"The holy council in the next place calls to mind that the Church has instructed priests to mix water with the wine that is to be offered in the chalice; because it is believed that Christ the Lord did this, and also because from His side there came blood and water; the memory of this [...]
"The Eucharist is the sacrament of ecclesiastical unity, which is brought about by many being 'one in Christ.'" Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
"You should love nothing but in the Eucharist and on account of its relations to the Eucharist. Jesus Eucharistic ought to be your final love in all things. You ought to love only on account of Him." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist St. Peter Julian Eymard was a priest and the [...]
"In an ancient prayer the Church acclaims the mystery of the Eucharist: 'O sacred banquet in which Christ is received as food, the memory of his Passion is renewed, the soul is filled with grace and a pledge of the life to come is given to us.' If the Eucharist is the memorial of the [...]
"The Eucharist and Penance thus become in a sense two closely connected dimensions of authentic life in accordance with the spirit of the Gospel, of truly Christian life. The Christ who calls to the Eucharistic banquet is always the same Christ who exhorts us to penance and repeats his 'Repent'." Source: Pope St. John [...]
"He [Fr. Alvarez] used also to say, that religious persons were indeed fortunate, because in the very houses in which they reside, they can, whenever they please, either night or day, visit this great Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament; and this lay people cannot do." Source: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Visits to the Most [...]
"This sacrament, whether as the theme of devout meditation, or as the object of public adoration, or best of all as a food to be received in the utmost purity of conscience, is to be regarded as the centre towards which the spiritual life of a Christian in all its ambit gravitates; for all other [...]
"The Eucharist and the unity of Christians. Before the greatness of this mystery St. Augustine exclaims, 'O sacrament of devotion! O sign of unity! O bond of charity!' The more painful the experience of the divisions in the Church which break the common participation in the table of the Lord, the more urgent are our [...]
"The love that we celebrate in the sacrament is not something we can keep to ourselves. By its very nature it demands to be shared with all. What the world needs is God's love; it needs to encounter Christ and to believe in him. The Eucharist is thus the source and summit not only of [...]
"When the bell rings you can say: 'What is there? The Body of Our Lord.' 'Why is it there? Because a priest has been there and said Mass.'" Source: St. John Vianney, The Meditations of the Curé D’Ars