears the petitions of those who pray to Him, having promised to do so: 'Ask, and you shall receive;' yet the disciple tells us that Jesus dispenses His graces in greater abundance to those who visit Him in the Most Holy Sacrament." Source: St. Alphonsus [...]
"When the bell calls you to church, if someone asked you: 'Where are you going?' you could answer: 'I am going to feed my soul.' If one asked you, pointing to the tabernacle: 'What is that golden door?' 'It is the larder, it is the storehouse of my soul.' Who is it who has the [...]
"With all the greater reason, then, it is not permissible for us, in thought, life or action, to take away from this truly most holy Sacrament its full magnitude and its essential meaning. It is at one and the same time a Sacrifice-Sacrament, a Communion-Sacrament, and a Presence-Sacrament And, although it is true that the [...]
"Then God eternal said: 'I am letting you know, dearest daughter, that in this sacrament I demand of you and of them the greatest purity that is possible to humanity in this life – so much so that you for your part as well as they ought to constantly strive to attain it. You should [...]
"If eagles, says St. Jerome, on scenting a dead body go from afar to seek it, how much more should we run and fly to Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, as to the most delicious food of our hearts!" Source: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament
"What a wonderful day this is for us. This earth is about to become truly the image of heaven. The feasts and joy of heaven are going to come down to earth. Jesus is going to walk through our city!" Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé D’Ars
"The effect of this sacrament is not merely an increase of habitual grace, but furthermore a certain actual delectation of spiritual sweetness." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
"Chrysostom says (Hom. lxxxii in Matth.): 'Judas was not converted while partaking of the sacred mysteries: hence on both sides his crime becomes the more heinous, both because imbued with such a purpose he approached the mysteries, and because he became none the better for approaching, neither from fear, nor from the benefit received, nor [...]
"The sovereign end of Communion is to form unity of life and person between Jesus Christ and us. It is not perfect if we do not arrive at that,—for it is not our works alone that He desires when descending into us, but ourselves. It seems to me that Our Lord, on quitting the tabernacle [...]
"By the same charity that it enkindles in us, the Eucharist preserves us from future mortal sins. The more we share the life of Christ and progress in his friendship, the more difficult it is to break away from him by mortal sin. The Eucharist is not ordered to the forgiveness of mortal sins - [...]