Viewing saints in the same order as the Alphabetical Jump List
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Back to Top Alphonsus RodrÃguez, St. (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.
Ana a Cruz de Ponce de Leon, Ven. (1527 to 1601) Spanish Franciscan Nun and Countess of Feria, Spain
Called the spouse of the Most Holy Sacrament
because of her long and frequent visits to it, when asked what she did
during the many hours that she remained before the Venerable Sacrament,
responded: "I could remain there for all eternity. And is not the essence of
God there, who will be the food of the blessed? Good God! What does one do
before him? What does one not do? One loves, one praises, one gives thanks,
one asks. What does a poor person do before a rich man? What does a sick
person do before a doctor? What does a thirsty person do before a clear
fountain? What does a starving person do before a sumptuous table?"
(Source: St. Alphonus's "Visit 1" to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament -
(Click Here)
Ana de Jesus, Ven. (1545 to 1621) Spanish Discalced Carmelite Nun and a mystic
"I felt myself drawn with such force to the Most Holy Sacrament that I could
not resist. I went to the church, and there I remained a long time prostrate
before the Blessed Sacrament. I felt an interior communication so strong, so
sweet, and so powerful, that I was beside myself and almost outside myself. I
did not know where I was; I thought I was entirely transformed into God."
(Source: "Ana de Jesús Autobiography", editor JoaquÃn de Santa Teresa,
transl. Jennifer Snow, 2017, p. 49, pub. Centre for Reformation and
Renaissance Studies (According to Bing AI))
Alain de Solminihac, Bl. (1593 to 1659) Bishop of Cahors, France
Blessed Alain was Abbot, Reformer, Marian devotee
most especially to Our Lady of Rocamadour, Apostle of the Holy Eucharist
especially by his promotion of Adoration, he was also a member of the
Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement (Company of the Blessed Sacrament)...His great
devotion to the Holy Eucharist prompted him to promote Eucharistic Adoration
as well as restoring a many pastoral devotions within his Diocese.
Antonio Grassi, Bl. (1592 to 1671) Italian Priest
"He who loves Our Lord Jesus Christ must desire to be with Him…the
more we conform ourselves to His example the more perfect will be our lives."
Back to Top Caracciolo, St. Francis (1563 to 1608) Italian Priest and Co-Founder of the Clerics Regular Minor
Francis co-founded a religious order whose principal distinction was perpetual, circular adoration of the Blessed Sacrament by rotation. He was so intensely devoted to the Eucharist that he spent almost his entire nights in prayer before the tabernacle, often taking what little sleep he allowed himself on the altar steps. He died on the vigil of Corpus Christi, and when his body was opened, his heart was found burnt up with these words from Psalm 69 spiritually imprinted around it: Zeal for Your house consumes me.
(Source: Papal bull of canonization by Pope Pius VII in 1807, and historical records of the Clerics Regular Minor (Adorno Fathers))
Catherine of St. Augustine, Bl. (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."
(Source: "La vie de la mere
Catherine de Saint Augustin" by Fr. Paul Ragueneau, S.J.)
Claude La Colombiere, St. (1641 to 1682) Religious, 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.
Clement VIII, Pope (1592 to 1605) He started Forty-Hours devotion in Rome
On November 25, 1592 he issued a historic
document that promoted Eucharistic Adoration. It was called "Graves et
diuturnae". Issued for Rome, it formally recognized the "Forty Hours"
devotion (40 hours continuous hours of
prayer before the Blessed Sacrament (exposed)) ordering that it be practiced
in Rome. While this document was mainly for the churches in Rome other
dioceses later followed suit in setting up this devotion which eventually spread worldwide.
"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."
"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."
"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."
"...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)
"If the heart wanders or is distracted (during a Holy Hour) bring it
back to the point quite gently and replace it tenderly in its Master's
presence. And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but
bring your heart back and place it again in Our Lord's presence, though it
went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed."
Back to Top Germaine Cousin, St. (1579 to 1601) Patron Saint of many causes
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.
