Daily quotes on the Eucharist from Saints, Popes and others.
"The marital act is nothing but a fragile and shadowy image of Communion in which, after having offered ourselves under the appearance of bread and wine and having died to our lower self, we now begin to enjoy that ecstatic union with Christ in Holy Communion-a oneness which is, in the language of Thompson, 'a [...]
"They who share this blood stand with Angels and Archangels and the Powers that are above, clothed in Christ's own kingly robe, and having the armor of the Spirit. Nay, I have not as yet said any great thing: they are clothed with the King Himself." Source: St. John Chrysostom, Homily 46 [...]
"Jesus had said in one of his parables: 'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son' (Mt 22:2). The Eucharist is the sacramental anticipation and, in a certain sense, a 'foretaste' of that royal feast which the Book of Revelation calls 'the marriage supper of [...]
"To the offering of Christ are united not only the members still here on earth, but also those already in the glory of heaven. In communion with and commemorating the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the saints, the Church offers the Eucharistic sacrifice. In the Eucharist the Church is as it were at the foot [...]
"Yes, my Jesus, I will please Thee; I consecrate my whole will and all my affections to Thee. O infinite Majesty of God, Thou hast left Thyself in this Divine Sacrament, not only that Thou mightest be present with and near us, but principally to communicate Thyself to Thy beloved souls." Source: St. Alphonsus [...]
"This blood was ever typified of old in the altars and sacrifices of righteous men, This is the price of the world, by This Christ purchased to Himself the Church, by This He has adorned Her all. For as a man buying servants gives gold for them, and again when he desires to deck them [...]
"Nothing on this earth is more excellent than the Eucharist, for Jesus Christ is no longer passible as during His mortal life, but resuscitated, glorified, and regnant." 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 [...]
"Thus, by virtue of the consecration, the species of bread and wine re-present in a sacramental, unbloody manner the bloody propitiatory sacrifice offered by Him on the cross to His Father for the salvation of the world." Source: Pope St. John Paul II, LETTER DOMINICAE CENAE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO [...]
"This sacrament has of itself the power of bestowing grace… when the sacrament itself is really received, grace is increased, and the spiritual life perfected: yet in different fashion from the sacrament of Confirmation, in which grace is increased and perfected for resisting the outward assaults of Christ's enemies. But by this sacrament grace receives [...]
"For thus we come to bear Christ in us, because His Body and Blood are distributed through our members; thus it is that, according to the blessed Peter, we become partakers of the divine nature 2 Peter 1:4 ." Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures