Your Advent Opportunity

Advent Gives You A Blessed Opportunity

This Advent, as at the beginning of all Advents, the Church encourages us to lift our heads, trust in Jesus’ saving love and make room for him in our hearts, to discover hope amidst life's’ anxieties.  As we begin the season of Advent we need to take time to spiritually prepare for Christmas and the coming of Our Lord.  In every direction we turn we will be reminded and encouraged to “prepare” for Jesus’ coming into the world and to remember the real meaning of Christmas.

Prayer is the secret of preparation.  One of the best ways to pray is to spend time in Eucharistic Adoration in our chapel.  A popular definition of ‘prayer’ is ‘relationship with God’.  What a beautiful thing it would be if at the end of the next four weeks you could honestly say your relationship with God had improved.  Find time in each of the next four weeks to go to the chapel and simply sit in the presence of God.  You don’t even have to have an agenda - a simple prayer such as ‘Jesus, please help me improve my relationship with you’ - then just sit back and while contemplating the Holy Eucharist let God do the work: Nothing else to do, except to say “Thank You God” before you leave.

“I am with you always …” and in his great and wonderful plan of salvation remember that he has been awaiting for you in his real presence for twenty centuries.

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Your Consent Is Needed

St. Augustine is quoted as saying, “He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.”  In other words - nothing will happen until YOU do something. This is your time to step up and pray.

Join your fellow parishioners who have stepped up by spending an hour each week in the Adoration Chapel ‘doing something’.  Commit to just an hour each week ( 1/168th of your week) and let God know you are seriously in-love with Him.  Returning Love to Our Lord will fill your heart with abiding joy and bless your days, your job, your families, you life with His protection and grace.  Each hour given to Our Lord bears fruit a hundredfold in this life and in the next.

Don’t wait - Advent is the perfect time to start.

Perseverance is the most important part of establishing a disciplined and fruitful life of prayer.

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Advent Is A Time Of Preparation

 Time of Preparation

“The notion that we must be ever prepared to meet the Lord when He summons us into His presence is not absent in these days of Advent and that thought is not to be frightening, but it is a call to open-eyed preparation in every day of the journey that is ours.”  
   Archbishop Timothy Broglio

Eucharistic Adoration is one of the better ways to prepare for the journey that is ours.  You do not have to be a ‘committed’ adorer to spend time in the chapel.  If you’re not a regular … Jesus would love to see you stop by the chapel and spend as much time as your schedule allows whenever it’s convenient.

Prepare For Christmas

Advent Is A Time Of Hope 

Dear Jesus, you are the hope in our messy world.  This Advent, help us slow down, listen to your voice, and focus on what's really important.  We place our hope in you as we prepare our hearts to celebrate your birth on Christmas.

Amen

Eucharistic Adoration helps prepare our hearts for Christmas!

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Adoration and Advent

 Adoration and Advent Go Together

Advent is that beautiful time of year that helps us focus on the spiritual preparation for Christmas and on the coming of Our Lord.  It’s that time of year when every Christian publication we subscribe to, every Christian radio station listened to, and perhaps every homily heard, will all be encouraging us to “prepare” for Jesus’ coming into the world and to remember the real meaning of Christmas.

One of the best ways to “prepare” is to pray.  And one of the best ways to pray is Eucharistic Adoration.  A popular definition of ‘prayer’ is ‘relationship with God’.  Have you ever been able to establish a relationship with someone, or improve upon a relationship, without spending time with them … of course not.  Same holds true with God.

Advent presents an opportunity to start or improve your ‘relationship’.  And our beautiful Adoration Chapel is the perfect place for more “face time” with God.

You don't need to be a scheduled adorer - you don't need an appointment - simply drop-in and spend time with God.  If you find the visit improved your relationship with Him why not schedule a weekly appointment to be together in a special way.  He would like that!

** Become part of the Adoration Movement **

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How Can You Say NO To Jesus?

How Can You Say NO To Jesus?

Is Jesus important enough to you to set aside one special hour each week to be with Him?  Just one hour once a week is all He is asking.  It’s a simple matter of putting first things first.  “In everything you do, put God first, and He will direct you and crown your efforts with success” (Prov 3:6)

Because we can’t see Jesus, we often take His love and Presence in the Blessed Sacrament for granted.  Many people are hesitant in making a commitment for a specific hour because they let everything else in their lives come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.  An hour with Jesus could be the most important thing you do this week.

This concept of importance is reenforced in the book In Sinu Jesu where Jesus is quoted telling a Benedictine Monk “Nothing in your life is more important than the time you spend in adoration before My Eucharistic Face.  Your energy and your capacity to do other things efficiently and in due order will grow in proportion to the time you consecrate to Me alone.”

Don’t wait until you’re out of ‘time’; we will all be there at some point.  Prioritize now and heed the words of Jesus when He said “Could you not keep watch for one hour?” (Mk 14:37)

Let Advent be your starting point - commit to one hour of Adoration in the chapel each week.  If you’re already a committed adorer say a prayer to the Holy Spirit the next time you’re in the chapel that more people will take to heart Jesus’ request to spend an hour with Him.  Better yet - don’t wait until you are in the chapel .. say that prayer now!

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"I do believe ... but"

 “Help My Unbelief”

Three weeks ago we quoted Fr John Hardon SJ saying “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”.  Two weeks ago we reminded everyone that the Council of Trent in 1551 declared that Jesus Christ is really and truly present in the Eucharist, and the Council declared this a Dogma of Faith.