Giovanni Bona, Cardinal (1609 to 1674) Cistercian Cardinal, liturgist and devotional author
"I should never cease to express my sorrow for the neglect and coldness which
is shown to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. How great must be His love for
us, since He does not become disgusted with so much ingratitude. People go
to the trouble to see various objects of beauty, curiosity, or
entertainment. Yet, here upon the altar is the grandest, greatest, most
magnificent of all beings. How dull can the human mind be! How hard can the
human heart become! This is our all-loving Savior, our God! In Him we live,
and move, and exist. Truly, without Him we are nothing. In Him alone shall I
find perfect peace and all-satisfying happiness."
(Source: "The Sacrifice Of The Mass" by Cardinal Bona)
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Back to Top Isaac Jogues, St. (1607 to 1646) Martyr, Jesuit Priest, and North American missionary
From the strength he received through Eucharistic Adoration St. Jogues
endured the difficulties of missionary life.
Jacques Davy Duperron, Cardinal (1556 to 1618) Archbishop of Sens, France
"We must not content ourselves with
receiving this sacrament in the holy communion, but we must also honor it
and adore it in the churches where it is reserved, and visit it often with
devotion and respect. This is a practice that the Catholic Church has always maintained
and that she recommends to all her children, as a means of increasing their
faith, inflaming their charity, and obtaining the graces and favors that they need."
Jane Frances de Chantal, St. (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)
Jean Jacque Olier, Ven. (1608 to 1657) Founder of the Sulpicians, he worked with St. Vincent de Paul
"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'."
John Eudes, St. (1601 to 1680) Priest and founder of the Congregation Of Jesus And Mary
"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. It is there that you nourish us with your divine life, that you heal our
wounds, that you forgive our sins, that you strengthen us in our weakness,
that you comfort us in our sorrows, and that you prepare us for eternal life."
(Source: St. John Eudes's book "The Glories of the Sacred Heart of Jesus")
John Francis Regis, St. (1597 to 1640) 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.
John Juvenal Ancina, Bl. (1545 to 1604) Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
He promoted the Forty Hours devotion (40
hours of continuous Eucharistic Adoration with the Blessed Sacrament
exposed) in his Diocese writing elaborate instructions to carry out the
devotion with great solemnity. Blessed Ancina would himself spend many
hours in adoration, sometimes ecstatic adoration unaware of those around him.
Joseph of Cupertino, St. (1603 to 1663) Italian Franciscan Friar and Mystic
Blessed with a profound, childlike love for the Eucharist, Joseph experienced overwhelming ecstatic raptures whenever he prayed before the Blessed Sacrament or celebrated Holy Mass. These moments of divine intimacy frequently culminated in supernatural levitation; witnesses recorded hundreds of instances where he rose off the floor, hovered in the air, or flew directly toward the tabernacle and high altar to adore Christ. On Holy Thursday, he famously rose and flew toward the exposed ciborium containing the Blessed Sacrament.
"When Jesus was here on earth it was not a great worth to believe in him. But now it is a great worth because we do not see him and yet we believe that he is present in this wonderful Sacrament. He does not talk face-to-face but heart to heart. And this is the greatest delight of a devout soul."
(Source: Solemn deposition testimonies from his Vatican canonization process, and Franciscan historical archives)
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Back to Top Kateri Tekakwitha, St. (1656 to 1680) Native American Agonquin-Mohawk Indian
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 knew 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.
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Back to Top Lawrence of Brindisi, St. (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!!"
Louise de Marillac, St. (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."
(Source: St. Louise's 1656 "Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament")
"As we passed before the churches we made acts of adoration
to the Most Holy Sacrament and greeted the patron saints as well."
Back to Top Mechtilde of the Bl. Sacrament, S.D. (1614 to 1698) Founder of Benedictine Nuns of Perpetual Adoration
"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."
"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)."
"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?"
"We must never lose sight of our holy tabernacles: it is there that we
find our strength and our virtue. If human infirmity and affairs allowed, we
should pass our whole life at the feet of our divine Master; at least let us
go there as often as possible, and quit so many futile occupations that rob
us of precious time claimed for what we owe the love of a God."
