Daily quotes on the Eucharist from Saints, Popes and others.
"The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go to meet him in adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and open to making amends for the serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our adoration [...]
"Faith in and love for the Eucharist cannot allow Christ's presence in the tabernacle to remain alone (cf. CCC 1418). Already in the Old Testament we read that God dwelt in a 'tent' (or 'tabernacle'), which was called the '"meeting tent' (Ex 33:7). The meeting was desired by God." Source: Pope St. John Paul [...]
"What a consolation it is to a poor prisoner to have an affectionate friend, who keeps him company, consoles him, gives him hope, succours him, and thinks of relieving him in his misery! Behold our good Friend Jesus Christ, who in this Sacrament encourages us, saying: 'Behold, I am with you all days.'" Source: [...]
"The effect of this sacrament (Eucharist) is received according to man's condition: such is the case with every active cause in that its effect is received in matter according to the condition of the matter. But such is the condition of man on earth that his free-will can be bent to good or evil. Hence, [...]
"If He had not died, He would now mount Calvary to save us; and if He had not already instituted the Blessed Sacrament, He would institute It for each one of us. Does not Saint Paul say: 'He loved me' concentrating in himself alone all the love of Our Lord?" Source: Â St. Peter Julian [...]
"The keenness of the mind is blunted by bodily pleasures, how much more, in the region of revealed truths, do these same pleasures obscure the light of faith, or even, by the just judgment of God, entirely extinguish it. For these pleasures at the present day an insatiable appetite rages, infecting all classes as with [...]
"The Synod speaks further of the Eucharist as the 'heart of priestly existence.' This means that the presbyter, desiring to be and remain personally and profoundly attached to Christ, finds him first in the Eucharist, the sacrament which brings about this intimate union, open to a growth which can reach the heights of mystical identification. [...]
"In his Eucharistic presence he remains mysteriously in our midst as the one who loved us and gave himself up for us, and he remains under signs that express and communicate this love." Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church #1385
"What a source of grace there is in spiritual communion! Practice it frequently and you'll have greater presence of God and closer union with Him in all your actions." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006
"It is sweet to every one to be in the company of a dear friend: and shall we not find it sweet, in this valley of tears, to remain in the company of the best Friend we have, and who can do us every kind of good; who loves us with the most tender affection, [...]