Daily quotes on the Eucharist from Saints, Popes and others.
"By praying the Psalms, the Scripture readings and the readings drawn from the great tradition which are included in the Divine Office, we can come to a deeper experience of the Christ-event and the economy of salvation, which in turn can enrich our understanding and participation in the celebration of the Eucharist." Source: Pope [...]
"He endows you with intelligence, and He wants its fruits. Let all your studies be for Him. Examine yourself well on this subject, and you will find that you are taking back something every day. You study for yourself, through your natural attraction for such or such a subject, and yet the science of the [...]
"Take care not to look about you. Keep your eyes lowered and your hands joined, and say the Confiteor. While you are waiting for Communion, stir up in your heart a great love for Jesus Christ, and humbly beg Him to deign to come to your poor and miserable heart." Source: St. John Vianney, [...]
"It is written (Jn. 6:52): 'If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever.' But eternal life is the life of glory. Therefore the attaining of glory is an effect of this sacrament." Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
"In the Eucharist - on each occasion - there is re-presented the sacrifice of the Body and Blood offered by Christ once for all on the cross to the Father for the redemption of the world." Source: Pope St. John Paul II, General Audience, September 13, 1989
"St. Ambrose says about this conversion: Be convinced that this is not what nature has formed, but what the blessing has consecrated. The power of the blessing prevails over that of nature, because by the blessing nature itself is changed.... Could not Christ's word, which can make from nothing what did not exist, change existing [...]
"'My eyes and my heart shall be there always.' 1 Kings 9:3. Behold, Jesus has verified this beautiful promise in the Sacrament of the Altar, wherein He dwells with us night and day." Source: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament
"In the bread and wine that we bring to the altar, all creation is taken up by Christ the Redeemer to be transformed and presented to the Father." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, SACRAMENTUM CARITATIS (Sacrament of Charity), 2/22/2007
"Communion! Oh, what an honor God does to His creature. He rests on his tongue, passes by his palate as by a little road, and stops in his heart as on a throne." Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé D’Ars
"Since Christ our Redeemer declared that to be truly His own body which He offered under the form of bread, it has, therefore, always been a firm belief in the Church of God, and this holy council now declares it anew, that by the consecration of the bread and wine a change is brought about [...]