Eucharistic God

“If the Angels could envy, they would envy us for Holy Communion.” (St. Pius X)

“The Holy Communion is Paradise on earth.” (St. Madeleine Sophie Barat)

“It is now night, tomorrow morning is approaching and then Jesus will possess me and I will possess Jesus.” (St. Gemma Galgani)

“The Holy Communion is feast of love.” (St. Gemma Galgani)

“You envy the opportunity of the woman who touched the vestments of Jesus, of the sinful woman who washed His feet with her tears, of the women of Galilee who had the happiness of following Him in His pilgrimages, of the Apostles and disciples who conversed with Him familiarly, of the people of the time who listened to the words of grace and salvation which came forth from His lips. You call happy those who saw Him – But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give to Him holy kisses, you will wash Him with your tears, you will carry Him within you like Mary Most Holy.” (St. John Chrysostom)

“When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.” (Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta)

“Were it not for the constant presence of our divine Master in our humble chapel, I would not have found it possible to persevere in sharing the lot of the lepers in Molokai...The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength... It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love in us. He gives Himself every day so that our hearts as burning coals may set afire the hearts of the faithful.” (Blessed Fr. Damien, Apostle of the Lepers)

“Before the coming of Jesus Christ, men fled away from God and, being attached to the earth, refused to unite themselves to their Creator. But the loving God has drawn them to Himself by the bonds of love, as He promised by the prophet Hosea: "I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bonds of love." (11:4). These bonds are the benefits, the lights, the calls to His love, the promises of Paradise which He makes to us, but above all, the gift which He has bestowed upon us of Jesus Christ in the Sacrifice of the Cross and in the Sacrament of the Altar.” (St. Alphonsus Maria Ligouri)

“It was a kiss of love, I felt myself loved, and I replied, ‘I love You and I give myself to You forever.” (St. Therese of Lisieux, Descouvemont and Loose.)

“I would like to be the chalice there, where I would adore the Divine Blood. I can however in the Holy Sacrifice, gather It in me every morning. My soul is therefore more dear to Jesus, it is more precious than vessels of gold.” (Thérèse of the Child Jesus, “Desires near the Tabernacle)

“O Father, Father, today I went to Confession and the confessor has said that I must stop receiving Jesus. O my Father, my pen does not want to write more, my hand shakes strongly, I cry.” (Wrote St. Gemma Galgani to her spiritual director after a confessor forbade her to receive the Holy Communion.)

One day St. Mary Magdalene of Pazzi's dead father appeared to her and he said that one hundred and seven Holy Communions were necessary for him to be able to leave Purgatory. At the last of the one hundred and seven Holy Communions offered for him, the saint saw her father ascend into Heaven.

St. Paul said, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” (Gal. 2:20)

“When Jesus is corporally present within us, the angels surround us as a guard of love.” (St. Bernard)

“But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. (1 Cor. 11:28-29)

“They who make a sacrilegious Communion receive Satan and Jesus Christ into their hearts — Satan, that they may let him rule, and Jesus Christ, that they may offer Him in sacrifice as a Victim to Satan.” (St. Cyril)

“Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with Him. Theological insights are gained not only from between two covers of a book, but from two bent knees before an altar. The Holy Hour becomes like an oxygen tank to revive the breath of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the foul and fetid atmosphere of the world.” (Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen)

“Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven." (Pope St. Pius X)

“and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.” (Matthew 22:12)

“The best preparation for Holy Communion is that which is made with Mary.” (St. Peter Eymard)

“How beautiful it is to receive Communion with the Mother of Paradise.” (St. Gemma)

“When you have received Jesus into your hearts, can any sacrifice be impossible for you?” (St. Vincent de Paul)

“Father, it will be a good thing if I deal with the heavenly Doctor. I want to go to Confession and receive Holy Communion.” (The gravely sick St. Dominic Savio said to his father.)

“I need light and prudence to manage very difficult affairs, and every day I can consult Jesus in Holy Communion. He is my great Teacher.” (St. Thomas More)

“If I had to go miles and miles over burning coals in order to receive Jesus, I would say the way was easy, as if I were walking on a carpet of roses.” (St. Catherine of Genoa)

“Medicine is a great science, but God is the great Physician.” (St. Joseph Cottolengo)

“But father, as for me, I become ill if I don't receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.” (St. Gemma Galgani)

“When I am before the Blessed Sacrament I feel such a lively faith that I can't describe it. Christ in the Eucharist is almost tangible to me...When it is time for me to leave, I have to tear myself away from His sacred presence.” (St. Anthony of Claret)

“Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you.” (St. Augustine)

“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.” (St. Clement of Alexandria)

“I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I desire his blood, which is love incorruptible.” (St. Ignatius of Antioch)

“When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries." (St. Josemaria Escriva)

“If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ's love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude." (St. Angela of Foligno)

“O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive." (St. Ephraem)

“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." (St. Francis de Sales)

“In one day the Eucharist will make you produce more for the glory of God than a whole lifetime without it." (St. Peter Julian Eymard)

“In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood." (St. Francis of Assisi)

“I hunger for the bread of God, the flesh of Jesus Christ; I long to drink of his blood, the gift of unending love. " (St. Ignatius of Antioch)

“If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven." (St. Jerome)

“All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in comparison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man." (St. John Vianney)

“You come to me and unite Yourself intimately to me under the form of nourishment. Your Blood now runs in mine, Your Soul, Incarnate God, compenetrates mine, giving courage and support. What miracles! Who would have ever imagined such!" (St. Maximilian Kolbe)

“He is The Bread sown in the virgin, leavened in the Flesh, molded in His Passion, baked in the furnace of the Sepulchre, placed in the Churches, and set upon the Altars, which daily supplies Heavenly Food to the faithful." (St. Peter Chrysologus)

“St. Joseph worshiped Jesus as no saint before had done. From his deep, calm soul he poured out a very ocean of love - tenderest love, humblest love, love shrinking from being like the Father's love, yet also daring to be like it as Mary's had been like the conjoined loves of Father and of Spirit, as she was Mother and Spouse conjoined. No angel might love Jesus as Joseph loved Him, as Joseph was bound to love Him. No temporal love but Mary's could be more like an eternal love than the love of Joseph for the Child, because of its likeness to the love of the everlasting Father. Aside from the Blessed Virgin, Saint Joseph was the first and most perfect adorer of Our Lord." (St. Peter Julian Eymard)

“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." (St. Therese of Lisieux)

“Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing." (St. Peter Julian Eymard)

“Jesus has prepared not just one Host, but one for everyday of our life. The Hosts for us are ready. Let us not forfeit even one of them." (St. Peter Julian Eymard)

“The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble because it has God as its object; it is the most profitable for salvation, because It gives us the Author of Grace; it is the sweetest, because the Lord is Sweetness Itself." (St. Pius X)

“My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You." (St. Alphonsus Ligouri)

“We must visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament a hundred thousand times a day." (St. Francis de Sales)

“There is a school in Heaven, and there one has only to learn how to love. The school is in the Cenacle; the Teacher is Jesus; the matter taught is His Flesh and His Blood." (St. Gemma Galgani)

“The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks." (St. Therese of Lisieux)

“Every Consecrated Host is made to burn Itself up with love in a human heart." (St. John Vianney)

“I love so much a soul's desire to receive Me, that I hasten to it each time it summons Me by its yearnings." (Words of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque)