Pope Leo XIV (2025 to Present)
Quotes On The Importance Of Eucharistic Adoration
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Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost, in Chicago, Illinois, on September 14, 1955. In 1977 he became an Augustinian Friar and was ordained a Priest in 1982. In 2015 he became Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru and was made a Cardinal in 2023 by Pope Francis. Here are some of his quotes on the importance of Eucharistic Adoration in our lives:
June 22, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV homily - Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Saint John Lateran Square) (Source: Vatican website
www.vatican.va)
Aug. 2, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech - dialogue with young people during the Jubilee Vigil (University of Rome Tor Vergata) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
Sept. 7, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV homily - Mass with canonizations for Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis (St. Peter's Square) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
Oct. 20, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech to the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome (Consistory Hall) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
Oct. 24, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech to the Major Superiors of the Society of Jesus (Synod Hall) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
Nov. 6, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech to the General Chapters of the Religious of Jesus and Mary and of the Scalabrinian Sisters (Clementine Hall) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
Nov. 21, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV LIVE: A Call to Unity and Hope, presented by NCYC (Source: YouTube website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpe2BSXdyJA)
Dec. 1, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech - Apostolic journey to Lebanon: Meeting with young people (Square in front of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (Bkerke)) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "Together, as shepherds and flock, we will feed on the Blessed Sacrament, adore him and carry him through the streets. In doing so, we will present him before the eyes, the consciences and the hearts of the people."
Aug. 2, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech - dialogue with young people during the Jubilee Vigil (University of Rome Tor Vergata) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "Be united with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, the source of eternal life....Each time we adore Christ in the Eucharist, our hearts will be united in him."
Sept. 7, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV homily - Mass with canonizations for Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis (St. Peter's Square) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "Both Pier Giorgio and Carlo cultivated their love for God and for their brothers and sisters through simple acts, available to everyone: daily Mass, prayer, and especially Eucharistic Adoration. Carlo used to say: In front of the sun, you get a tan. In front of the Eucharist, you become a saint! And again: Sadness is looking at yourself; happiness is looking at God. Conversion is nothing more than shifting your gaze from below to above; a simple movement of the eyes is enough."
Oct. 20, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech to the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome (Consistory Hall) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "By pausing in the presence of the Lord after demanding days of work, you can find refreshment in Him and mend the unity of your life. Always ask Him for a heart capable of loving the Church as He does, ... Hold fast to the Lord Jesus in listening to His Word, in the celebration of the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist, in Adoration, in spiritual discernment, and in fraternal kindness among yourselves."
Oct. 24, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech to the Major Superiors of the Society of Jesus (Synod Hall) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "I encourage you to remain close to Jesus. As the Gospel tells us, the first disciples stayed with him the whole day (cf. Jn 1). Remain with him through private prayer, the celebration of the Sacraments, devotion to his Sacred Heart and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament."
Nov. 6, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech to the General Chapters of the Religious of Jesus and Mary and of the Scalabrinian Sisters (Clementine Hall) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "Give plenty of space, then, to prayer and silence throughout the course of your work. In a Chapter, the most important insights are gained on our knees, and what matures in the meeting rooms of the Chapter needs to be sown and sifted before the Tabernacle and in listening to the word. For it is only by listening to the Lord that we learn to truly listen to one another."
Nov. 21, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV LIVE: A Call to Unity and Hope, presented by NCYC (Source: YouTube website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpe2BSXdyJA)
- "I was happy to see how much time you dedicated to adoration, to daily Mass, to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. These are not simply program activities. They are real opportunities to meet Jesus."
- "To entrust our struggles to Jesus, we have to spend time with Him in prayer. We have to have a relationship with Him. In quiet, we can speak honestly with Him about what is in our hearts. During Eucharistic adoration you can look at Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. You know that He looks at you and He looks at you with love. He often speaks to us gently, in stillness. That is why daily moments of silence are so important, whether through adoration, reading scripture, talking to Him, looking for those little spaces of time where we can be with Him."
- "Spend time praying before the Eucharist and Eucharistic adoration."
Dec. 1, 2025 - Pope Leo XIV speech - Apostolic journey to Lebanon: Meeting with young people (Square in front of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (Bkerke)) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "As you strive to do good, I ask you to be contemplatives like Saint Charbel by praying, reading Sacred Scripture, participating in Holy Mass and spending time in adoration."
Feb. 2, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV homily - Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (St. Peter's Basilica) (Source: Vatican website
www.vatican.va)
Mar. 16, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV message for the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
Apr. 2, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV homily - Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord's Supper (St. John Lateran Basilica) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
Apr. 20, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV address to bishops, priests, consecrated men and women, catechists, brothers and sisters in Angola (Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, Luanda) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "Living in constant tension between earth and heaven, they allowed themselves to be guided with faith and courage. Setting out from the Eucharistic table, some were led to the silence of the cloister, others to the demands of the apostolate; some to the classrooms of schools, others to the destitution of the streets or the toil of the missions. This same faith moved them to return, time and again, humbly and wisely, to the foot of the Cross and to the Tabernacle, where they offered everything and discovered in God both the source and the goal of all their actions."
Mar. 16, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV message for the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "Dear young people, listen to this voice! Listen to the voice of the Lord who invites you to a full and fruitful life, calling you to put your talents to use (cf. Mt 25:14-30) and to unite your limitations and weaknesses with the glorious cross of Christ. Make time, then, for Eucharistic adoration; meditate faithfully on the word of God, so that you may put it into practice each day; and participate actively and fully in the sacramental and ecclesial life of the Church."
Apr. 2, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV homily - Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord's Supper (St. John Lateran Basilica) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "May this evening’s Eucharistic adoration, in every parish and community, be a time to contemplate Jesus’ gesture, kneeling as he did, and to ask for the strength to imitate his service with the same love."
Apr. 20, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV address to bishops, priests, consecrated men and women, catechists, brothers and sisters in Angola (Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, Luanda) (Source: Vatican website www.vatican.va)
- "...above all, prayer of adoration and contemplation. Without this contemplative dimension, we no longer live in conformity with the Gospel, nor do we reflect the power of the Resurrection."
- "How good it is to stand before a crucifix, or on our knees before the Blessed Sacrament, and simply to be in his presence! How much good it does us when he once more touches our lives and impels us to share his new life!"