Nothing sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth, for love is born of God and cannot rest except in God.
— Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Do what you can and do that carefully. Receive the Body of the Lord, your beloved God Who deigns to come to you, not out of habit or necessity, but with fear, with reverence, and with love.
–Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)
A mother feeds her child with her milk, but our beloved mother Jesus feeds us with himself. In tender courtesy he gives us the Blessed Sacrament, the most treasured food of life.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord’s Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces Love.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
