Saint Augustine Quotes About Eucharist

Quotes about: Eucharist

• God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist.

  Saint Augustine

  Omnipotence, Giving, Riches

• Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side... whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.

  Saint Augustine

  Sacrifice, Holy Eucharist, Way

• What you see is the bread and the chalice; that is what your own eyes report to you. But what your faith obliges you to accept is that the bread is the body of Christ and the chalice is the blood of Christ. This has been said very briefly, which may perhaps be sufficient for faith; yet faith does not desire instruction

  Saint Augustine

  Eye, Holy Eucharist, Blood

• We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.

  Saint Augustine

  Sin, Christ, Adore

• Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: 'This is My Body.' No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it.

  Saint Augustine

  Hands, Holy Eucharist, Flesh

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