St. Padre Pio (1887 to 1968)

Quotes On The Importance Of Eucharistic Adoration

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St. Padre Pio was a 20th century Mystic and a Stigmatic. He is a Patron Saint of Eucharistic Adorers because often times he would be found in Eucharistic Adoration. He considered Adoration so important that he even instructed his fellow friars "When you want to find me come near the Tabernacle". Here are some of his quotes on the importance of Eucharistic Adoration in our lives:

Volume 1

1910 to 1922 - St. Padre Pio â€” Letters, Volume 1

"I weep and mourn at the feet of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for often I'm consoled."

(St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Letters, Volume 1. San Giovanni Rotondo: Edizioni Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, 1910â€“1922, p. 208.)
"When Mass ended I remained with Jesus to render Him thanks. My thirst and hunger do not diminish after I have received Him in the Blessed Sacrament, but rather, increase steadily. Oh, how sweet was the conversation I held with Paradise this morning. The Heart of Jesus and my own, if you will pardon my expression, fused. They were no longer two hearts beating but only one. My heart disappeared as if it were a drop in the ocean."

(St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Letters, Vol. 1, Edizioni Padre Pio, p. 333.)

Volume 2

1915 to 1923 - St. Padre Pio â€” Letters, Volume 2

"We must always have courage, and if some spiritual languor comes upon us, let us run to the feet of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and let us place ourselves in the midst of the heavenly perfumes, and we will undoubtedly regain our strength."

(St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Letters, Volume 2. San Giovanni Rotondo: Edizioni Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, 1915â€“1923, p. 87.)
"Kneel down and render the tribute of your presence and devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Confide all your needs to him, along with those of others. Speak to him with filial abandonment, give free rein to your heart, and give him complete freedom to work in you as he thinks best."

(St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Letters, Volume 2, p. 29.)

Volume 3

1915 to 1923 - St. Padre Pio â€” Letters, Volume 3

"A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent in sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."

(St. Pio of Pietrelcina. Letters, Volume 3. San Giovanni Rotondo: Edizioni Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, 1915â€“1923, p. 65.)

Other

St. Padre Pio â€” Other Eucharistic Adoration Quotes

Booklet

"By means of the angels, Jesus calls the poor and simple shepherds, in order to manifest Himself to them. He calls the learned men by means of their science. And all of them, moved by His inner grace, hasten to adore Him. He calls all of us by divine inspiration, and communicates with us by means of His grace. How many times has he invited us, too? And how readily have we responded? My God, I blush and become embarrassed when I have to answer such a question."

(St. Pio of Pietrelcina. The Agony of Jesus. Huntington, IN: Servant Publications, 1987, p. 34.)

Newspaper

St. Padre Pio was so happy during his many hours of Eucharistic Adoration that he wrote: "My heart feels as if it would burst with love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."

(C. Bernard Ruffin. Padre Pio: The True Story. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 1991, p. 242.)

"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

"God is waiting for us in Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Let us not leave him waiting in vain! Let us not, through distraction and lethargy, pass by the greatest and most important thing life offers us."
Pope Benedict XVI

"Help us, Jesus, to understand that in order 'to do' in your Church we must first learn 'to be', that is, to stay with you, in your sweet company, in adoration."
St. Pope John Paul II

"God deserves too much from us for us to be able to throw to him a few crumbs of our time and our heart. It would not be wise to give so much of ourselves to worldly things and little of ourselves to Jesus."
Bl. Pope John Paul I