“The Holy Eucharist is a need of the heart of Christ, just as it is a need of our hearts." "Sanctify and dedicate yourselves in all things in the spirit of love which prompted Our Lord to institute the Holy Eucharist, wherein He perpetuates the gift of His love to the glory of the Father.” NeedsHeartSpiritFatherChristLordHolyGloryAll ThingsSacramentsHis LoveOur LordInstituteEucharistSanctifyHoly Eucharist Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“When later he [St. Joseph] carried the Child in his arms, acts of loving faith welled up constantly in his heart. It was a worship that pleased our Lord more than that which he receives in heaven. Picture to yourself Saint Joseph, adoring the little Child in his arms as his God. He tells of his readiness to die for Christ, of all his plans to promote Christ's glory, and to win more souls to his love. No lover builds more scintillating plans for his loved one than a saint.” HeartChildrenLittlesSoulDiesWinningHeavenChristLordPlansArmsLoversWorshipGlorySaintLoved OnesSacramentsHis LoveOur LordReadiness Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“The shepherds - simple souls - came to adore the Infant Savior. Mary rejoiced at seeing their homage and willing offerings they made to her Jesus... How happy is the loving soul when it has found Jesus with Mary, His Mother! They who know the Tabernacle where He dwells, they who receive Him into their souls, know that His conversation is full of divine sweetness, His consolation ravishing, His peace superabundant, and the familiarity of His love and His Heart ineffable” KnowsHeartMadeSoulMotherFoundJesusSimpleSeeingDivineWillingConversationSaviorOfferingMarySacramentsAdoreSweetnessConsolationHis LoveInfantFamiliarityShepherdsHomageIneffable Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“God is so big He can cover the whole world with His love, and so small He can curl up inside your heart.” WorldHeartWholeGodBigsWhole WorldHis LoveCurls Book:Quiet Moments for Women: A Daily Devotional Source: Quiet Moments for Women: A Daily Devotional
“Our method of proclaiming salvation is this: to point out to every heart the loving Lamb, who died for us, and although He was the Son of God, offered Himself for our sins ... by the preaching of His blood, and of His love unto death, even the death of the cross.” HeartChristSinBloodSonCrossesDiedMethodSalvationPreachingHis LoveLambsProclaiming Author:Nicolaus Zinzendorf
“O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God! To spread, where'er thy golden feet have trod, The benediction of His grace divine: To hold the promise of His final plan Blazing before the eyes of human-kind, And, at thy setting, leave His love enshrined Anew in the reminded heart of man!” MenWorldHumansHeartKindEyeSunGracePlansFeetDivineHolyPromiseTasksEmbraceFinalsSpreadSettingChristmasGoldenSettingsHis LoveFoldsBlazingBenediction Author:Guy Wetmore Carryl