Promoting Belief in and Reverence for our Eucharistic Lord
“What would your wife say if you were a whole month without showing her any marks of affection? She would say that you do not love her. You would cause trouble in your home. Well, when you do not receive Communion, God says to Himself that you do not love Him. And there is trouble in your soul.”
(Saint Andre Bessette)
| “How much do I love You, O my Jesus! I wish to love You with my whole heart, yet I do not love You enough. I have but one desire, that of being near You, in the Blessed Sacrament. Thou art the sweet Bridegroom of my soul. My Jesus, my love, my all, gladly would I endure hunger, thirst, heat and cold to remain always with You in the Blessed Sacrament. Amen.” |
| St. John Neumann |
I should never cease to express my sorrow for the neglect and coldness which is shown to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. How great must be His love for us, since He does not become disgusted with so much ingratitude. People go to the trouble to see various objects of beauty, curiosity, or entertainment. Yet, here upon the altar is the grandest, greatest, most magnificent of all beings. How dull can the human mind be! How hard can the human heart become! This is our all-loving Savior, our God! In Him we live, and move, and exist. Truly, without Him we are nothing. In Him alone shall I find perfect peace and all-satisfying happiness.
(The Sacrifice of the Mass – Cardinal Giovanni Bona)
“Beloved souls, in suffering and in joy, go to Jesus hidden in the Sacred Host and let
the sweetness of His loving gaze fill you.”
“Like the sick who expose their diseased bodies to the healing rays of the sun, expose
miseries, no matter what they are, to the beams of light streaming forth from the
Sacred Host.”
(From “The Holy Eucharist” by Jose Guadalupe Trevino)
St. Teresa of Avila
“Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the most tender of friends with souls who seek to please Him. His goodness knows how to proportion itself to the smallest of His creatures as to the greatest of them. Be not afraid then in your solitary conversations, to tell Him of your miseries, fears, worries, of those who are dear to you, of your projects, and of your hopes. Do so with confidence and with an open heart.”
St. Damien of Molokai
“How sweet is the moment in which poor humanity, wearied and afflicted, may remain alone, with Jesus alone, in the Sacrament of Love; for there the Lord, with His flaming heart open, calls unto all, ‘You that are burdened and heavy laden, come unto Me and I will refresh you.’ Happy are those hearts that know how to satisfy the
unquenchable hunger and thirst in this heavenly banquet!”
Father. M.J. Corcoran, O.S.A.
“Our Redeemer ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hands to
everyone. He opens His heart and says, ‘Come to Me, all of you.'”
St. Raphael Kalinowski, O.C.D.
(From “They Have Been With Jesus” by Rev. Franklyn M. McAfee)
I Thirst for Your Love! 