Catholic Quotes on the Eucharist & Mass

"You can 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

"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

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

- Pope Pius X

"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


The Lord's Day, a gut check on how much you want to be with God

If you don't want to spend an hour with God on Sunday, then what makes you think you want to spend eternity with Him?  And if you don't want to spend eternity with Him, don't worry, you won't.
--Fr. Rodger Fleming

"The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion." 

- St. Thomas Aquinas

Unless we believe & 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. 

--Mother Teresa

"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 - Sacramentum Caritatis 66

from an address to priests in Poland, May 25, 2006

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

- St. Maximilian Kolbe

"Make frequent visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and the devil will be powerless against you." 

- St. John Bosco

"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 - from his meeting with members of the Roman clergy

March 2, 2006

'Holy Communion is the most efficacious means of uniting the soul to God.'

--St. Paul of the Cross

"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." 

- St. Alphonsus Liguori

 St. Thomas Aquinas (June 8) -- "The Blessed Sacrament is the perfect sacrament of the Lord's passion, since it contains Christ Himself and His Passion."

• St. Cyril of Jerusalem (June 15) -- "The bread and wine of the Eucharist before the invocation of the holy and adorable Trinity were simply bread and wine. But after the invocation the bread becomes the Body of Christ and the wine becomes the Blood of Christ."

• St. Paul (June 29) -- "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26).

• St. Alphonsus Liguori (July 13) -- "Christ is present on our altars ... to show us the love which He bears us, by being pleased to dwell night and day hidden in the midst of us."

• St. Teresa of Avila (July 20) -- "God the Father bestows on us indescribable blessings through the humanity of His Son."

• St. Peter Julian Eymard (July 27) -- "In all that He did from the Incarnation to the Cross, the end Jesus Christ had in mind was the gift of the Eucharist."

• St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower (Aug. 3) -- "The Eucharist on earth is both the anticipation and promise of communion with God in heaven."

• St. Augustine (Aug. 10 ) -- "The Holy Eucharist is our daily bread from heaven. Live as to deserve to receive it daily."

• Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Aug. 17) -- "If I can give you any advice, I beg you to get closer to the Eucharist and to Jesus."

• St. Ambrose (Aug. 24) -- "This is the bread of everlasting life which supports the substance of our souls."

• St. Francis of Assisi (Aug. 31) -- "Just as he appeared to the apostles in the flesh, Christ is visible to us in the Sacred Bread and Wine."

• Blessed John Paul II (Sept. 7) -- "The first two sacraments (baptism and confirmation) and the most holy mystery of the Eucharist are linked with the vocation to the priesthood and episcopate by a bond o strong and deep that it constantly reveals new riches to our grateful hearts."