Appendix IX - Mary and the Eucharist According to the Fathers

The Eucharist is the blessed Fruit of Mary's womb. - Luke 1:42

Blessed is the womb that bore Thee and the paps that gave Thee suck. - Luke 11:27

The Eucharist, that is the Fruit of Mary. - Ecclesiastes 24

Who will give us of His Flesh, that we may be filled? - Job 31:31

The Flesh formed from that of Mary, and which she gives us to eat. - Saint Augustine of Hippo

The new Flower of humanity inclosed in the womb of Mary. - Pope Saint Leo the Great

The Cluster of grapes which ripened on this celestial vine. - Pope Saint Clement

The Son of the Virgin. - Saint Augustine of Hippo

The Host of virginal perfume. - Roman Missal

Our Food suckled by the Virgin. - Saint Augustine of Hippo

The Bread sown in the Virgin, which daily gives to the Faithful the heavenly food of the altar. - Saint Peter Chrysologus

The Bread of heaven made in the womb of Mary. - Peter Blessius

Bread from the most pure earth of Mary. - Saint Gregory Nyssa

The Fruit of Mary, infinitely sweet to the taste. - Saint Bernard

Tears came from Eve, but in the Fruit of Mary is the source of joy. - Saint Augustine of Hippo

The Little Chick of the Queen of Heaven and the chaster Celestial Dove. - Saint Francis de Sales

The chalice of life and reconciliation offered by Mary. - Saint Peter Damian

The robe of immortality woven from the fleece of the Divine Lamb. - Saint Epiphanius

She clothed God with flesh, that we might be clothed with God. - Saint Bernard

Death came through Eve; Mary brings us life, in which all flesh dead shall live again. - Saint Augustine of Hippo

The pasturage afforded in the spiritual meadow of the womb of Mary. - Saint Bernard

The miracle of the incomprehensible Mystery offered to the world by Mary. - Saint Epiphanius

The Bread baked in Mary's womb by the fire of the Holy Spirit. - Saint Bernard

The Wheaten Mass from Mary's womb is spread throughout the world. - Saint Ambrose of Milan

You are, therefore, the brother of Jesus, nourished like Him at the breasts of His Blessed Mother. - Canticles 8

The sweetness of Mary's milk, which we taste in eating the Body of her Son. - Saint Birgit

The mysterical table whereon we find the Bread of Heaven. - Saint Epiphanius

How long, O wandering soul, wilt thou lose thyself in the delights of the senses? Taste this milk, and thou wilt find true delights. - Saint Jerome

The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. - 1 Kings 4

The Fruit of salvation which ripened on the tree of life. - Saint Andrew of Crete

The true Pearl in the shell of Mary. - Saint Athanasius

The immaculate Flower from the root of Jesse. - Tertullian

The precious Lily which bloomed on Mary. - Saint Augustine of Hippo

The Son of virginity. - Saint Ambrose of Milan

Virgins shall have part therein with the Virgin Mary. - Saint Cyril

The Price of our redemption, placed in the hands of Mary. -Saint Bernard

- from Month of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, by Saint Pierre-Julien Eymard