"Come Away ... and Rest"

 “Come Away … and Rest”

Jesus said to the apostles, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” (Mark 6:31)  He realized that the apostles, having just returned from a long and tiring trip of evangelization, needed time to rest and be rejuvenated.  That was good advice at the time, and is good advice now.  Jesus knows how busy and demanding each of our lives have become, and He offers us respite when we visit Him in the Adoration Chapel.  Give it a try … you might be surprised and very grateful.
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“Let us with Mary Immaculate adore, thank, supplicate, and console the most sacred and beloved Eucharistic Heart of Jesus!”  (St Peter Julian Eymard)

What Do You Have To Lose?

 What Do You Have To Lose?

Time, not money, is our greatest commodity.  It’s also the gift we most often squander or channel in the wrong direction.  We lose perspective amid our busyness.  Making even little pockets of time each week to stop by the chapel to adore the Lord in Adoration can radically change not only the course of your week but your very life.  As you reap the benefits of Adoration you go from something reactionary - something that will help you get through current challenges - to something you yearn for; even to the point of missing it if you are not able to spend regular time in the chapel.  Remember, you can’t ‘out give God’, so you have nothing to lose and the reward will be far greater than any effort extended.

Most Powerful Source of Grace

 Most Powerful Source Of Grace

“We know adoration is due to God alone because He alone is worthy of veneration as the source and destiny of our being. We have also seen that since God became man in the Person of Jesus Christ, our adoration of Jesus is really the adoration of God in human form. Since Christ in the Blessed sacrament is here on earth in the fullness of His Divinity united with the humanity He received from Mary, we are to adore Him in the Holy Eucharist. This is the highest form of worship we can render to God and the most powerful source of grace we have on earth in our journey to a heavenly eternity. On all these counts, the Blessed
                   Virgin is our model of what our adoration of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament should be.”  (Father John A Hardon, S.J.)

Christ's Real Presence

 Christ’s Real Presence

“The simplest way to express what Christ asks us to believe about the Real Presence is that the Eucharist is really He.  The Real Presence is the real Jesus. 

We are to believe that the Eucharist began in the womb of the Virgin Mary; that the flesh which the Son of God received from His Mother at the Incarnation is the same flesh into which He changed bread at the Last Supper; that the blood He received from His Mother is the same blood into which He changed wine at the Last Supper.  Had she not given Him His flesh and blood there could not be a Eucharist.  We are to believe that the Eucharist is Jesus Christ - simply - without qualification.  It is God become man in the fullness of His divine nature, in the fullness of His human nature, in the fullness of His body and soul, in the fullness of everything that makes Jesus Jesus.  He is in the Eucharist with His human mind and will united with Divinity, with His hands and feet, His face and features, with His eyes and lips and ears and nostrils, with His affections and emotions and, with emphasis, with His living, pulsating, physical Sacred Heart.  That is what our Catholic Faith demands of us that we believe.  If we believe this, we are Catholic.  If we do not, we are not, no matter what people may think we are.”  (Father John A Hardon SJ)

Eucharistic Miracle showing the Pulsating Host

“Come Follow Me” - Christ Awaits You In Adoration

“Christ invited the people He came across in His ministry to, “Come Follow Me” (Luke 18:22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 9:59).  Some took Him up on the invitation and their lives were forever changed (Mark 1:17).  Some, sadly, walked away, never fully realizing the potential in that invitation (John 6:66).

Today, Jesus is still inviting us to “Come, follow Me”.  Perhaps you are thinking, “I have never heard this invitation from Christ.  I am not even sure that I believe in Him.  I have been to church, given alms or donations, and volunteered, but I have never heard His voice”.

Do you ever wonder why?

There is a profound awe and humility to the Divine - with Him there is no need for spoken words.  The invitation He offers is more heart to heart.  And yet, trying to pray can be so challenging in this modern age.  The world can infiltrate our spirits with a cacophony of sound.  Making prayer a priority in light of so many other requests on our dialy schedule can seem insurmountable.”   (Serafina - St Joseph’s Shelf)

Maybe it’s time to put more effort into hearing God’s voice within your heart, and to develop a stronger relationship with Him.  This can happen in Eucharistic Adoration.  So if you are ready, go to:  www.adorationpro.org/ihmmi and click on ‘Weekly Commitment’. 

“Don’t ask God to guide your footsteps if you’re not willing to move your feet”  Dale Partridge