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“Not given, not blessed by God, it was food whose eating was condemned to be communion with itself alone, and not with God. It…

— Alexander Schmemann

“I must take care above all that I cultivate communion with Christ, for though that can never be the basis of my peace -…

— Charles Spurgeon

“God has only to give you what you want to make you feel the emptiness of it!...You will generally notice that when the believer…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God's bread, which is the Flesh…

— Ignatius of Antioch

“My precious young friends, the Bread of Life and Love is inseparable from the Gospel of Life and Love. The more there is devotion…

— Brian J Gail

“Nevertheless, while I may not have completely understood what Holy Communion was all about, Catholicism did allow me to see the nuances in cannibalism.…

— J. Maarten Troost

“Living communion with God in which He is real, alive, fresh, and present to your soul energizes a God-centered life.”

— Colin S. Smith

“Nothing, surely, is so likely to prepare us for that heaven where Christ's personal presence will be all, and that glory where we shall…

— J.C. Ryle

I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the Bread of God, which is the Flesh…

— Ignatius of Antioch

“When there is no bread and even when there is we should eat our fill of one another.”

— Marie-Claire Blais

I hope I do not offend God by making my Communions in the frame of mind I have been describing. The command, after all,…

— Anonymous

To eat bread is one thing; to love the precepts of Christ and resolve to obey them is quite another.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson