“Man should tremble,
the world should quake,
all Heaven should be deeply moved
when the Son of God
appears on the altar
in the hands of the priest.”
St. Francis of Assisi
quotes
Eucharistic
DAYS OF GLORY
Fullness of Joy in His Presence
"Only in daily, confidential relationship with the Lord in the tabernacle can one forget self, be free of all one’s own wishes and pretensions, and have a heart open to all the needs and wants of others.”
"I will not allow myself to be so absorbed in the whirlwind of work as to forget about God. I will spend all my free moments at the feet of the Master hidden in the Blessed Sacrament. He has been tutoring me from my most tender years."
“The presence of Jesus in the tabernacle must be a kind of magnetic pole attracting an ever greater number of souls enamoured of him, ready to wait patiently to hear his voice and, as it were, to sense the beating of his heart. “O taste and see that the Lord is good!” (Ps 34:8).
“The Eucharist is the sacrament of love; it signifies love, it produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.z'
“One cannot know the Lord without being in the habit of adoring, of adoring in silence. I believe, if I am not mistaken, that this prayer of adoration is the least known among us; it is the one we engage in the least. To waste time — if I may say it — before the Lord, before the mystery of Jesus Christ. To adore, there in the silence, in the silence of adoration. He is the Lord, and I adore Him.”
"I am making my retreat with the Eucharistic Heart. I am on fire, burning with the desire to love God and to bring others to love Him."
"We shall not be purified by looking at our miseries, but by gazing on Him who is all purity and holiness."
"The best way to economize time is to ‘lose’ half an hour each day attending Holy Mass."
"My burdens were lightened or completely lifted whenever I came to the tabernacle."
"The Sacramental Presence is related to Easter. Christ appeared only to those who knew Him in some way - to Magdalene, Peter, John, all the disciples. But He never appeared to Pilate, Herod, or Caiaphas. The extra Presence is only for friends who want to become better friends."
"St Mary Magdalene seeks the Lord, and when she finds Him, she adores Him ... Adoration takes first place. Mary Magdalene reminds us of the need to recover the primacy of adoration in the life of the Church and in the liturgical celebration."
"To cast fire upon the earth - that is my mission! How I wish it were already blazing fiercely! Nothing in the world can set hearts ablaze with love for God like the Blessed Sacrament. That is why this Divine Bread has been pictured as a furnace of love."
"Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God."
"If I may speak figuratively, drive out the roaring beasts from your domain; do not cease from protecting yourself daily by receiving the Flesh and Blood of the Lord. Let your secret foe see your lips reddened with the Blood of Christ. He will shudder, cower back, and flee to his dark, dank retreat."
"When we go before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament we represent the one in the world who is in most need of God's Mercy." We "Stand in behalf of the one in the world who does not know Christ and who is farthest away from God and we bring down upon their soul the Precious Blood of The Lamb."
"The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect sacrament of the Lord’s passion, since it contains Christ himself and His passion.”
“Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist. Only he gives the fullness of life to humanity! With Mary, say your own “yes” to God, for he wishes to give himself to you.”
“The courage and strength that are in me are not of me, but of him who lives in me- it is the Eucharist.“
“Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated,
I put before you the one great thing to love on earth:
the Blessed Sacrament. . . .
There you will find
romance, glory, honour, fidelity,
and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that:
Death: by the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all,
and yet by the taste—or foretaste—of which alone can
what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained,
or take on that complexion of reality,
of eternal endurance,
which every man’s heart desires.”
J R. R. Tolkien
“It is a fire whose heat will warm and cheer those around you.
They will breathe the Eucharistic presence.
The sweetness which you will draw from your Communion will have its effect on your conduct,
and you will so attract all hearts, first to yourself,
and then to Him Whom you carry in your breast.
Have faith in the influence of the presence of the Lord."
St Peter Julian Eymard