When the Holy Spirit acts in the soul he sings Psalms and praises with complete relaxation and sweetness in the secret places of the heart. This disposition is accompanied by interior tears, then by a sort of fullness, eager for silence.
DIADOCHUS OF PHOTIKE Gnostic Chapters, 73
Let us learn the wonder of this sacrament, the purpose of its institution, the effects it produces. We become a single body, according to Scripture, members of his flesh and bone of his bones. This is what is brought about by the food that he gives us. He blends himself with us so that we may all become one single entity in the way the body is joined to the head.
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Homily on John, 46
