Eucharist Quotes - Page 4

• I encourage all of you to discover ever more fully in the Eucharist, the sacrament of Christ's sacrificial love, the inspiration and strength needed to work ever more generously for the spread of God's Kingdom and the growth of the civilization of love.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Inspiration, Civilization, Growth

  Pope Benedict XVI'a Address to The Members Of The Papal Foundation, w2.vatican.va. April 20, 2007.

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• And according as we say, "Our Father," because He is The Father of those who understand and believe; so also we call it "our Bread," because Christ is The Bread of those who are in union with His Body. And we ask that this Bread should be given to us daily, that we who are in Christ, and daily receive The Eucharist for the Food of Salvation, may not by the interposition of some heinous sin...be separated from Christ's Body.

  Cyprian

  Father, Believe, Body

  Cyprian (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Saint Cyprian (Annotated Edition)”, p.405, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The kernel is the belief that God is love and, in Catholicism, God's love is present in the world. It is in the sacraments, in the Eucharist, in our families, in our friends, in our neighborhood, and forgiveness in the touch of a friendly hand, in a rediscovered love God is there.

  Andrew Greeley

  Love Is, Hands, Friendly

  "Father Andrew Greeley Extended Interview". Interview With Judy Valente, www.pbs.org. May 10, 2002.

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• Evangelization through the Eucharist, in the Eucharist, and from the Eucharist - these are three inseparable aspects of how the Church lives the mystery of Christ and fulfills her mission of communicating it to all people.... In addition to the preaching of the message, the consummation of evangelization consists in the building up of the Church, which has no real existence without the sacramental life culminating in the Blessed Eucharist

  Pope John Paul II

  Real, Blessed, Building Up

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• And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins and to regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined.

  Justin Martyr

  Believe, Men, Baptism

  Justin Martyr (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr (Annotated Edition)”, p.58, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Christian, Jesus, Blessed

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• O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I would like to be filled with love for You; keep me closely united with You, may my heart be near to Yours. I want to be to You like the apostle John. O Mary of the Rosary, keep me recollected when I say these prayers of yours; bind me forever, with your rosary, to Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament. Blessed be Jesus, my love.

  Pope John XXIII

  Jesus, Prayer, Blessed

  Pope John XXIII, (2000). “Journal of a Soul”, p.50, A&C Black

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• When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Spiritual, Heart, Holy Eucharist

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• In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; eucharistic adoration is simply the natural consequence of the eucharistic celebration, which is itself the Church's supreme act of adoration.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Son, Holy Eucharist, Catholic

  Alcuin Reid, Pope Benedict XVI (2012). “From Eucharistic Adoration to Evangelization”, p.81, A&C Black

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• The happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Faith, Jesus, Inspiration

  Pope Benedict XVI (2006). “God's Revolution: World Youth Day and Other Cologne Talks”, p.34, Ignatius Press

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• Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Believe, Catholic

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• Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies; love for those who make us suffer; chastity in every age and situation of life; patience in suffering and when one is shocked by the silence of God in the tragedies of history or of one's own personal existence. You must always be Eucharistic souls in order to be authentic Christians

  Pope John Paul II

  Christian, Order, Silence

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• Our own belief is that the renovation of the world will be brought about only by the Holy Eucharist.

  Pope Leo XIII

  Holy Eucharist, World, Belief

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• Through adoration, the Christian mysteriously contributes to the radical transformation of the world and to the sowing of the Gospel. Anyone who prays to the Savior draws the whole world with him and raises it to God. Those who stand before the Lord are therefore fulfilling an eminent service. They are presenting to Christ all those who do not know him or are far from him: they keep watch in his presence on their behalf.

  Pope John Paul II

  Christian, World, Sowing

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• The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Fire, Breathing, Devil

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• If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus... We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Giving, Advice

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• The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Faith, Inspiration, Men

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• So let us ask ourselves this evening, in adoring Christ who is really present in the Eucharist: do I let myself be transformed by him? Do I let the Lord who gives himself to me, guide me to going out ever more from my little enclosure, in order to give, to share, to love him and others? Brothers and sisters, following, communion, sharing. Let us pray that participation in the Eucharist may always be an incentive: to follow the Lord every day, to be instruments of communion and to share what we are with him and with our neighbour. Our life will then be truly fruitful.

  Pope Francis

  Brother, Order, Giving

  Pope Francis' Holy Mass On The Solemnity Of Corpus Christi, w2.vatican.va. May 30, 2013.

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• Mary found again in the adorable Host the adorable fruit of her womb... and began in the Cenacle her new maternity at the feet of Jesus in the Eucharist

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Jesus, Feet, Adorable

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• All for the Eucharist; nothing for me

  Margaret Mary Alacoque

  Sacraments

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• 'Eat my flesh,' Jesus says, 'and drink my blood.' The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh and pours out his blood, and nothing is lacking for the growth of his children

  Clement of Alexandria

  Jesus, Children, Blood

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• What gets me back to church, I think, is thinking maybe this time that question "Is it true?" will be answered, not just in terms of somebody saying, "Yes, it's true," but something will happen in a sermon or maybe shuffling up to the Eucharist, or in the old lady who's sitting beside me with a Bible - maybe something will happen which will show me that it's true. So I go back thinking, maybe this time I'll be lucky.

  Frederick Buechner

  Thinking, Church, Saying Yes

  Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. April 5, 2006.

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• When I think how much my Protestant brothers and sisters are missing in not having Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist; when I kneel before the Eucharist and realize I am as truly in Christ's presence as the apostles were but that my Protestant brothers and sisters don't know that, don't believe that - I at first feel a terrible gap between myself and them. What a tremendous thing they are missing!

  Peter Kreeft

  Brother, Real, Believe

  Peter Kreeft (1996). “Ecumenical Jihad: Ecumenism and the Culture War”, p.159, Ignatius Press

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• All my sermons are prepared in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. As recreation is most pleasant and profitable in the sun, so homiletic creativity is best nourished before the Eucharist. The most brilliant ideas come from meeting God face to face. The Holy Spirit that presided at the Incarnation is the best atmosphere for illumination. Pope John Paul II keeps a small desk or writing pad near him whenever he is in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament; and I have done this all my life - I am sure for the same reason he does, because a lover always works better when the beloved is with him.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Blessed, Writing, Creativity

  "Treasure in Clay: The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen". Book by Fulton J. Sheen, 1980.

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• When Jesus wanted to explain to his disciples what his death was all about, he didn't give them a theory, he gave them a meal.

  N. T. Wright

  Jesus, Giving, Meals

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