Assimilation Quote by Justin Martyr

And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the…

— Justin Martyr

“how can they say that the flesh, which is nourished with the body of the Lord and with His blood, goes to corruption, and…

— The Church Fathers

There's a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.

— M. F. K. Fisher

And according as we say, "Our Father," because He is The Father of those who understand and believe; so also we call it "our…

— Cyprian

I think that at the supper I neither receive flesh nor blood, but bread and wine; which bread when it is broken, and the…

— Anonymous

We are taught to take the bread into our bodies as proof of Jesus's body.

— Sherman Alexie

Since Christ Himself said in reference to the bread: "This is My Body," who will dare remain hesitant? And since with equal clarity He…

— Cyril of Jerusalem

“Normal food is less strong than man, it serves him, is taken into man’s body to be assimilated and to build it up. But…

— Pope Benedict XVI

We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

— Mother Teresa

And Christ says of that which is blessed, which is offered, received, eaten and drunk: This is My body; this is My blood.

— Martin Chemnitz

We know that the body needs bread, therefore we seek for bread for it: so must we seek for the food of the soul.

— Lancelot Andrewes

The Eucharist becomes a microcosmic moment of belief and power in which we say we believe in the real presence of God in Jesus,…

— Richard Rohr