beyond blessed."To read sacred scripture means to turn to Christ for advice."
— St. Francis of Assisi
"The measure of love is love without measure."
— St. Francis of Sales
"Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it."
— St. Edith Stein
"When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence."
— - St. Francis de Sales
"…In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood."
— St. Francis of Assisi
"What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble Himself like this under the form of a little bread, for our salvation"
— - St. Francis of Assisi
"Recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from His side… whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament."
— St. Augustine
"If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ’s love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude."
— - St. Angela of Foligno
“How can you stay in adoration for so long?”
My friend asked me this question the other day. I actually get this question often or the whole “What are you doing there for so long?!” haha. I really do love adoration though, and it’s a really beautiful sacrament if you don’t know a lot about it. I seriously recommend learning more about it if you’re interested, too! But yeah, if I were to describe adoration, it’s like this; you know when two people are so in love, and they can just rest in each other’s arms for hours without having to say a single word or even look at each other? Like they’re just so in love, that just being in each other’s presence is more than enough for them? That’s what adoration is for me. I don’t have to be thinking, talking, praying, or anything. In adoration I am in the arms of the one that I love and it is there that I am truly home.
“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. Therese of Lisieux
"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."
— Saint Francis of Assisi
"For it is in giving that we receive."
— Saint Francis of Assisi
"Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you."
— Saint Augustine
"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."
— Saint Augustine
"In some cases silence is dangerous."
— Saint Ambrose
"It is in pardoning that we are pardoned."
— Saint Francis of Assisi
