13th Century Saints

Quotes On The Importance Of Eucharistic Adoration

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St. Thomas Aquinas
Bl. Diana degli Andalo
St. Clare Of Assisi
St. Francis Of Assisi
St. Bonaventure
St. Margaret of Cortona
St. Philip Benizi de Damiani
St. Dominic
St.LouisKing Of France
St. Sylvester Gozzolini
St. Albert The Great
Pope Honorius III
St.ElizabethOf Hungary
St. Juliana Of Liege
St. Anthony Of Padua
Bishop Richard Poore of Salisbury
Bishop Robert of Thourotte
Pope Urban IV

St. Margaret of Cortona (1247 to 1297)
Laywoman, Italian penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis, called the 2nd Mary Magdeline
Margaret had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.... Before 6am she went to the church of St. Francis‎ where she spent 2-3 hours in prayer and contemplation, preparing to receive Her Lord and King. After Communion she would remain for a long time, in a sort of ecstasy, contemplating, adoring and loving Him.
(Source: Traditional Catholic websitee - https://www.traditionalcatholic.co/)

St. Philip Benizi de Damiani (1233 to 1285)
General Superior of the Order of the Servites
"Let us often visit our Lord in this most holy sacrament and let us adore Him with all reverence and devotion. Let us offer Him our prayers, our praises, our thanksgivings, our petitions, our reparations, our sacrifices, our vows, our resolutions, our hearts, and our souls. Let us unite ourselves to Him by faith, by hope, by charity, by contrition, by communion, by imitation, by conformity, and by union. Let us draw from Him all the graces that we need for ourselves and for others and let us implore His mercy for the whole world. Let us never depart from His presence without His blessing, and let us always carry Him in our hearts, as our most precious treasure, our most sweet consolation, our most perfect joy, and our supreme good."
(Source: St. Philip Benizi de Damiani's 1278 treatise titled "Seven Excellences of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar", Seventh Chapter (transl. by Bing Ai 2023) )

St. Albert The Great (1200 to 1280)
Doctor of the Church, Confessor, and Bishop of Regensburg
On the importance of the Eucharist St. Albert wrote: "He could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this Sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this Sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death. It is a tree of life for those who grasp it, and blessed is he who holds it fast. The man who feeds on Me shall live on account of Me."
(Source: I Thirst For Your Love blog - https://mseagrif.wordpress.com/)

"Shake off all earthly things, counting them useless, noxious, and hurtful to thee. When thou hast done this, enter wholly within thyself, and fix thy gaze upon thy wounded Jesus, and upon Him alone. Strive with all thy powers, unwearyingly, to reach God through Himself, that is, through God made Man, that thou mayest attain to the knowledge of His Divinity through the wounds of His Sacred Humanity."
(Source: "On Union With God" (Chapter II) by St. Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great))

"As far as thou canst, fix the eye of thy soul steadfastly, with unobscured gaze, upon the uncreated light. Then will thy soul, purified from the clouds of earth, be like an angel in a human body, no longer troubled by the flesh, or disturbed by vain thoughts."
(Source: "On Union With God" (Chapter VIII) by St. Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great))

St. Thomas Aquinas (1225 to 1274)
Doctor of the Church, Theologian, and Philosopher
It is said that we will be remembered by the company we keep. St. Thomas recognized this when he said, "The things we love tell us who we are." Are we to busy to commit to a special specific hour each week with Jesus, who has done everything for us? One thing is for sure - if we faithfully attend Eucharistic Adoration Jesus will recognize and remember us as one of his faithful disciples at our death.

St. Thomas use to spend many hours in adoration before our beloved Lord. He once said that he learned more from prayer before the Blessed Sacrament than from many hours of study.
(Source: Our Sunday Visitor blog - https://transformyourparish.com/)

"No other sacrament (except the Holy Eucharist) has greater healing power; through it sins are purged away, virtues are increased, and the soul is enriched with an abundance of every spiritual gift."
(Source: Our Sunday Visitor blog - https://transformyourparish.com/)

"Since this (the Eucharist) is the sacrament of Our Lord's Passion, it contains in itself the Jesus Christ who suffered for us. Thus, whatever is an effect of Our Lord's Passion is also an effect of this sacrament. For this sacrament is nothing other than the application of Our Lord's Passion to us."
(Source: St. Thomas Aquinas blog - https://thomasofaquino.blogspot.com/)

"Hidden here before me Lord I woship You."
(Source: Anastpaul Pinterest page - https://www.pinterest.com/Anastpaul/)

St. Bonaventure (1218 to 1274)
Doctor of the Church, Cardinal, and Bishop of Albano Italy
"Jesus, pierce my soul with your love so that I may always long for you alone, who are the bread of angels and the fulfillment of the soul's deepest desires. May my heart always hunger for you, so that my soul may be filled with the sweetness of your presence."
(Source: Anastpaul blog - https://anastpaul.com/)

St. Louis King Of France (1214 to 1270)
King of France
Are we to busy to commit to covering an hour of adoration a week? We should take the example of the saints, such as St. Louis, who, despite being King found time to visit the most Blessed Sacrament every day.

