Many people can�t explain why they stopped coming to church except that life just got in the way. Here are ten quotes that will change your perception of the church, and coming back to attend, participate and celebrate the Holy Mass.
1. When the Eucharist is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels who adore the divine victim immolated on the altar. ~ St. John Chrysostom
2. The angels surround and help the priest when he is celebrating Mass. ~ St. Augustine
3. The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross. ~ Saint Thomas Aquinas
4. Once, St. Teresa was overwhelmed with God�s Goodness and asked Our Lord �How can I thank you?� Our Lord replied, �ATTEND ONE MASS.�
5. �My Son so loves those who assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass that, if it were necessary He would die for them as many times as they�ve heard Masses.� Our Lady to Blessed Alan.
6. When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary � a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt. ~ Saint Jean Vianney
7. There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us. ~ Saint Jean Vianney
8. When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee. ~ Saint Jean Vianney
9. It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do without Holy Mass. ~ St. Pio of Pietrelcina
10. If we really understood the Mass, we would die of joy. ~ Saint Jean Vianney
The Eucharist celebration is the real presence of Jesus Christ, where ordinary bread and wine that we lift up in consecration to God, returned to us transubstantiated as the extraordinary and life-giving sacrament of Christ for us. It is made possible by Jesus� act of complete surrender to the will of the Father, whereby he offers up his life, his love, and finally his body and blood on the Cross. The Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium, calls the Eucharist �the source and summit of Christian life�.
