2. "Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven." Pope St. Pius X
3. "In the Eucharist, the Son of God comes to meet us and desires to become one with us; eucharistic adoration is simply the natural consequence of the eucharistic celebration, which is itself the Church's supreme act of adoration." Pope Benedict XVI
4. "There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to..." St. John Vianney
5. "If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." St. Maximilian Kolbe
6. "In one day the Eucharist will make you produce more for the glory of God than a whole lifetime without it." St. Peter Julian Eymard
7. "When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now." St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
8. "The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life," St. Pope John Paul II
9. "And just as He appeared before the holy Apostles in true flesh, so now He has us see Him in the Sacred Bread. Looking at Him with the eyes of their flesh, they saw only His Flesh, but regarding Him with the eyes of the spirit, they believed that He was God. In like manner, as we see bread and wine with our bodily eyes, let us see and believe firmly that it is His Most Holy Body and Blood, True and Living. For in this way our Lord is ever present among those who believe in him, according to what He said: "Behold, I am with you all days even to the consummation of the world." (Mt. 28, 20) St. Francis of Assisi
10. "You may be sure that of all the moments of your life, the time you spend before the divine Sacrament will be that which will give you more strength during life and more consolation at the hour of your death and during eternity." St. Alphonsus
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