God Wants Presence

“You console my Eucharistic Heart by giving me signs of your friendship; of all these, the one that most consoles me is your presence before my Eucharistic Face.  There are many ways of expressing friendship and of responding to the love of one’s friend, but the one that is most satisfying to the heart is the simple act of companionship, of presence, of being together. (In Sinu Jesu: When Hearts Speak to Heart  pg 153)

This is a good time to offer Jesus the gift of your presence, and one of the better ways to do that is Eucharistic Adoration in our chapel, where you can go and pray before the face of our true God almost anytime you want.  You don’t have to be a ‘committed’ adorer to pray in the chapel, you are welcome anytime your schedule permits.

The more time we spend in his presence the easier it is for us to find him not only in the chapel, but everywhere and in everything we do.

“Loving Father, my heart reveals to me that everything that I long for finds its fulfillment in the Eucharist.  Attune my way of thinking to the Eucharist so that I will be responsive to the presence of your Son in whatever comes my way.” (Jesus, Present Before Me - Fr Peter Cameron, O.P.)

Listen to God's Invite

God’s Invitation

Need time to catch your breath and put a little normalcy back into your life?  As in all things, God is ahead of us because he gives us a standing invitation to step away from the busyness and noise of everyday living when he says in Matt 11:28-29, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”

You can find that ‘rest’ spending time in His Real Presence in the Adoration Chapel.  The beauty of this ‘rest’ is that you don’t have to do anything but show up.  You simply sit in His presence and God does the work.  All you need is a little trust.  How much easier do you want it?  This action of sitting in His presence changes us from the inside out by lifting us up and giving us renewed direction and energy.

Join the many of your fellow parishioners who have made ‘chapel time’ a regular component of their prayer life and found this divine support to be priceless.

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God Waits For You

He Waits For You!

Many people visit the Adoration Chapel to be able to sit quietly in the Presence of God and experience the solace of the surroundings during normal activities of the day.  Some adorers are ‘committed’; as such they have volunteered for a specific time each week.  You don’t have to be a ‘committed’ adorer to spend time in the chapel; you can visit when your schedule permits.  No matter when you go He is waiting for you and wants to hear about your life, your joys, your sorrows.  In His presence it’s a good time to recall how He was insulted, publicly humiliated, and suffered for us to save us from eternal damnation.  This is a time we can thank Him for what He did, tell Him how much we love Him, and give Him thanks for all the graces and blessings He gives us.  It is a time we can talk to Him as a friend who always has time to listen.

Adoration helps us grow through silence.  While sitting in his presence we grow spiritually and it doesn’t take long to experience these changes positively affecting our lives.  These changes improve our relationship with God, and as our relationship improves we find ourselves wanting to spend more time in His presence, and we begin looking for additional opportunities for chapel time.

Pope Francis in a recent Angelus said, “Through silence and prayer, we make space for Jesus”.

Make Better

 To Make Better

Our human condition often gets in the way of fully realizing how important it is to our spiritual well being to spend time in the true presence of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord and God.  Unfortunately, we may not fully realize its importance until we’re standing face to face before our Lord.  When that time comes I hope we’re all able to say ‘I tried to use every opportunity You gave me to better our relationship and to prepare myself for eternal life with You.’

The New Year not only gives us the opportunity to evaluate our physical lives and commit to change that hopefully will make us better people; it also gives us the opportunity to evaluate our spiritual lives and make changes where we can improve our relationship with God.  ‘Change’ can start in the Adoration Chapel.  If you’re not a regular, why not give it a try.

Adoration is:  “The experience of Christs’ peaceful presence.”

A Resolution That Becomes Easier To Keep With Time

A Resolution That Becomes Easier To Keep With Time

If you are going into the new year without a resolution that if kept would in some way make you a better person let me offer you a fail-safe practice.  Time spent in Eucharistic Adoration increases your love of God and helps you become a better person in the here and now.  Not only is there an immediate Spiritual benefit, but every moment of adoration adds great value to your eternal retirement account that will never decrease in value from that time on.

We all know the importance of compound interest on our financial retirement; the same can be said of our heavenly account.  Don’t wait … start now.  Have faith in Our Lord and remember, If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

Every saint has a PAST.... Every sinner has a FUTURE