"Do not fail to adore the Most Holy Eucharist, which is the principal
and the greatest devotion, and the one that all Catholics ought to
have…Perform your adoration, therefore, with more care and fidelity than
ever, with a new fervor, ardor, and love for Jesus Christ in this precious mystery."
Marie of the Incarnation, St. (1599 to 1672) French Ursiline Nun
"I beg you...to go often to visit the Blessed Sacrament, where you will find
the source of all grace and consolation. There you will converse with the
Divine Spouse of your soul, who loves you infinitely and who desires to make
you happy in this life and in the next. There you will learn the secrets of
his love and the mysteries of his incarnation and redemption. There you will
receive the strength to resist temptations and to overcome difficulties."
(Source: Sr. Marie of the Incarnation's letter to Dom
Claude Martin, 1654 (According to Bing AI))
"I spend most of my time in the chapel, where I find my delight and my
repose. There I adore my God, who is always present in the Blessed
Sacrament, and I offer him all the actions and sufferings of his Son, for
the glory of his holy name and for the salvation of souls. I unite myself to
the prayers and sacrifices of the whole Church, and I beg him to have mercy
on the world, to enlighten the infidels, to convert the sinners, to sanctify
the just, to comfort the afflicted, to assist the dying, and to grant
eternal rest to the souls in purgatory."
(Source: Sr. Marie of the Incarnation's letter to Dom
Claude Martin, 1661 (According to Bing AI))
Martin de Porres, St. (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.
Mary Magdalene Of Pazzi, St. (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…
Mary of Jesus of Ãgreda, Ven. (1602 to 1665) Franciscan Abbess, spiritual writer and mystic
"The most holy Mary, who was the first and the most perfect adorer of
the most blessed Sacrament, and who knew better than all the angels and men
the value and the excellence of this divine mystery, was also the most
fervent and frequent in visiting it. She often went to the places where it
was reserved, especially after the Ascension of her Son, when She remained
as the Mother and the Teacher of the Church. There She prostrated Herself in
profoundest humility, and adored her Lord and her God hidden under the
sacramental species. There She also offered to Him…the homage and the tribute of her love, her praise,
her thanksgiving, and her petitions for the needs of the Church and of the whole world."
(Source: " The Mystical City of God" by Ven. Mary
of Jesus of Ãgreda, transl. Fiscar Marison, 1914, p. 594, pub. Theopolitan
Company, Chicago, IL. (According to Bing AI))
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Back to Top Nicholas Steno, Bl. (1638 to 1686) Italian Priest and father of the field of Geology
Our faithful attendance and reverence
towards Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration 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.
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Back to Top Peter Claver, St. (1580 to 1654) Spanish Jesuit Priest and Apostle of the Slaves
Peter Claver spent forty years in Cartagena, Colombia, ministering to enslaved Africans arriving on slave ships. Before embarking on his grueling daily missions to tend to the sick and dying, he would spend hours in rigorous penance and fervent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament to beg for the light of the Holy Spirit. His rector recorded that he was so completely absorbed in prayer before the tabernacle that he became entirely oblivious to the world around him, drawing all his supernatural charity and strength from his intimacy with the Eucharistic Lord.
(Source: Contemporary testimonies of his rector Father Sebastian de Morillo, and his papal canonization acts by Pope Leo XIII)
Philip Thomas Howard, Cardinal (1629 to 1694) Cardinal-Priest, Basilica S. Maria Maggiore, Rome
"You can and ought to visit and adore your Lord and your God, as often as
you can, in the churches or chapels where He is reserved... This is a
practice of piety, which I earnestly recommend to you, and which I desire
you to perform with all possible reverence, devotion, and frequency. For by
this means you will draw down upon yourselves and your country abundant
blessings from heaven, you will increase your faith, your hope, your
charity, you will inflame your hearts with the love of God, you will obtain
the pardon of your sins, the grace of perseverance, the assistance of the
Holy Ghost, the protection of the angels, the intercession of the saints,
the communion of the whole Church, the peace of your conscience, the joy of
your soul, the happiness of your life, the crown of your glory."
