Quotes from the Saints

"Everyday, Jesus humbles himself just as He did when He came from His heavenly throne into the Virgin's womb; everyday He comes to us and lets us see Him in abjection, when He descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar ... What does the poor man do at the rich man’s door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love." - St. Francis of Assisi, 12th century, Italy

"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." "The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament will help bring about everlasting peace on earth.” - Mother Teresa, 20th century, India

"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." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whose order of nuns blossomed worldwide once they began Eucharistic Adoration.

"Not only are we to receive and adore the Eucharist, we must live the Eucharist. We are to let the rays of mercy from the monstrance pass through us and go out through all the world. We are to be icons of mercy, radiating love and mercy to others. There is no greater way to energize ourselves to this task than by spending time in the Presence of the Source of Love and Mercy, Our Lord in the Most Holy Eucharist. This is seen in the example given by one saintly priest: If we were to sit for an hour a few feet away from a radioactive element, how much would that change effect us? The Lord is infinitely more powerful than this and if we go to Him seeking grace and mercy, how much more can we hope to be changed?!" - St. Faustina, Divine Mercy Prayer book.

"This is our daily bread (Holy Communion); take it daily, that it may profit thee daily. Live, as to deserve to receive it daily."- St. Augustine

"Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven."- St. Pius X

"The Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression of the love of Jesus Christ for man." - St. Maria Goretti

"When Our Lord sees pure souls coming eagerly to visit him in the Blessed Sacrament he smiles on them." - St. John Vianney

"They hold aloof from the Eucharist and from services of prayer, because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ...therefore, those who argue against this gift of God will die in their disputes." - St. Ignatius of Antioch

"Do not, therefore, regard the bread and wine as simply that, for they are, according to the Master's declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ. Even though the senses suggest to you the other, let faith make you firm." - St. Cyril of Jerusalem

"It sometimes happens that such apparition comes about not merely by a change wrought in the beholders, but by an appearance which really exists outwardly. And this indeed is seen to happen when it is beheld by everyone under such an appearance, and it remains so not for an hour, but for a considerable time; and, in this case some think that it is the proper species of Christ's body. Nor does it matter that sometimes Christ's entire body is not seen there, but part of His flesh, or else that it is not seen in youthful guise, but in the semblance of a child, because it lies within the power of a glorified body for it to be seen by a non-glorified eye either entirely or in part, and under its own semblance or in strange guise...
While the dimensions remain the same as before, there is a miraculous change wrought in the other accidents, such as shape, color, and the rest, so that flesh, or blood, or a child, is seen. And, as was said already, this is not deception, because it is done to represent the truth, namely, to show by this miraculous apparition that Christ's body and blood are truly in this sacrament."
- St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Part III, Question 76: Of the Way in Which Christ is in This Sacrament, Article 8

"Let us return from that Table like lions breathing out fire, terrifying to the devil!"- St. John Chrysostom

"Every day He humbles Himself just as He did when He came from His heavenly throne into the Virgin's womb; every day He comes to us and lets us see Him in lowliness, when He descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar". - St. Francis of Assisi

"Jesus Christ said over the consecrated elements, 'This is My Body.' You say, 'No. It is not His Body!' Whom am I to believe? I prefer to believe Jesus Christ". - Blessed Dominic Barberi