Light Quote by Saint Augustine

“Most sacraments are acts of breathtaking simplicity: a simple prayer, a sip of wine and a piece of bread, a single breath in meditation,…

— Mark Nepo

And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

— Martin Chemnitz

Sacraments are like hoses. They are the channels of the living water of God's grace. Our faith is like opening the faucet. We can…

— Peter Kreeft

A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other.

— Honore de Balzac

“The word “sacrament” also has a broader meaning. In the study of religion, a sacrament is commonly defined as a mediator of the sacred,…

— Marcus J. Borg

Everything is full of sacramental substance, everything. Each thing and each function is ever ready to light up into a sacrament.

— Martin Buber

O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body.

— Thomas Aquinas

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive at the time, can receive spiritually... even a hundred…

— Johannes Tauler

For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed,…

— John Tillotson

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

— Saint Augustine

“—With the sole exception of Penance, which demands certain supernatural acts (faith, contrition, etc.) either as quasi-matter, or at least as a necessary condition,…

— Joseph Pohle

To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of Creation. When we do this knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently, it is…

— Wendell Berry