Scruples hinder…
Scruples, too… hinder devotion; for they are like thorns which prick the conscience and diquiet it, and will not allow it to find repose and comfort in God.
— Saint Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562)
Most Blessed Sacrament…
Our Redeemer, ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hand to everyone. He opens His heart and says, “Come to Me, all of You.”
— Saint Raphael Kalinowski (1835-1907)
Strive to increase…
Strive to increase from day to day your faith in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist, and never cease to wonder at the miraculous mystery of it, reflecting on how God manifests Himself to you in the guise of bread and wine, and becomes essentially present in you, to make you more holy, righteous and blessed. For blessed are they who do not see, yet believe; according to the words of the Savior (cf. Jn. 20:29).
— Lawrence Scupoli (1529-1610)
In the sacrament…
If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ’s love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude.
–Saint Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)
Grace of graces…
The Sacrament [of the Holy Eucharist] is the Gift of gifts, and the Grace of graces. When the almighty and eternal God comes to us with all the perfection of His thrice holy humanity and His divinity, He surely does not come empty-handed.
— Saint Angela of Foligno (1248-1309)
One Eucharist…
Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: for there is one Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of His Blood; one altar, as there is one bishop with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons.
— Saint Ignatius of Antioch (First Century)
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