"Adore now the obedience of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. What promptitude! What passive, blind, absolute submission, without condition or reserve! The priest is His master, whom He always obeys, whether he be holy, fervent, or not. He obeys all the Faithful who oblige Him to come to them by Communion, when and as [...]
"In the world, a man released from prison is always marked by dishonor and a bad name. But Jesus rehabilitates those that He pardons. He treats them as if they had never offended Him, and frequently the greatest sinners become the greatest saints." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist St. Peter Julian [...]
"In His Eucharist, Jesus is the very essence of purity. He is so pure that He unites Himself to no body, not even to the substance of the bread, since He destroys it in order to take its place; nor even to the visible accidents, for He is united to them neither substantially nor personally. [...]
"In the institution of the Church and the priesthood. He wished again to perpetuate forever His mercy. Priests do not exist to give certificates of virtue to the just, but to absolve and console poor sinners." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist St. Peter Julian Eymard was a priest and the founder [...]
"Ah! if in the world they knew what the religious life is, they would storm the convents, and no one would remain in it!" 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 order is "a [...]
"The grace of purity comes only from Our Lord. Communion gives it, increases it, strengthens it, preserves and maintains it against all the assaults of hell, the world, and the flesh. You drink there the virginal Blood of the spotless Lamb. It is absolutely true that, without Communion, one cannot be chaste." Source: St. [...]
"Humility — so fondly did Our Lord embrace it, love it, make it His own that it is the only thing in which He glories and wishes us to see in Him: 'Discite a me quia humilis corde — Learn of Me that I am meek and humble of Heart!' See what pride cost Him, [...]
"If what you have commenced well by grace you finish by self-love, it becomes worthless as far as recompense is concerned. So, venial sin renders good things bad. It looks out for them in order eventually to destroy them. We are then, like the laborer who sees the hail destroying in the twinkling of an [...]
"Sometimes we pride ourselves on the merit of having become a religious, and think we have done a heroic action. Alas! we are in arrears with mercy. The advantage is all on our side. We receive a hundred times more than we have given." Source: St. Peter Julian Eymard, The Divine Eucharist St. Peter [...]
"If poverty sometimes costs, raise your eyes, and look upon Jesus in the Eucharist. He is still poorer than you, He has much less than you. You will never equal His poverty. He keeps only the species, not even the small substance that would represent a host, if it remained bread. No, He has but [...]