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79 Why are the Saints witnesses to the Eucharistic life? The Saints are witnesses to the Eucharistic life because they witness that the Eucharist makes us holy and that there can be no holiness that is not centered on a strong Eucharistic life. Jesus says: “The one who feeds on me will live because of me” (Jn 6, 57). Some saints experienced this dimension with particular intensity and received special gifts of the Spirit, inspiring the same fervent love in their brothers and sisters the same love for the Eucharist. There are numerous examples we could mention: from Saint Ignatius of Antioch to Saint Ambrose, from Saint John Chrysostom to Saint Augustine, from Saint Anthony (Abbot) to Saint Benedict, from Saint Francis of Assisi to Saint Thomas Aquinas, from Saint Catherine of Siena to Saint Clare of Assisi, from Saint Teresa of Avila to Saint Teresa of Calcutta, from Saint Bernard to Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori, from Saint Peter Julian Eymard to Saint Puis of Pietrelcina, even to the “Martyrs of the Eucharist”, ancient and modern, from Saint Tarcisius to Saint Nicola Pieck and companions, to Saint Peter Maldonado. And this is just to mention but a few from a very long list. 267