“How happy I will be if I keep my heart free from attachment to anyone, and chained to Jesus, my God, alone... I will devote all my efforts to this end... I will go before the Blessed Sacrament, and there sign these resolutions with my blood.” IfsHeartEndsJesusEffortBloodMy HeartBlessedAttachmentResolutionSacramentsChainedBlessed Sacrament Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“[It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant contained the true sacrifice of Christ's Passion only in symbol....Therefore it was necessary that the sacrifice of the New Covenant, instituted by Christ, have something more, namely, that it contain Christ Himself who has suffered and contain Him not only in symbol but in reality.” BodyRealityPassionChristSacrificeBloodPerfectionSymbolsAppropriateSacramentsCovenant Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Jesus Lord, kind Pelican, Cleanse my filth with Thy blood, One drop of which can save The whole world from all its sin” WorldKindWholeJesusSinLordBloodWhole WorldSacramentsFilthPelicans Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O good Jesus, hear me. Within Thy wounds hide me. Permit me not to be separated from Thee. From the wicked foe defend me. At the hour of my death call me. And bid me come to Thee. That with Thy saints I may praise Thee For ever and ever. Amen.” MaySoulBodyPassionJesusSidesChristWaterHoursBloodPraiseSaintWoundsTheeWickedCall MePermitSacramentsFoeAmenSave MeSanctifyBody Of ChristPassion Of The Christ Book:The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph Source: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius: A New Translation Based on Studies in the Language of the Autograph
“What is the mark of a Christian? That he be purified of all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit in the Blood of Christ, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God and the love of Christ, and that he have no blemish nor spot nor any such thing; that he be holy and blameless and so eat the Body of Christ and drink His Blood; for 'he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgement to himself.' What is the mark of those who eat the Bread and drink the Cup of Christ? That they keep in perpetual remembrance Him who died for us and rose again.” BodyChristianSpiritChristBloodDrinkHolyMarkDiedRoseFleshBreadSpotsCupsJudgementPerpetualRemembranceSacramentsSanctificationBody Of ChristBlamelessDefilement Author:Saint Basil
“The gospel has but a forced alliance with war. Its doctrine of human brotherhood would ring strangely between the opposed ranks. The bellowing speech of cartoon and the baptism of blood mock its liturgies and sacraments. Its gentle beatitudes would hardly serve as mottoes for defiant banners, nor its list of graces as names for ships-of-the-line.” HumansWarNamesLinesGraceBloodSpeechListsRingsDoctrineShipsGentleBrotherhoodSacramentsCartoonAlliancesMockBaptismBannerLiturgy Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“He who receives Communion is made holy and Divinized in soul and body in the same way that water, set over a fire, becomes boiling... Communion works like yeast that has been mixed into dough so that it leavens the whole mass; ...Just as by melting two candles together you get one piece of wax, so, I think, one who receives the Flesh and Blood of Jesus is fused together with Him by this Communion, and the soul finds that he is in Christ and Christ is in him” ThinkingWayHas BeensMadeTwoSoulWholeBodyTogetherJesusChristWaterFirePiecesBloodHolyMassFleshCandleCommunionSacramentsMeltingOne PieceFlesh And BloodBoilingDoughSoul And BodyYeastBlood Of Jesus Author:Cyril of Alexandria