"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 [...]
"I will hide from people’s eyes whatever good I am able to do so that God Himself may be my reward. I will be like a tiny violet hidden in the grass, which does not hurt the foot that treads on it, but diffuses its fragrance and, forgetting itself completely, tries to please the person [...]
"The effect of this sacrament ought to be considered, first of all and principally, from what is contained in this sacrament, which is Christ; Who, just as by coming into the world, He visibly bestowed the life of grace upon the world, according to Jn. 1:17: 'Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ,' so also, [...]
"There are some people who go to Holy Communion to gain the esteem of the world. It avails them nothing. Others go out of habit. Poor Communions, they have not the right intention. Go to Communion to obey Jesus Christ, who has commanded you to do so, under pain of not having eternal life. Go [...]
"Be sure, my daughter, that if you seek to lead a devout life, you must not merely forsake sin, but you must further cleanse your heart from all affections pertaining to sin; for, to say nothing of the danger of a relapse, these wretched affections will perpetually enfeeble your mind, and clog it, so that [...]
"Do all your actions as a preparation for Holy Communion. Converse with Jesus Christ who reigns in your heart by His grace. Think how He will come on the altar and from there into your soul to visit it and to enrich it with all sorts of good things and happiness." Source: St. John [...]
"The Venerable Father Alvarez saw Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with His hands filled with graces, and seeking to whom He might dispense them. Of St. Catharine of Sienna it is related, that when she approached the Most Holy Sacrament, she did so precisely with the same loving avidity with which a child flies to [...]
"PRAYER, incessant prayer, otherwise called the habit of prayer, is necessary for every Christian... We can do no good, practice no virtue without prayer, which obtains for us the grace of goodness and virtue. Prayer is the foundation of all the virtues, and faith itself, the beginning of justice, it but the exercise of prayer." [...]
"St. John says that he saw our Lord girt up with a golden girdle, which supported His breasts: 'I saw the Son of Man girt about the paps with a golden girdle' (Apoc. i. 12, 13). Thus also is Jesus in the Sacrament of the Altar, with His breasts all filled with milk; that is [...]
"It is never too late for God’s grace. It is a peculiar psychological fact that those who turn to God late in life generally consider all their previous life wasted." Source: Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Way to Happiness, St. Pauls, 1998.