St John Vianney’s quotes on the Eucharist

“There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us!”

“What is our Lord doing in the tabernacle? He is awaiting us!”

 “Our Lord is hidden there waiting that we come to visit Him and give Him our petitions. See how good He is! He accommodates Himself to our weakness. If He appeared in glory before us, we would never have dared approach.”

 “When we want to obtain something from the good God, after communion, we offer Him His beloved Son with all the merits of His Death and Passion. He will not be able to refuse us anything.” “Are we not happier than Simeon? We can hold Him always if we want. He doesn’t come only into our arms but into our heart.”

“He rested with us not only to console us, but to give Himself to us, so that He would no longer only be with us.”

 “Our soul is so precious in the eyes of God that, in His Wisdom, He didn’t find nourishment worthy enough for it except His adorable Body, which He made our daily bread.”

“Don’t say that you’re not worthy. It’s true: you’re not worthy, but you have need of Holy Communion.”

 “If one could understand all the goods contained in holy Communion, there would be nothing left for our hearts to be happy. The greedy person would not run after treasure, the ambitious after glory; each one would leave the earth as dust and would fly toward heaven."