17th Century Saints

Quotes On The Importance Of Eucharistic Adoration

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S.D. Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament (1614 to 1698)
French nun and the founder of the order of Benedictine Nuns Of Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament
"Remain faithfully in the presence of God and do not regret that you cannot do anything. It is Jesus Christ who lives in us; we must only cling to Him with humility and simplicity of heart and spirit ( . . .) Do not resist being in the presence of God without doing anything. He wants you silent and humble. You do so much already if you leave and surrender yourself to His might. Just be faithful! Do not be concerned too much about your distractions; let them pass by, and remain humbly at Jesus' feet, and count yourself unworthy to receive His graces."
(Source: Vultus Christi website - www.vultuschristi.org)

"Our principal application in prayer must be to hold ourselves before the greatness and supreme majesty of God in the Most Holy Sacrament, with the most profound respect, with total confidence and abandonment, with submission, accepting simply all the dispositions of Divine Providence, each one according to her degree of grace, either by making acts [of prayer] or in some other way. (M. Mectilde du Saint-Sacrement)."
(Source: Vultus Christi website - www.vultuschristi.org)

"They speak to me often of prayer, but I never hear anyone speak of the Most Holy Sacrament. Is there perhaps another mean to attain to God other than the Holy Eucharist? Is not the Holy Eucharist God Himself?"
(Source: Vultus Christi website - www.vultuschristi.org)

 
Blessed Nicholas Steno (1638 to 1686)
Italian Priest and father of the field of Geology
We need to take the time to volunteer to cover an hour of adoration a week at our local adoration chapel. Our faithful attendance and reverence is a source for conversions and vocations. Such was the case with Blessed Nicholas when, in one Eucharistic procession, he witnessed such reverence towards the Blessed Sacrament that he not only converted to Catholicism but also became a Priest.


St. Claude La Colombiere (1641 to 1682)
Religous, Priest, and Confessor
After being assigned spiritual director of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, St. Claude was inspired during adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to promulgate the message of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He spent many Holy Hours in Eucharistic Adoration.


St. Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 to 1680)
Native American Agonquin-Mohawk Indian known for her virtue of Chastity
Do we love the Eucharistic Lord? The only way to grow in the love of our Eucharistic Jesus is to spend time with Him in adoration. Blessed Kateri new this as she would spend as much time as her duties allowed in Church adoring the Blessed Sacrament. Even a bad snowstorm wouldn't stop her as she would tread thru knee deep snow to spend more time with our beloved Lord.

"Every morning, even in the bitterest winter, she stood before the chapel door until it opened at four and remained there until after the last Mass. Out from her Caughnawaga cabin at dawn and straight-way to chapel to adore the Blessed Sacrament, hear every Mass; back again during the day to hear instruction, and at night for a last prayer or Benediction."
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St. John Eudes (1601 to 1680)
Priest and founder of the Congregation Of Jesus And Mary (Eudists)
"You should adore our Lord Jesus Christ, who makes himself present to us on the altar, so that we might offer him the homage and adoration we owe."

"Your most loving Heart, O Jesus, dwells in this Sacrament burning with love for us. It is there continually performing thousands of good deeds towards us."


Bl. Catherine of St. Augustine, O.S.A. (1632 to 1668)
Canoness Regular and missionary
"My God, I adore Your divine perfections; I adore Your divine Justice; I abandon myself to it with my whole heart."


St. Louise de Marillac (1591 to 1660)
Wife, Mother, Widow, Foundress, Social Service Worker, Religious
"Give Yourself wholly to me please, O my God . . . that I adore in this most Holy Sacrament, take entire possession of me. O sweet Jesus! O good Jesus! my God and my all, have mercy on all the souls redeemed by Your precious Blood."


St. Vincent Depaul (1581 to 1660)
Founder of the Congregation Of The Mission he served the poor
St. Vincent de Paul would make a Holy Hour asking the Lord blessings on important business transactions and, afterwards, returned to thank the Lord.


Venerable Jean Jacque Olier (1608 to 1657)
Founder of the Sulpicians, he worked with St. Vincent Depaul
"When there are two routes to get me to a certain place, I take the one on which I meet more churches, in order to be nearer the Blessed Sacrament. When I see a place where my Jesus is, I am so happy, and I say, 'You are here, my God and my All'."
(Source: Catholic Tradition website - http://www.catholictradition.org/)


St. Isaac Jogues (1607 to 1646)
Martyr, Jesuit Priest, and North American missionary
St. Isaac endured the hardship of his missionary life through the strength he received by performing all his religious exercises before the Blessed Sacrament, despite the discomfort caused by bitter cold.
(Source: Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament - http://www.acfp2000.com)


St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 to 1641)
Foundress of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary
St. Jane, once fancying the idea that she could pray with more recollection in the quiet of her own chamber than in the church, was told by her director to put away such a thought as being a temptation, as assistance at holy Mass and public prayers before the Blessed Sacrament were of far greater profit (even when accompanied by constant warfare against distractions and dryness of spirit) than the most fervent private devotions.
(Source: Visits To Jesus In The Tabernacle book, by  Fr. F.X. Lasance)


St. John Francis Regis (1597 to 1640)
French Priest who established the Confraternities Of The Blessed Sacrament
St. John found strength for his apostolate thru his nights spent in adoration of our beloved Lord in the most Blessed Sacrament. Many conversions came about in France because his apostolate of tireless preaching.


St. Martin de Porres (1579 to 1639)
Dominican Brother and Doctor
Like most of the Saints St. Martin was inspired to love and serve others by his great desire to be in adoration before the Real Presence of Jesus Christ, as often as possible, where he was granted great gifts including healing, wisdom, and counsel.


