Daily Eucharist Quote – Pope St. John Paul II
"With the Eucharist the intimacy becomes total; the embrace between God and man reaches its apex." Source: Pope St. John Paul II, General Audience - October 11, 2000
"With the Eucharist the intimacy becomes total; the embrace between God and man reaches its apex." Source: Pope St. John Paul II, General Audience - October 11, 2000
"The moment of communion is that special intimacy reserved to real lovers. There are three intimacies in life: hearing, speaking, and touching. Our first contact with anyone who loves us is to hear his voice, our second is to see him, the third--and this is reserved only for intimates--is the privilege of touch. We hear [...]
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: Pope St. John Paul II, General Audience, September 13, 1989
"Communion, union, communication, intimacy: Word, bread, love." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006