Without prolonged moments of adoration, of prayerful encounter with the word, of sincere conversation with the Lord, our work easily becomes meaningless; we lose energy as a result of weariness and difficulties, and our fervor dies out. The Church urgently needs the deep breath of prayer, and to my great joy groups devoted to prayer and intercession, the prayerful reading of God's word and the perpetual adoration of the Eucharist are growing at every level of ecclesial life.
Lord, I lean on You alone for strength. Give me your arm to support me, your shoulders to carry me, your breast on which to lay my head, your Cross to uphold me, your Eucharist to nourish me. On you Lord, I shall sleep and rest in peace.
Both T. S. Eliot and I like to play, but I like to play euchre, while he likes to play Eucharist.
The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God.
The Eucharist is the full realization of the worship which humanity owes to God, and it cannot be compared to any other religious experience. . . . The risen Lord. . . calls the faithful together to give them the light of His Word and the nourishment of His Body as the perennial sacramental wellspring of redemption. The grace flowing from this wellspring renews mankind, life, and history.
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
All for the Eucharist; nothing for me
The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
The Eucharist is a fire which inflames us
Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.
The surest, easiest, shortest way is the Eucharist
I try to rekindle the fire of the Holy Eucharist
A priest is the God-bearer or Christ-bearer, a living Eucharist of the divine presence, bringing a sympathetic ear and a compassionate heart in which people find God's consolation, understanding and love.
The Eucharist is a never-ending sacrifice. It is the Sacrament of love, the supreme love, the act of love.
The Christ of Bethlehem is the Christ of Galilee, is the Christ of the Crucifixion, is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ of the Eucharist
As a man must be born before he can begin to lead his physical life, so he must be born to lead a Divine Life. That birth occurs in the Sacrament of Baptism. To survive, he must be nourished by Divine Life; that is done in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
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.
Let us never forget that an age prospers or dwindles in proportion to its devotion to the Holy Eucharist. This is the measure of its spiritual life and its faith, of its charity and its virtue.
We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist.
Lord Jesus, Who in the Eucharist make your dwelling among us and become our traveling companion, sustain our Christian communities so that they may be ever more open to listening and accepting your Word. May they draw from the Eucharist a renewed commitment to spreading in society, by the proclamation of your Gospel, the signs and deeds of an attentive and active charity
