Under the veil of the most Holy sacrament is the Word Incarnate. Our Lord has left us His body in the Holy Eucharist. Even the word “Eucharist” translates “thanksgiving.”

We are grateful Lord Jesus for your presence in the Holy Tabernacles of the world and as holy food for our souls.

In the spirit of “thanksgiving” we share what the great saints of the Church had to say about the Eucharist:

The Blessed Sacrament is that Presence which makes a Catholic church different from every other place in the world; which makes it, as no other place can be, holy.

~ Cardinal Newman

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As fire converts into itself those things upon which it has power to act; so in like manner Our Lord, who is a consuming fire, by communicating Himself to us in the Holy Eucharist, transforms us into His likeness.

~ St. Dionysius the Areopagite

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By His Incarnation the Lord has given Himself to all men in general; but in this Sacrament He has given Himself to each of us in particular, to make us understand the special love which He entertains for each of us.

~ St. Liguori

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O Jesus, lying here concealed before my eye,

I pray Thou grant me that for which I ceaseless sigh,

To see the vision clear of Thine unveiled face,

Blest with the glories bright that fill Thy dwelling place.

~ St. Thomas Aquinas

It is a wonderful meditation to think that Jesus, who ascended into Heaven, did not leave us orphans, but continually descends upon the earth every time the Mass is said and remains with us until the end of time.

HAPPY Eucharist!

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