(Source: Cardinal Philip Thomas Howard 1686
pastoral Exhortation to the English Catholics (According to Bing AI) )
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Back to Top Robert Bellarmine, St. (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.
Rose Of Lima, St. (1586 to 1617) First Saint and Patroness of the Americas
During the celebration of a Forty Hours
Devotion St. Rose spent hours, from morning until night, before the Blessed
Sacrament without partaking of food or drink. She had such a great love for
the Blessed Sacrament that she started Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in
every parish in the village she lived in.
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Back to Top Tommaso da Olera, Bl. (1563 to 1631) Italian Capuchin Friar and spiritual adviser to many
"How can you not be moved by the sight of this most loving Lord, who humbles himself so much for
your sake, who hides himself under the appearances of bread and wine, who
remains with you day and night, who waits for you with such patience and
kindness, who invites you with such sweetness and gentleness, who offers you
with such generosity and liberality, who gives you with such abundance and
magnificence, who enriches you with such grace and glory? O my soul, do not
be negligent, do not be ungrateful, do not be lukewarm in visiting this
divine sacrament,..."
(Source: "Scala di perfezione (Ladder of
Perfection)" bk. by Bl. Tommaso da Olera, edited by Alberto Sana, 2010, p.
199, pub. Morcelliana in Brescia, Italy (transl. by Bing AI 2023))
"O my soul, if you knew the treasure that is hidden in this sacrament, you
would sell everything to buy it, you would leave everything to possess it,
you would renounce everything to enjoy it. You would prefer to spend all
your time in the presence of this most loving Lord, rather than in any other
place or occupation."
(Source: "Scala di perfezione (Ladder of
Perfection)" bk. by Bl. Tommaso da Olera, edited by Alberto Sana, 2010, p.
199, pub. Morcelliana in Brescia, Italy (transl. by Bing AI 2023) )
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Back to Top Vincent de Paul, St. (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.
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Back to Top Zofia Czeska, Bl. (1584 to 1650) Polish Nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Presentation
"The visit to the Blessed Sacrament is a precious opportunity to encounter
Jesus in a personal and intimate way. It is a time to adore Him, to thank
Him, to ask Him for His grace, and to listen to His voice. It is a time to
rest in His arms, to gaze at His face, to feel His heart."
(Source: "Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska: A Woman of Faith and Charity" by
Sister Maria Teresa Slomka, 2003, page 105, pub. Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation
(according to Bing AI))
"The adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is a powerful means of
sanctification. It transforms us into the image of Christ, who is present in
the Eucharist. It inflames our love for Him and for our brothers and
sisters. It increases our faith, hope, and charity. It makes us more
attentive to His will and more obedient to His commands."
(Source: "Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska: A Woman of Faith and Charity" by
Sister Maria Teresa Slomka, 2003, page 108, pub. Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation
(according to Bing AI)
"Adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, the source of eternal life." Pope Leo XIV
"Each time we adore Christ in the Eucharist, our hearts will be united in him." Pope Leo XIV
"The Christian life needs to be nourished..., above all, by the cultivation of a
personal relationship with the Lord in Eucharistic adoration." Pope Francis
"Do not fail to adore the Most Holy Eucharist, which is the principal and the
greatest devotion, and the one that all Catholics ought to have...Perform your
adoration, therefore, with care and fidelity." S.D. Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament
"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." St. Francis de Sales
"In this world it is impossible for all subjects to speak with their king. But
everyone who wishes can find Jesus, the King of Heaven, in the Blessed Sacrament,
and may speak with Him without restraint." St. Teresa Of Avila
St. Thomas Aquinas 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. St. Thomas Aquinas
"Gaze upon Him (in Eucharistic Adoration), consider Him, contemplate Him, as you
desire to imitate Him." St. Clare of Assisi
"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." St. Francis of Assisi
"What excuse shall we have, or how shall we obtain pardon, if we consider it too
much to go to Jesus in the Eucharist, who descended from Heaven for our sake?" St. John Chrysostom