St. Jerome
Feast - Sept. 30
“If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven.”
St. Therese
Feast - Oct. 1
“Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you? For you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart.”
St. Bernadette
Feast - April 16
“The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love. Then the soul appreciates these words, ‘Come all you who are sick, I will restore your health.'”
St. John Paul II
Feast - Oct. 22
“From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others.”
St. Gertrude
Feast - Nov. 16
“I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ’s Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God.”
St. Chrysostom
Feast - Sept. 14
“How many of you say: I should like to see His Face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment.”
St. Mother Teresa
Feast - Sept. 5
“The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth.”
Ven. Fulton Sheen
Feast - Dec. 9
“The greatest love story ever told is contained in a tiny white Host.”
St. Maximilian
Feast - Aug. 14
“You come to me and unite Yourself intimately to me under the form of nourishment. Your Blood now runs in mine, Your Soul, Incarnate God, compenetrates mine, giving courage and support. What miracles! Who would have ever imagined such!”