Quotes on the Eucharist

"Do you want many graces? Go and visit the Blessed Sacrament often. Do you want few graces? Visit the Blessed Sacrament rarely. Do you want none at all? Then never pay a visit to the Blessed Sacrament," - St. John Bosco

"The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself," - St. Peter Julian Eymard

"If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." - St. Maximilian Kolbe


"Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!," - St. Peter Julian Eymard


"God is as really present in the consecrated Host as He is in the glory of Heaven," - St. Paschal Baylon


The angels surround the priest; the whole sanctuary and the space before the altar is filled with the heavenly powers who come to honor Him Who is present upon the altar....Behold the royal table. The angels serve at it.  St Augustine, "The Priesthood"


"You may be sure that of all the moments of your life, the time you spend before the divine Sacrament will be that which will give you more strength during life and more consolation at the hour of your death and during eternity," - St. Alphonsus


"The Eucharist began at Bethlehem in Mary's arms. It was she who brought to humanity the Bread for which it was famishing, and which alone can nourish it. She it was who took care of that Bread for us. It was she who nourished the Lamb whose life-giving Flesh we feed upon," - St. Peter Julian Eymard

There is a particular need to cultivate a lively awareness of Christ's real presence, both in the celebration of Mass and in the worship of the Eucharist outside Mass. - Pope John Paul II


Faith demands that we approach the Eucharist fully aware that we are approaching Christ himself. -Pope John Paul II


The Eucharist was born, on the evening of Holy Thursday, in the setting of the Passover meal. -Pope John Paul II


The Eucharist is a mystery of presence, the perfect fulfillment of Jesus' promise to remain with us until the end of the world. -Pope John Paul II


Let us take the time to kneel before Jesus present in the Eucharist, in order to make reparation by our faith and love for the acts of carelessness and neglect, and even the insults which our Saviour must endure in many parts of the world. -Pope John Paul II


The sacrament of charity, the Holy Eucharist is the gift that Jesus Christ makes of himself, thus revealing to us God's infinite love for every man and woman. - Pope Benedict XVI


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


"Every act of reverence, every genuflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament is important because it is an act of faith in Christ, and act of love for Christ. And every sign of the cross and gesture of respect made each time you pass a church is also an act of faith." - Pope John Paul II


"When we go before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we represent the one in the world who is in most need of God’s Mercy." We "Stand in behalf of the one in the world who does not know Christ and who is farthest away from God and we bring down upon their soul the Precious Blood of The Lamb." - Pope John Paul II

One day St. Teresa of Avila heard someone say: "If only I had lived at the time of Jesus... If only I had seen Jesus... If only I had talked with Jesus..."  To this she responded: "But do we not have in the Eucharist the living, true and real Jesus present before us? Why look for more?"


"Let us submit to God in all things and not contradict Him, even if what He says seems to contradict our reason and intellect; let His word prevail over our reason and intellect. Let us act in this way with regard to the Eucharistic mysteries, and not limit our attention just to what can be perceived by the senses, but instead hold fast to His words. For His word cannot deceive."  St. John Chrysostom, Homily on Matthew, 82.4; PG 58.743


St. Thomas says, the fact that the true body and the true blood of Christ are present in this Sacrament "cannot be apprehended by the senses but only by faith, which rests upon divine authority."


"The Lord did not say: This is symbol of my body, and this is a symbol of my blood, but rather: This is my body and my blood. He teaches us not to look to the nature of what lies before us and is perceived by the senses, because the giving of thanks and the words spoken over it have changed it into flesh and blood."  Theodore of Mopsuestia, Epistle to Magnus, 6; PL 3.1139


Our churches are called the "house of God," and this in very deed they are, since God Himself dwells in them and is always to be found in them.  He is surrounded continually by a countless host of Angels, who serve Him, who adore Him, who worship Him, who praise Him, who offer our prayers to Him.  Fr Martin von Cochem "The Incredible Catholic Mass" pg 25


"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


"Perpetual Adoration, Eucharistic Adoration offers to our people the opportunity to join those in religious life to pray for the salvation of the world, souls everywhere and peace on earth. We cannot underestimate the power of prayer and the difference it will make in our world," - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta


"What shall we say of St. Francis Xavier who at times when distributing Holy Communion felt so carried away by a sense of adoration toward Our Lord Who was in his hands, that he got on his knees and in that position continued giving Holy Communion? Did that not present a witness of faith and love worthy of heaven?"