Holy Eucharist Quotes

• There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.

  John Vianney

  Sacrifice, Holy Mass, Given

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• Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven.

  Pope Pius X

  Christian Inspirational, Heaven, Catholic

  "Quotable Saints". Book by Ronda Chervin, p. 79, 2003.

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• Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration.

  Mother Teresa

  Christian, Jesus, Night

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others

  Pope John Paul II

  Christian, Share, Zeal

  Pope John Paul II (1996). “Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Church in India”

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• The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life

  Pope John Paul II

  Christian, Thursday, Blessed Sacrament

  Pope John Paul II (2003). “The Eucharist in the life of the church: encyclical letter of Pope John Paul II, Ecclesia de eucharistia, with three presentations from the 3rd Nigerian National Eucharistic Congress, Ibadan, November 15-17, 2002”

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• In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those who are suffering.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Prayer, Light

  Address by the Holy Father during pastoral visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in Poland at the meeting with the clergy, w2.vatican.va. May 25, 2006.

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• When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Christian, Waiting, Catholic

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• When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Love You, Sacred

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• ...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood.

  Francis of Assisi

  Eye, Son, Blood

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing.

  Saint Peter

  Blessed, Accomplish Nothing, Passionate

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• 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, Way, Bread

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• The Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression of the love of Jesus Christ for man since It is the quintessence of all the mysteries of His Life.

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Jesus, Men, Expression

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• How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Shoes, Giving, May

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• Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you- for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart... don't listen to the demon, laugh at him, and go without fear to receive the Jesus of peace and love.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Faith, Jesus, Heart

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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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• I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ ...; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love.

  Ignatius of Antioch

  Jesus, Blood, Long

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• Ask Jesus to make you a saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can

  Dominic Savio

  Jesus, Saint, Confession

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• Receive Communion often, very often...there you have the sole remedy, if you want to be cured. Jesus has not put this attraction in your heart for nothing.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Jesus, Heart, Want

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• The Holy Eucharist is like a divine Storehouse filled with every virtue; God has placed It in the world so that everyone one may draw from It.

  Peter Julian Eymard

  World, May, Virtue

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• The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Soul, Tents, Guests

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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

  World, Belief, Renovation

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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, Catholic, Church

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

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• Receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with Him, and are given, as it were, a foretaste of the beauty of the heavenly liturgy. The act of adoration outside Mass prolongs and intensifies all that takes place during the liturgical celebration itself.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Mean, Catholic, Receiving

  Alcuin Reid, Pope Benedict XVI (2012). “From Eucharistic Adoration to Evangelization”, p.81, 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, Giving

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• Every morning during meditation, I prepare myself for the whole day's struggle. Holy Communion assures me that I will win the victory; and so it is. I fear the day when I do not receive Holy Communion. This bread of the Strong gives me all the strength I need to carry on my mission and the courage to do whatever the Lord asks of me. The courage and strength that are in me are not of me, but of Him who lives in me - it is the Eucharist.

  Mary Faustina Kowalska

  Christian, Strong, Morning

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