Daily quotes on the Eucharist from Saints, Popes and others.
"Father Salesius, of the Society of Jesus, felt consolation in only speaking of the Most Blessed Sacrament: he could never visit It enough: when called to the parlour, on returning to his room, when going about the house, he always profited of these occasions to repeat his visits to his beloved Lord; so much so, [...]
"The Sacrament of the Eucharist is itself a striking and wonderful figure of the unity of the Church, if we consider how in the bread to be consecrated many grains go to form one whole, and that in it the very Author of supernatural grace is given to us, so that through Him we may [...]
"The act of adoration outside Mass prolongs and intensifies all that takes place during the liturgical celebration itself." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"Like us, the Apostles could not expose the Eucharist. They were even obliged to hide It, on account of the persecutions. The time for the Eucharist had not yet come. The world had to be conquered by the Cross of Jesus Christ before elevating Him on a throne to reign. But to-day, He desires to [...]
"How many Christians have time on their hands and who never deign to come alone to visit their Saviour. Oh! what a shame on us! If some novelty turns up, one leaves everything and runs to it. As for our God, we fly from Him." Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé [...]
At every celebration of the Eucharist, we are spiritually brought back to the paschal Triduum: to the events of the evening of Holy Thursday, to the Last Supper and to what followed it. Source: St. John Chrysostom, Homily 47
"According to these words of Jesus, the Eucharist is a pledge of the resurrection to come, but it is already a source of eternal life in time. Jesus does not say 'will have eternal life,' but 'has eternal life.' Through the food of the Eucharist, Christ's eternal life penetrates and flows within human life." [...]
"Man has a soul, as well as a body. The spiritual part of him demands a food which is above the material and the physical and the biological." Source: Ven. Fulton Sheen, These are the Sacraments
"Oh, what awesome mysteries take place during Mass! A great mystery is accomplished in the Holy Mass. With what great devotion should we listen to and take part in this death of Jesus. One day we will know what God is doing for us in each Mass, and what sort of gift He is preparing [...]
"The power of this sacrament can be considered in two ways. First of all, in itself: and thus this sacrament has from Christ's Passion the power of forgiving all sins, since the Passion is the fount and cause of the forgiveness of sins. Secondly, it can be considered in comparison with the recipient of the [...]