"What a source of grace there is in spiritual communion! Practice it frequently and you'll have greater presence of God and closer union with Him in all your actions." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006
"There He is: King of Kings and Lord of Lords, hidden in the bread. To this extreme has he humbled himself for love of you." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006
"When you approach the tabernacle remember that He has been waiting for you for twenty centuries." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006
"Receive. It's not a lack of respect. Receive today precisely when you have just got over that 'bit of trouble.' Have you forgotten what Jesus said? It is not those who are well but those who are sick who need the physician." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's [...]
"Communion, union, communication, intimacy: Word, bread, love." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei's Founder, Image, 2006
"Receiving Communion everyday for so many years! Anybody else would be a saint by now - you told me - and I… I'm always the same! Son, I replied, keep up your daily Communion, and think: What would I be if I hadn't received?" Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of [...]
"How that saintly young priest, who was found worthy of martyrdom, wept a the foot of the altar as he thought of a soul who had come to receive Christ in the state of mortal sin! Is that how you offer Him reparation?" Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus [...]
"Non manifete, sed quasi in occulto - 'Not publicly, but as if He would keep Himself hidden': thus goes Jesus to the feast of Tabernacles. Thus will He go on the way to Emmaus with Cleophas and his companion. Thus will He be seen after His Resurrection by Mary Magdalene. And thus will He appear [...]
"'Treat Him well for me, treat Him well,' said a certain elderly bishop with tears in his eyes to the priests he had just ordained. Lord, I wish I had the voice and authority to cry out in the same way to the ears and hearts of many, many Christians!" Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, [...]
"Mad! Yes, I saw you (in the bishop's chapel, you thought you were alone) as you left a kiss on each newly-consecrated chalice and paten, so that he might find it there when for the first He would 'come down' to those Eucharistic vessels." Source: St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way: The Essential Classic of [...]