Bl. Pope John Paul I (Aug. 26, 1978 to Sept. 28, 1978)

Quotes On The Importance Of Eucharistic Adoration

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Called the smiling pope, his reign as Pope of 33 days, from August 26, 1978 to September 28, 1978, is among the shortest in papal history. The year of 1978 was in fact a year of three popes. Pope Paul VI died in August of 1978, Pope John Paul I was elected in August and died in September of 1978 and Pope John Paul II was elected in October 1978. Pope John Paul I remains the most recent Italian-born pope, the last in a succession of such popes that started with Clement VII in 1523. During the conclave that elected him he expressed his wishes to his fellow Cardinals not to elect him as Pope, but felt an obligation to accept the Papacy after they elected him. He is the first Pope to have a double name (in honor of the two popes who preceded him) and the first pope to add the regnal number "I" to his name. Here are some of his quotes on the importance of Eucharistic Adoration in our lives:

1978

Sept. 27, 1978 - Pope John Paul I General Audience (Source: Vatican website - www.vatican.va)

"God is too great, he deserves too much from us for us to be able to throw to him, as to a poor Lazarus, a few crumbs of our time and our heart. He is infinite good and will be our eternal happiness: money, pleasure, the fortunes of this world, compared with him, are just fragments of good and fleeting moments of happiness. It would not be wise to give so much of ourselves to these things and little of ourselves to Jesus."

Sept. 21, 1978 - Pope John Paul I Address to a group of American Bishops on their «ad limina» visit (Source: Vatican website - www.vatican.va)

"Since becoming Pope, we have studied with particular attention the wise teaching that our beloved predecessor Paul VI gave earlier this year to the United States' Bishops on the subjects of the Church's Ministry of Reconciliation, on promoting life and on fostering devotion to the Eucharist. His teaching is ours; and we renew the encouragement and guidance that he gave you in those discourses."