'Time' - We All Have Less Than Yesterday

Make Your Time Count

Many of us today tend to give emphasis to feeling good and being accepted in society.  Winning political victories, attaining financial success, unhindered sensuality, and being famous seem to be the most important things for the many, even within the Church.  Even those who are serious about eternity often give up because of their sins and sufferings.  We are no longer “working out our salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil. 2:12) because we have ignored the dire warning of our Lord Jesus Christ: “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” (Mk. 8;36). 

We all know the time we have from the present until the time we die, is all the time we have left to invest in our heavenly retirement program.  Too many people have a thought in the back of their mind that if they don’t think about death it will go away.  Not True!  Whether we think of death or not, it will still come our way.  Every day, every choice we make brings us closer to our judgement.  Start now making a difference in your relationship with God that will affect your eternal judgement.  So, get off the couch and get on your knees - make a positive change while you still can.  Try a visit to the Adoration Chapel.

The magic of Adoration in part is that the more often you participate, the longer you want to stay, and the deeper you enter into quiet and listening.  Soon you learn to trust his voice and are able to discern his advise.

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Importance of Adoration

The Importance of Adoration

Like so many pilgrims before us, we kneel in wonder and adoration in front of the ineffable mystery which is accomplished in Eucharistic Adoration.  In the Son of God who is given to us, we find rest for our souls and the true bread that never fails — the Eucharistic Bread foreshadowed even in the name of the town of His birth: Beth-lehem, the house of bread.  God lies hidden in the Child; divinity lies hidden in the Bread of Life.

In the book In Sinu Jesu a benedictine monk recorded many locutions he had received from Our Lord concerning the importance of Eucharistic Adoration.  If you are in need of a way to rejuvenate your relationship with our Lord, an easy way to start is to get a copy of this book and let the messages recorded talk to your heart.

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Mary's Request

Mary’s Request For The Rosary

Tuesday, October 7 is the Memorial to Our Lady of the Rosary.  The Rosary is one of the most popular prayer forms in the Catholic world.  

The Rosary evolved over centuries, with roots in ancient practices.  Early practitioners used beads or knots to count prayers and this method existed long before the modern Rosary was developed.  The prayers being said and counted were 150 Psalms.  Often called a ‘poor man’s psalter’: the laity who could not read the 150 psalms, adopted this counting method to pray 150 “Our Fathers” instead.  This practice became widespread across Europe.

The rise of the Hail Mary from the 11th century onward replaced the recitation of the “Our Father” with reciting 150 Hail Marys instead.  The prayer grew in stages, incorporating scriptural passages from the Annunciation and Visitation (mysteries) before its final form was approved at the Council of Trent in the 16th century.

The Rosary is one of the most popular prayer forms of those visiting the Adoration Chapel and it’s a wonderful place to start if you are new to Adoration.  To help appreciate the importance of the rosary it’s noted that in five of the sixteen Marian Apparitions approved by the church as ‘worthy of belief’, our Lady specifically asks for daily recitation of the Rosary.  Won’t you do your best to fulfill her request?

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