Catholic Wisdom

"When the mother pearl has received the grain of sand, it draws within itself and closes its shell to preserve it; in like manner, when you have received the Blessed Sacrament, withdraw into yourself and collect all the faculties of your soul to adore this sovereign King, and relish by a lively faith the spiritual refreshment which this Divine Germ produces in your breast."

--Saint Francis de Sales, Maxims and Counsels for Every Day, 153.