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.

New Life Can Be Your's

Jesus Offers You New Life

“The Holy Trinity dwells in our hearts to be loved and adored by grace.  Grace is a participation in the life of the Trinity that flows through the Cross of Christ into the depths of our being.  Producing all kinds of beautiful thoughts and desires, this new life allows God to give Himself to us so that we can enjoy His presence more and more.  A holy thought that moves us to love makes our mind like Christ, and the stirring of holy affections that move us to love and devotion renders our heart like the Holy Spirit.”  (Fire From Above - Dr Anthony Lilles)

No relationship can survive without quality time together.  Find a convenient hour during your week and improve your relationship with God by spending time with him in Adoration.  If you improve your relationship with the Holy Spirit you’ll improve your relationship with the Trinity.  Wow, that’s a force multiplier you can’t deny.

www.adorationpro.org/ihmmi

Increase Your Eucharistic Friendship

Faith Grows .. And We Never Have Enough

Jesus tells us in “In Sinu Jesu” that faith in the mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist grows in proportion to the time one gives him in adoration. Its not enough that we go to Holy Mass often if we do not approach him and remain with him in the sacrament of his love. Nothing can replace the intimate experience that He offers to us if we seek his Eucharistic friendship - and this is the experience he offers to us if we seek his Eucharistic Face and offer a sacrifice of our time to his Eucharistic Heart.

Begin to grow your faith in the mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist by finding a church that has Eucharistic Adoration and begin spending some time in His Real Presence.  

Does Your Prayer Life Need Improvement?

 Lest You Forget

“In every age the followers of Jesus come to Him and ask, 'Lord, teach us to pray.’”

What we ask for, we receive.  Jesus gives us the profound gift of prayer.  We knock and the door is opened to us, and we are able to enter into the presence of the living God.  We seek and we find the face of the Father, Who gives us our name and calls us to friendship.

Prayer is the promise and a privilege that Jesus makes possible for the Children of God.  Through Him we can dare to call God ‘Our Father’ and speak with Him in loving dialogue.”

(Most Reverend Jose H. Gomez  Archbishop of Los Angeles  Apr 2016)

Let Him know how much you appreciate what He has done for you by stopping by the Adoration Chapel and telling Him face to face.

www.adorationpro.org/ihmmi

Get Closer

 A Way To Become Holier

Every day is a chance.  Every hour an opportunity.  Every moment a precious gift.  Don’t waste your chance, opportunity or precious gift.  Spend them in the presence of God. That’s easier than you think because God is always with you; the problem is you’re not always with Him.  Say this short prayer at the beginning of every day and after a few days your awareness of his presence within will increase to the point you will have a desire to spend face time in His Real Presence.

“Dear Lord, I need your help today to be aware that you are always with me.  Thank you.”

www.adorationpro.org/ihmmi

Read The Post - Discover The Secret

What’s The Secret?

According to St John Paul II, “Christ’s resurrection is the strength, the secret of Christianity.  It is not a question of mythology or of mere symbolism, but of a concrete event.  It is confirmed by sure and convincing proofs.  The acceptance of this truth, although the fruit of the Holy Spirit’s grace, rests at the same time on a solid historical base.”

By trading some of your couch time for chapel time you enhance that positive internal change brought about by the Indwelling Trinity.  There is no ‘down side’ - you have EVERYTHING to gain.  Why not start today?

Show Jesus Your Appriciation

No Greater Love …

Jesus loves us beyond measure.  One way He asks us to return love and appreciation of all He does for us is to spend one quiet hour with Him each week in Eucharistic Adoration.  “Where your treasure is, there is your heart …”, “Could you not watch one hour with Me?” (Mt 6:21; 26:40)

Express your love by committing to an hour of adoration by visiting                                    your closest Adoration Chapel. The rewards are heavenly.