St. Francis De Sales (1567 to 1622)
Doctor Of The Church and Bishop of Geneva Switzerland
"We must visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament a hundred thousand times a day."
(Source: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Twitter page - https://twitter.com/usccb)

"As mountain hares become white in winter because they neither see nor eat anything but snow, so by adoring and feeding on beauty, purity and goodness itself in the Eucharist you will become altogether beautiful, pure, and good."
(Source: Crossed The Tiber blog - Click Here)

"Nowhere do we find our Savior more tender or more loving than here (in adoration) where He, so to speak, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to food in order to penetrate our souls and to unite Himself to the hearts of His friends."
(Source: Janine Zaio, Ambassadors for Christ's Real Presence Facebook page - click Here)

"By adoring and partaking of His beauty, His Goodness and His purity in this Divine Sacrament, you will become all beautiful, good and pure."
(Source: Devotion to Our Lady website - http://devotiontoourlady.com/index.html)

"I will adore your majesty in the Holy Sacrament…. For your words will teach me that in this Sacrament you are God made Man, really and truly, and that your presence is no more impossible for your will, although incomprehensible to our weak minds, than the rest of your admirable works."
(Source: Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament - http://www.acfp2000.com)

"...this Sacrament, in as much as it contains our Lord, is worthy of adoration and ... we must adore him.  For truly, since it is Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ is God, who will not adore him, I beg you, as well there as in heaven, since it is written 'I will worship the Lord God and only him will I serve' (Matthew 4:10).  For our Lord wants to be adored wherever he is.  Thus he was adored on the cross by the thief (Luke 23:42), walking in Jerusalem among the people who cried out, 'Hosanna' (Matthew 21:9 and in the crib by the three kings (Matthew 2:11).  He is hidden in the Eucharist, but that does not prevent him from being adored, for thus the kings adored him, hidden and wrapped in swaddling clothes."
(Source: "Sermons on the Eucharist" by St. Francis De Sales)

"I often speak with my teacher, Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, because I learn from Him.  Jesus is the teacher of the science of holiness.  I go to Him because I would like to learn from Him how to become a Saint.  Of what use to me is all knowledge and education, if I do not become holy?"
(Source: St. Francis De Sales Oratory Facebook page  - Click Here)


St. Robert Bellarmine (1542 to 1621)
Doctor Of The Church, Cardinal, and Archbishop of Capua Italy
During his youth, on his way back and forth to school, he would stop and pay a visit to Jesus four times a day.


St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559 to 1619)
Doctor Of The Church and Priest
"My dear souls, let us recognise, I pray you, Christ’s infinite charity towards us in the institution of this Sacrament of the Eucharist.  In order that our love be a spiritual love, He wills a new heart, a new love, a new spirit for us.  It is not with a carnal heart but with a spiritual one, that Christ has loved us with a gratuitous love, a supreme and most ardent love, by way of pure grace and charity.  Ah!  One needs to love Him back with one’s whole, whole, whole, living, living, living and true, true, true heart!!" (Source: AnaStpaul blog  - https://anastpaul.com/)


St. Rose Of Lima (1586 to 1617)
First Saint and Patroness of the Americas
During the celebration of a Forty Hours Devotion she spent hours, from morning until night, before the Blessed Sacrament without partaking of food or drink.

Volunteering to cover a specific hour of Eucharistic Adoration is one of the greatest and easiest ways to get involved in our local parish. St. Rose had such a great love for the Blessed Sacrament that she started Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in every parish in the village she lived in.


St. Alphonsus Rodríguez (1532 to 1617)
Confessor and Door Keeper
His duties often took him by the chapel door; and then he would never fail to at least look in to give Our Lord a loving glance. When he left the house and when he returned, he always visited Jesus to ask His blessing.
(Source: Catholic Tradition website - http://www.catholictradition.org/)


St. Francis Caracciolo (1563 to 1608)
Italian Priest, Confessor
As a youth St. Francis had such a love for the Blessed Sacrament that he would forgo most childhood activities to make frequent visits to the Eucharist. He would visit many churches adoring the Blessed Sacrament making up for, what he considered, the lack of attendance before our beloved Lord. He later cofounded the Congregation of the Minor Clerics Regular, which, among other duties, had Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.


St. Mary Magdalene Of Pazzi (1566 to 1607)
16th Century Mystic and Carmelite Nun
"A friend will visit his friend in the morning to wish him a good day; in the evening, a good night; taking also an opportunity to converse with him during the day.  In like manner make visits to Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, if your duties permit it.  It is especially at the foot of the altar that one prays well.  In all your visits to Our Saviour, frequently offer His precious blood to the Eternal Father.  You will find these visits very conducive to your growth in the knowledge and love of Our Lord.”
Source: Totus Tuus Maria blog - https://catholicsoul.tumblr.com/)

"Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament is more powerful than in any other place because here is the Real Presence of God, just as He is in heaven."
(Source: Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament - http://www.acfp2000.com)


Pope Clement VIII (1592 to 1605)
He started Forty-Hours devotion in Rome
In 1592 he issued a historic document that promoted Eucharistic Adoration. It was called “Quarant Ore” (Forty Hours). Issued for Rome and consisting of forty continuous hours of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament (exposed) this devotion later spread throughout the world.


St. Germaine Cousin (1579 to 1601)
Patron Saint of many causes
Are we to busy to dedicate just one specific hour a week for a special hour before our beloved Lord? Many of the saints went out of their way to visit the Blessed Sacrament. During her 21 year life span, as she grew older, St. Germaine would go every day to adore the Most Blessed Sacrament.