St. John Vianney (1786 to 1859)

Quotes On The Importance Of Eucharistic Adoration

 

imageBest known as the Patron Saint of Priests he would spend long hours in Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Here are some of his quotes about the importance of Eucharistic Adoration in our lives:



"Catechism On The Real Presence", St. John Vianney
  • "Our Lord is hidden there in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for us to come and visit Him, and make our requests to Him."

  • "When Our Lord sees pure souls coming to visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament He smiles on them. They come with the simplicity that pleases Him so much."

  • "When we are before the Blessed Sacrament, instead of looking about us, let us shut our eyes and open our hearts; and the good God will open his. We will go to him, and he will come to us, the one to give, and the other to receive. It will be like a breath passing from one to the other. What delight we find in forgetting ourselves that we may seek God."

  • "One has no need of much speaking to pray well. One knows the good God is in the tabernacle. One opens to Him his heart and rejoices in His whole presence. That is the best prayer."

  • "What happiness do we not feel in the presence of God, when we find ourselves alone at his feet (in Adoration)!..We should want to stay always at his feet; it would be a foretaste of heaven; everything else would become insipid to us."



    Other St. John Vianney Eucharistic Adoration Quotes
  • "If we really love the good God, we should make it our joy and happiness to come a few minutes to adore Him, and ask Him for the grace of forgiveness. We should regard those moments as the happiest in our lives."

  • "When we speak to Jesus during our adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with simplicity and with all our heart, He does like a mother who holds her child's head with her hands and covers it with kisses and caresses."

  • "Have a Holy Hour every week. Start praying. Pray for guidance and trust in God."

  • "When you awake in the night, transport yourself quickly in spirit before the Tabernacle, saying: "Behold, my God, I come to adore You, to praise, thank, and love you, and to keep you company with all the Angels,"..."

  • "How sweet and full of comfort are the moments spent before the Blessed Sacrament! Are you in trouble? Come and throw yourself at his feet."

  • "You will always find a friend in Jesus in the Holy Eucharist to console you in your moment of need. He will never fail to help you."

  • "How pleasing to Him is the short quarter of an hour that we steal from our occupations, from something of no use, to come and pray to Him, to visit Him, to console Him for all the outrages He receives!"

  • "If we really loved the good God, we should make it our joy and happiness to come and spend a few moments to adore Him, and ask Him for the grace of forgiveness; and, we should regard those moments as the happiest of our lives."

  • "Grieve over the contempt cast upon Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, and try to make amends for it by a greater and more ardent love."

  • "He is hidden there, waiting for us to come visit to visit Him and to make our requests.  He wishes to see us near Him, to tell us that He loves us, and wishes to load us with good things."

  • "When tempted to despair, I have only one resource: to throw myself at the foot of the Tabernacle like a little dog at the foot of his master."

  • "Every good Christian must be grieved at the contempt which is so often shown Him (Christ), and must strive to make reparation to Him; and those Christians who have the good fortune of belonging to societies having for their object the adoration of Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist, they are in an especial manner bound to do this. I say those 'who have the good fortune,' for can there be a greater happiness than to undertake reparation to Jesus Christ for the insults which are offered to Him in the Sacrament of His love?"

  • "We ought to visit Him often. How dear to Him is a quarter of an hour spared from our occupations or from some useless employment, to come and pray to Him, visit Him, and console Him for all the ingratitude He receives! When He sees pure souls hurrying to Him, He smiles at them."


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