Modern Period · AD 1801–1900
The 19th-Century Witness to the Real Presence
From AD 1801 to 1900, 2 voices of the Church — St. John Vianney, and St. Peter Julian Eymard — testified that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. These are their primary-source words, with dates and sources.
St. John Vianney
c. 18351786 – 1859 · Parish priest known as the Curé of Ars
“Upon receiving Holy Communion, the adorable blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins, and his flesh is really blended with ours. ”
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St. Peter Julian Eymard
c. 18601811 – 1868 · Priest known as the "Apostle of the Eucharist"
“We must remember that the Holy Eucharist is Jesus Christ, past, present and future; that the Holy Eucharist is the highest development of the Incarnation and the mortal life of the Savior; that Jesus Christ therein gives us all graces. […] Happy the soul who knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and in the Eucharist all things else!”
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