“In the words, `Take, eat, drink’, the abyss of God’s love for humankind is made manifest. O perfect love, O all embracing love, O irresistible love, what shall we give to God in gratitude for this love?
The Eucharist is fire. I tremble as I receive the fire. Let me not be burned. I come with awe, aware of my sinfulness, but also with faith in God’s mercy, and with love. And so, with the fear of God and with faith, I draw near.”
St. John of Kronstadt