St. Sylvester Gozzolini (1177 to 1267)
Italian Priest and founder of the Sylvestrines
"Let us visit the Blessed Sacrament often and adore him who is truly present there. Let us thank him for his mercy and implore his grace. Let us unite ourselves to him in spirit and in truth, and let us offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to him. He is our life, our hope, our joy, and our all. Let us love him with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength."
(Source: "Vita et Miracula Beati Silvestri Abbatis Congregationis Silvestrinorum" book by Abbot Andrew de Giacomo, 1598, Chapter 10 (Transl. by Bing AI 2023) )

Pope Urban IV (1261 to 1264)
He instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi
"In the Eucharist Christ is with us in His own substance. For when telling the Apostles that He was ascending into heaven, He said, 'Behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world,' thus comforting them with the gracious promise that He would remain and be with them even by His bodily presence."
(Source: Pope Urban IV 1264 Papal Bull "Transiturus de hoc mundo" officially recognizing the feast of Corpus Christi)

St. Juliana Of Liege (1193 to 1258)
Augustinian Nun who is original source for Corpus Christi Feast
From her youth, Juliana had a special devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and she longed for a special feast in its honor. She received a vision in a dream, and later it was revealed to her that it represented a missing feast in the Church, which became the feast of Corpus Christi.
(Source: Summarized from Ville Platte Catholic Youth Group website - Click Here)

Jesus speaking to St. Juliana - "The first reason why I am asking for this special Feast Day (now known as Corpus Christi), is so that the faith in this Sacrament would be confirmed by this Feast, when bad people would attack this mystery in the future. The second reason is so that the faithful would be strengthened on their way to virtue by a very great love and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and the third reason is so that because of this Feast and the loving attention given to it, reparation would be made for the insults and lack of respect shown to the Blessed Sacrament."
(Source: Catholic World Info website - https://www.catholicworld.info/)

Pope Honorius III (1216 to 1257)
First Pope to give permission for continuous lay Adoration
It is said that continuous lay adoration of the Blessed Sacrament began in France in 1226 in thanksgiving for victory over the Albigensians. Pope Honorius III was the first Pope to give permission for this day and night adoration which lasted until the French Revolution in 1792. It was restarted in 1829 and has been going ever since.

St. Clare Of Assisi (1194 to 1253)
Founder of the Order Of Poor Ladies (Poor Clare Nuns)
"Gaze upon Him (in Eucharistic Adoration), consider Him, contemplate Him, as you desire to imitate Him."
(Source: St. Clare's third letter to Agnes of Prague around 1234)

"Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance! And transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead Itself through contemplation. So that you too may feel what His friends feel as they taste the hidden sweetness that God Himself has reserved from the beginning for those who love Him."
(Source: St. Clare's third letter to Agnes of Prague around 1234)

Bishop Robert of Thourotte (? to 1246)
Bishop of Liege, Belgium
Bishop Robert, in 1246, was the first to approve the idea of Corpus Christi. St. Juliana Of Liege in his diocese had a series of dreams about a missing feast in the Church calendar dedicated to honoring the Blessed Sacrament. She presented it to the Bishop and, after some initial hesitation, approved it for his whole diocese just before he died in 1246. The Archdeacon of Liege at that time, Jacques Pantaléon, had been a srong supporter of this idea. When Jacques became Pope Urban IV (1261 - 1264) he issued a Papal Bull, in 1264, instructing that the feast day be celebrated annually throughout the world. However, Pope Urban IV died before his Corpus Christi Bull could be implemented. Pope John XXII (1316 - 1334) eventually was the Pope who added Corpus Christi of to the Church calendar in 1317.

Bl. Diana degli Andalo (1201 to 1236)
Italian Dominican Nun
"We have begun our Lenten observance with great fervor and joy, for we have the privilege of having the most holy Sacrament exposed in our chapel every day from morning until evening. We spend many hours in adoration and contemplation of this great mystery of love."
(Source: 'To Heaven with Diana: A Study of Jordan of Saxony and Diana d’Andalo with a Translation of the Letters of Jordan to Diana" by Gerald Vann, O.P., 1957, p. 87, Longmans, Green and Co., London (According to Bing AI) )

St. Elizabeth Of Hungary (1207 to 1231)
Princess of Hungary
Many saints would spend hours in Eucharistic adoration as they new how important it is in ones spiritual life. St. Elizabeth, even in her childhood, would often visit our beloved Lord Jesus in the Eucharist.

St. Anthony Of Padua, O.F.M. (1195 to 1231)
Doctor of the Church and Fransiscan Priest
"Upon the Altar there takes place the transubstantiation of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. That Body which the Virgin begot, which hung upon the Cross and was placed in the sepulchre, which rose again the third day, and ascended to the right hand of the Father, this Body the Church today and everyday presents and distributes to her faithful. When the priest speaks the words: This is My Body, the essence of the bread is changed into the Body of Christ."
(Source: Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament website - http://www.acfp2000.com)

Bishop Richard Poore Of Salisbury (1217 to 1229)
Bishop of the See of Salisbury England
Bishop Richard Poore urged and promoted adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament. In writing a thirteenth century rule for the life of nuns (called the "Nuns Rule" or "Acren Riwle") he wrote "When you are quite dressed...think upon God's Flesh and on His Blood which is over the high altar and fall on your knees towards it with this salutation 'Hail thou author of or Creation'...".
(Quote source: Wikisource Catholic Ecyclopedia website - Click Here)

St. Francis Of Assisi (1181 to 1226)
Founder of the Franciscans, started Eucharistic Adoration in Italy
"I beg you to show the greatest possible reverence for the Eucharist through whom all things have been brought to peace and reconciled with Almighty God."
(Source: St. Francis's Letter to the Entire Order around 1220)

One day a rather worldly friend asked St. Francis: "Father what do you do during those long hours before the Blessed Sacrament?" "My son in return I ask you what does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love.
(Source: The Work Of God website - https://www.theworkofgod.org)

"Let us love God and adore him and offer him praises by day and by night."
(Source: Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago website - Click Here)

"In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood."
(Source: "The Writings of St Francis of Assisi" book)

St. Dominic (1170 to 1221)
Founder of the Dominican Order
As with most Saints St. Dominic had a great love for the Blessed Sacrament and would pass the night in Eucharistic Adoration after the difficult labours of the day.