“Love it is that makes you a pilgrim. You are a pilgrim because you love something that you shall not see here, because you are seeking after that which is invisible, which ‘no man has seen and lived.’” — Father Bede Jarrett, O.P. Viaticum, the […]
“It is God who does it, the same God who fed so many thousands with the little barley loaves and little fishes, multiplying them, of course, in the hands which distributed them.” — St. Elizabeth Ann Seton In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus takes the loaves and […]
“I am at present an exile from the tabernacle, and I hunger for Jesus in the Eucharist. Will I be able to go on Sunday to tell him my joy in the Resurrection and renew my offering?” —Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur Elisabeth Leseur, whose […]
“And whence will come this flesh; whence will come this blood? They will come from this bread and from this wine: an all-powerful word will be uttered, which will change this bread into the flesh of the Savior, and this wine into his blood. All […]
“Were it your wedding day before you, would you not have disregarded all else, and set about the preparation for the feast? And on the eve of consecrating your soul to the heavenly Bridegroom, will you not cease from carnal things, that you may win […]
“Without the sacraments of the Church, primarily the Eucharist, the Lord’s Supper as it is sometimes called, I certainly do not think that I could go on.” — Servant of God Dorothy Day Dorothy Day admits in her diary that she does not always approach […]
“By analogy with the Covenant of Mount Sinai, sealed by sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood, the actions and words of Jesus at the Last Supper laid the foundations of the new messianic community, the People of the New Covenant.” — Saint John Paul II […]
“In the Old Testament also there was show-bread; but this, as it belonged to the Old Testament, has come to an end; but in the New Testament there is Bread of heaven, and a Cup of salvation, sanctifying soul and body.” — St. Cyril of […]
“‘I am the living bread, which came down from heaven.’ For that reason living, because I came down from heaven. The manna also came down from heaven; but the manna was only a shadow, this is the truth.” – Saint Augustine The Israelites were given […]
“The dough they had brought out of Egypt they baked into unleavened loaves. It was not leavened, because they had been driven out of Egypt and could not wait. They did not even prepare food for the journey.” — Exodus 12:39 The Israelites, departing in […]