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Added several quotes, mainly on the Eucharist.
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
[[Ambrose Bierce]] said that "[[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]] has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Some of the smaller sects have no sacraments at all — for which mean economy they will indubitable be damned."<ref>Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary</ref>
Flannery O'Connor: "Well, if the Eucharist is a symbol, to hell with it."<ref name="quotes">[https://catholicquotations.com/sacraments/ "Sacraments"], ''Catholic Quotations'', retrieved 8 May 2016</ref>
[[Cyril of Jerusalem|St. Cyril of Jerusalem]] (c. 313 – 386): "Since Christ Himself said, 'This is my body', who shall dare to doubt that it is His body?"<ref name="quotes"/>
[[Padre Pio|St. Padre Pio]]: "A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."<ref name="quotes"/>
[[Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer|St. Josemaría Escrivá]]: "'The Mass is long,' you say, and I reply: 'Because your love is short.'”<ref name="quotes"/>
St. John Vianney: "There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious He would have given it to us."<ref name="quotes"/>
[[Maximilian Kolbe|St. Maximilian Kolbe]]: "If the angels could be jealous of men, they would be for one reason: Holy Communion."<ref name="quotes"/>
Catholic proverb: "Seven days without the Eucharist makes one weak."<ref name="quotes"/>
Fr. Mike Schmitz: "So many people see the confessional as a place of defeat, but confession is a place of victory every single time."<ref name="quotes"/>
[[Ambrose Bierce]]: "[[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]] has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Some of the smaller sects have no sacraments at all — for which mean economy they will indubitable be damned."<ref>Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==