Pope Pius XI (1922 - 1939)
Quotes On The Importance Of Eucharistic Adoration
Page Controls
Select Year of Quote:
Source Type:
Dec. 23, 1922 - Pope Pius XI Encyclical "Ubi
Arcano Dei Consilio" (Source: Vatican website -
www.vatican.va)
- 4. "We witnessed Our Blessed Redeemer reassume His
rightful place as King of all men, of all states, and of all nations when,
though hidden behind the veils of the Eucharistic species, He was carried
in a magnificent and truly royal triumph of faith through the streets of
Our own city, Rome...."
- 53. "We refer to the various organizations of young people
which have helped to develop such ardent and true love for the Holy
Eucharist..., in adoration, in prayer, and in the enjoyment of all heavenly
graces."
- 54."The fruits of such piety are manifest, the widespread diffusion and great activity of the apostolate which, by prayer, word of mouth, by the religious press, by personal example, by works of charity seeks in every way possible to lead souls to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to restore to the same Sacred Heart His sovereign rule over the family and over society."
Dec. 11, 1925 - Pope Pius XI Encyclical "Quas
Primas" (Source: Vatican website -
www.vatican.va)
- 23. "When reverence and devotion to the Blessed
Sacrament had grown cold, the feast of Corpus Christi was instituted, so
that by means of solemn processions and prayer of eight days' duration,
men might be brought once more to render public homage to Christ."
- 26. "The people of each diocese, district or nation,
and...the whole world (should come) together to venerate and adore Christ
the King hidden under the Sacramental species. Thus by sermons preached at
meetings and in churches, by public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
exposed and by solemn processions, men unite in paying homage to Christ,
whom God has given them for their King."
- 26. "It is by a divine inspiration that the people of Christ bring forth Jesus from his silent hiding-place in the church, and carry him in triumph through the streets of the city, so that he whom men refused to receive when he came unto his own, may now receive in full his kingly rights."
May 8, 1928 - Pope Pius XI Encyclical
"Miserentissimus Redemptor" (Source: Vatican website -
www.vatican.va)
- 3. "...hence too the custom of receiving Holy
Communion on the first Friday of every month at the desire of Christ Jesus,
a custom which now prevails everywhere."
- 9. "...the whole virtue of the expiation depends on
the one bloody sacrifice of Christ, which without intermission of time is
renewed on our altars in an unbloody manner...."
- 12. "In order that these faults might be washed away, (Jesus)
then recommended several things to be done, and in particular the following as most
pleasing to Himself, namely that men should ...make expiatory supplications and
prayers, prolonged for a whole hour, which is rightly called a Holy Hour. These pious
exercises have been approved by the Church and have also been enriched with
copious indulgences."
- 20. "Wherefore, we decree and command that every year on the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus... in all churches throughout the whole world, the same expiatory prayer... shall be solemnly recited...."
May 3, 1932 - Pope Pius XI Encyclical "Caritate
Christi Compulsi" (Source: Vatican website -
www.vatican.va)
- 31. "Let the faithful hasten in large numbers to the
Eucharistic board, hasten to the foot of the altar to adore the Redeemer of
the world, under the veils of the Sacrament, that you, Venerable Brethren,
will have solemnly exposed that day in all churches, let them pour out to
that Merciful Heart that has known all the griefs of the human heart, the
fullness of their sorrow, the steadfastness of their faith, the trust of
their hope, the ardor of their charity. Let them pray to Him, interposing
likewise the powerful patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of all
graces,..."
- 32. "Let this spirit of prayer and reparation be
maintained with keen earnestness and intensity by all the faithful during
the entire octave...."
- 33. "May this be indeed for the whole Christian people an octave of reparation and of holy austerity; let these be days of mortification and of prayer...."
Dec. 20, 1935 - Pope Pius XI Encyclical "Ad
Catholici Sacerdotii" (Source: Vatican website -
www.vatican.va)
- 6. "There, under the mantle of the Immaculate, for a
fervent and uninterrupted Eucharistic Triduum, gathered together Catholic
clergy of every tongue and rite."
- 35. "The Eucharistic Sacrifice in which the Immaculate
Victim who taketh away the sins of the world is immolated, requires in a
special way that the priest, by a holy and spotless life, should make
himself as far as he can, less unworthy of God, to whom he daily offers
that adorable Victim...."
- 81. "In an ideal home... they foster a tender devotion to Jesus, the Blessed Sacrament and the Immaculate Virgin...."
Dec. 31, 1937 - Pope Pius XI Radio Message
"Audite Populi de Longe" (First National Eucharistic Congress in India)
(Source: Vatican website -
www.vatican.va)
- English translation: "Our prayers, united with yours, rise to God that the Eucharistic Sacrament may be for you the foundation and the inexhaustible source of Christian life, and may those also turn to it for life who still lie in the shadow of death."
May 29, 1938 - Pope Pius XI Radio Message "Dum Datur
Nobis" (Budapest Eucharistic Congress) (Source: Vatican website -
www.vatican.va)
- English translation: "And you too, gathered for the Eucharistic
Congress at Budapest, we bless with a fatherly heart; and while our Redeemer,
hidden beneath the Eucharistic veils, triumphs with such splendor, we humbly pray
with you that He may, by His divine help, increase and strengthen these consolations
and this hope for better times."
- English translation: "In this solemn hour, in which the King of
kings and Lord of lords, beneath the white Eucharistic veils, responds with His
immense charity to your love and in His splendid triumph bestows His heavenly
gifts...."
- English translation: "Why should we not hope for better times...
when we see... devotion to the august Sacrament of the altar ever more
enkindled?"
- English translation: "If the Divine Eucharist... is to be considered the center of the whole Christian life... wherever it is adored with solemn worship and received with pious frequency in Holy Communion, it repairs human weakness by stirring up and strengthening Christian virtues."