Adoration In His Presence

Chapel of the Holy Eucharist

“The Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life’” (CCC 1324)  Our worship of our Eucharistic Lord, Jesus - fully and completely present under the consecrated species of bread and wine - continues outside of the celebration of the Mass when the sacred Host is exposed for veneration in our chapel.  “This exposition gives us the opportunity for a deep personal encounter with Christ.  The holy and glorious God is constantly inviting us to come to him, to hold converse with him, to ask for such things as we need and to experience what a blessing there is in fellowship with him.”  (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)

Chapel of the Holy Eucharist - July 12, '26

Chapel of the Holy Eucharist

If you want to spend more time with God something has to change.  Start small.  Spend just 15-minutes a day consciously having God on your mind and praying for a change of heart.  He hears you, and is moved to action if only you give him a chance.  15-minutes a day is only 1% of the daily time He gives you.

Add Spice To Your Relationship With God

 Spiritually Lazy

“Most Western people are just spiritually lazy.  And when we are lazy, we stay on the path we are already on, even if it is going nowhere.  It is the spiritual equivalent of the second law of thermodynamics: everything winds down unless some outside force winds it back up.”  Scott Peck quoted in Falling Upward by R. Rohr  p.xix

If you find your spirituality in need of a jump start why not make a commitment to spend time in the Real Presence of our Lord during Eucharistic Adoration.  Time in the chapel could be the ‘outside force’ needed to jump start your Spiritual Journey.

Spend A Little Time In His Presence And Reap The Benefits

Source of Unlimited Grace

“Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament has His hands full of graces and He is ready to bestow them on anyone who asks for them”  (St Peter of Alcantara).  Our Lord Jesus Christ wants us to come and visit Him at our local Catholic Church and make a “Holy Hour” (an hour spent in Eucharistic Adoration) whenever we can.  The Eucharist is the Real Presence of Jesus: He is present body, blood, soul and divinity.  He is our Savior and our Friend.  What a joy it is to spend time with Him!

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen enthusiastically promoted the making of Holy Hours during his lifetime.  He stated, “During a Holy Hour we grow more and more into His (Christ’s) likeness.”  He also remarked, “The only time our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night He went into agony.  Not for activity did He plead, but for an Hour of companionship.”

Can’t you find a little companionship time to spend with Him in our Adoration Chapel?

Give God A Chance Of Transforming You

Let God Transform You!

Why would God go to such an extent to rescue us that He sacrifices His own Son?  Because not only is God loving, but He himself in the definition of Love (John 3:16, 1 John 4:8)

We have to recognize that His love is not motivated by what He sees in us, but by what is inside of Him.  God delights in transforming us by His grace and rescuing us by His love.  But in order to do that He needs our full cooperation.  We have to be receptive to His Love.  He never forces Himself on us, but will work marvelous deeds if we but open our heart to Him.

It all begins with TRUST, and a good place to start is weekly Adoration.

                               We become what we worship.  Choose wisely.

www.adorationpro.org/ihmmi

  

The Eucharist Holds Many Gifts

Christ’s Presence In The Eucharist

Saint Pope John II in his encyclical letter, Ecclesia de Eucharist, draws our attention to the fact that, “In the Eucharist we have Jesus, we have his redemptive sacrifice, we have his resurrection, we have the gift of the Holy Spirit, we have adoration, obedience and love of the Father.” All of this Jesus gives us if we only meet him in the Adoration Chapel, and sit quietly in his Presence surrendering to his action within our heart and soul.

www.adorationpro.org/ihmmi

  

Sacred Heart of Jesus / Immaculate Heart of Mary

Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (6/12) / Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (6/13)

Sacred Heart of Jesus

When we contemplate the Sacred Heart of Jesus, our hearts change.  We want to have his heart.  We want to be changed.  We want to love with his heart.  It’s something real.  Something we can’t teach so much as show.  The most effective preacher radiates love from his heart.  And we then better understand our thirst for him and even more remarkably, his thirst for us.  Devotion to the heart of Jesus is especially directed to the "divine heart" as overflowing with love for humanity.

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary refers to the view of the interior life of Mary, her joys and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and above all, her virginal love for God, her maternal love for her son Jesus Christ, and her motherly and compassionate love for all mankind.  In the devotion to Mary, however, the attraction is the love of her heart for Jesus and for God.

Happy the soul which maintains a loving devotion to both.