The Bible is…
The Bible is the Word of God, the Word made flesh is the Eucharist. I put both of them on the altar and kneel down before them.
–Carlo Carretto (1910-1988)
No other sacrament…
No other sacrament has greater healing power; through it sins are purged away, virtues are increased, and the soul is enriched with an abundance of every spiritual gift. It is offered in the Church for the living and the dead, so that what was instituted for the salvation of all may be for the benefit of all.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
The Eucharist is…
The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Receive Holy Communion
Above all, we are made members of the Body of Christ by virtue of the sacrament in which Christ himself is present. When we partake of the sacrifice and receive Holy Communion and are nourished by the flesh and blood of Jesus, we ourselves become his flesh and blood.
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
The Bread we need…
The Bread that we need each day to grow in eternal life, makes of our will a docile instrument of the Divine Will; sets the Kingdom of God within us; gives us pure lips, and a pure heart with which to glorify his holy name.
— Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
One Holy Communion…
One Holy Communion well made is quite enough to make us perfect saints.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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