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"Live for Christ, live in Christ; seek Him by penitence, find Him in His Eucharist. Die in Him die for Him! Count no labor worht the effort which has not His mark upon; fight His battles gain His victories.-James De Koven, Episcopal priest

"The only cure for sagging of fainting faith is Communion...Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth, and more than that: Death: by the divine paradox, that which ends life, and demands the surrender of all, and yet by the taste (or foretaste) of which alone can what you seek in your earthly relationships (love, faithfulness, joy) be maintained, or take on that complexion of reality, of eternal endurance, which every man's heart desires."

-JRR Tolkein

"If the Eucharist is just a symbol- to hell with it!"-Flannery O'Connor

How about.....

"The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves."

--Pope Paul VI

My favorite is from the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysystom itself - 'Broken and distributed is the Lamb of God, broken, yet not divided; ever eaten, though never consumed, but sanctifying them that partake thereof'

"Twas Christ the word He spake it, as He took the bread and brake it; whatever He meant it to be, that let be for me"-Queen Elizabeth I (attributed)

Dear Friends,

I repeat George Herbert here:

"Caesar is not Caesar still, nor Alexander - Alexander.

"But Jesus is Jesus still - and will be forever!"

Alexander
(no connection with the above)

Christ is Risen!

John 6.48-58:

"I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh." The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever."

1 Corinthians 5:7
For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8Therefore let us keep the Festival

"I look at the Good Lord, and He looks at me."

-the answer of the old farmer to the Cure of Ars as to what he did all that time in front of the Tabernacle.

Sharon

The Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from Christ's side, wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee
From the malicious enemy defend me
In the hour of my death call me
And bid me come unto Thee
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints
and with Thy angels
Forever and ever
Amen
-St Ignatius

and of course the unforgettable:
"Mommy-David made faces at somebody in church this morning"-my sister, after Mass, circa 1965

Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo! o'er ancient forms departing,
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.

To the everlasting Father,
And the Son who reigns on high,
With the Holy Spirit proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty. Amen.

-St. Thomas Aquinas

"for Thou Hast deemed us worthy to partake of the Holy, Divine, Immortal, and Life-Creating Mysteries. Keep us in Thy Holiness that all the day we may meditate on Thy Righteousness, Alliluia!"

We do not presume
to come to this your table, merciful Lord,
trusting in our own righteousness,
but in your manifold and great mercies.
We are not worthy
so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table.
But you are the same Lord
whose nature is always to have mercy.
Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,
so to eat the flesh of your dear Son Jesus Christ
and to drink his blood,
that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body
and our souls washed through his most precious blood,
and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us.
Amen.*

the Book of Common Prayer

"O SACRUM convivium, in quo Christus sumitur: recolitur memoria passionis eius; mens impletur gratia et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur."

"O SACRED banquet, in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory given to us."

--St. Thomas Aquinas