‘Dogma’ is defined as that part of doctrine which has been divinely revealed and which the Church has formally defined and declared to be believed as revealed.  So this is not what the Church is telling us to believe; this is what God Himself is telling us to believe.  Recently a Pew Survey reported that 69% of declared Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence.  Imagine … 2 out of 3 Catholics don’t believe what God Himself tells us is true.

If you’re one of the non or half hearted believers it may be time to commit to praying during this Advent period asking the Holy Spirit for the grace to increase your belief in the Real Presence.  You’re encouraged to visit the chapel; kneel before the Holy Eucharist and pray the prayer the father of the son harboring the demon prayed before Jesus as told in Mark 9:21-24; “I do believe; help my unbelief”.

Jesus told that father “All things are possible to him who believes”.  Your belief in the Real Presence won’t go from cold to hot over night … you won’t hear thunder or feel the earth shake … but know every prayer is answered.  If you want to succeed you have to show God you’re sincere, and don’t quit asking until you get what you want.

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You Can Make This Your Best Advent Ever!

 Make This Your Best Advent Ever!

Advent is that beautiful time of year that helps us focus on the spiritual preparation for Christmas and on the coming of Our Lord.  It’s that time of year when every Christian publication we subscribe to, every Christian radio station listened to, and perhaps every homily heard, will all be encouraging us to “prepare” for Jesus’ coming into the world and to remember the real meaning of Christmas.

One of the best ways to “prepare” is to pray.  And one of the best ways to pray is Eucharistic Adoration.  A popular definition of ‘prayer’ is ‘relationship with God’.  Have you ever been able to establish a relationship with someone, or improve upon a relationship, without spending time with them … of course not.  Same holds true with God.

Advent presents an opportunity to start or improve your ‘relationship’.  And our beautiful Adoration Chapel is the perfect place for more “face time” with God.

You don't need to be a scheduled adorer - you don't need an appointment - simply drop-in and spend time with God.  If you find the visit improved your relationship with Him why not schedule a weekly appointment to be together in a special way.  He would like that!

Peace of Advent

 Peace This Advent Season

Dear Jesus, you entered our world on Christmas as the Prince of Peace.  This Advent, as we strive to become the-best-version-of-ourselves, fill us with a deep and abiding peace.  Help us share that peace with everyone we encounter, especially those who need it most.
Amen

Eucharistic Adoration helps prepare our hearts for Christmas!

Hope During Advent

Hope This Advent Season

“Dear Jesus, you are the hope in our messy world.  This Advent, help us slow down, listen to your voice, and focus on what's really important.  We place our hope in you as we prepare our hearts to celebrate your birth on Christmas.
Amen”

Eucharistic Adoration helps prepare our hearts for Christmas!

Stop by the Adoration Chapel to see the changes.  It’s now easier than ever to stop in the Chapel anytime and spend quality time with Our Lord.  Permanent weekly Adoration hours are available if you would like to become a regular part of this Ministry.  

Simply goto www.adorationpro.org/ihmmi and click on “Weekly Commitment” to see if there is an hour that fits your schedule.

Adoration and Advent

 Adoration and Advent Do Go Together

Advent is that beautiful time of year that helps us focus on the spiritual preparation for Christmas and on the coming of Our Lord.  It’s that time of year when every Christian publication we subscribe to, every Christian radio station listened to, and perhaps every homily heard, will all be encouraging us to “prepare” for Jesus’ coming into the world and to remember the real meaning of Christmas.

One of the best ways to “prepare” is to pray.  And one of the best ways to pray is Eucharistic Adoration.  A popular definition of ‘prayer’ is ‘relationship with God’.  Have you ever been able to establish a relationship with someone, or improve upon a relationship, without spending time with them … of course not.  Same holds true with God.

Advent presents an opportunity to start or improve your ‘relationship’.  And our beautiful Adoration Chapel is the perfect place for more “face time” with God.

You don't need to be a scheduled adorer - you don't need an appointment - simply drop-in and spend time with God.  If you find the visit improved your relationship with Him why not schedule a weekly appointment to be together in a special way.  He would like that!

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Advent - Love - wk4

Dear Jesus, may the light of your love always shine in our hearts.  As Christmas draws closer, we marvel at your great love for us.  Let your love transform every aspect of our lives and touch everyone we encounter.  Our hearts are open to you, Jesus.  Amen

Advent - Joy - wk3

Dear Jesus, help us focus on you during this busy season.  May we stay aware of the joy you bring into our lives.  We want to find you in the everyday moments and come with hearts of gratitude to your manger on Christmas.

Amen.

Eucharistic Adoration helps prepare our hearts for Christmas!

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Advent - Peace - Week 2

Dear Jesus, you entered our world on Christmas as the Prince of Peace.  This Advent, as we strive to become the-best-version-of-ourselves, fill us with a deep and abiding peace.  Help us share that peace with everyone we encounter, especially those who need it most.
Amen

Eucharistic Adoration helps prepare our hearts for Christmas!

Advent - Hope - wk1

Dear Jesus, you are the hope in our messy world.  This Advent, help us slow down, listen to your voice, and focus on what's really important.  We place our hope in you as we prepare our hearts to celebrate your birth on Christmas.
Amen

Eucharistic Adoration helps prepare our hearts for Christmas!

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Advent and Adoration

Advent begins Sunday December 2nd.  Christians use the four weeks of the Advent season preparing for the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. 

We ask you to consider praying in the chapel one hour a week during Advent to enhance your preparation for the coming of Christ. The Chapel is open 24 hours Monday through Friday and we encourage all to stop by to pray. The access code if you need it is: 5412.

The Adoration Ministry is in particular need of permanent Adorers during the following times:

   Mondays 10am to 11am, 11am to Noon, and 2pm to 3pm.

   Also Wednesday 1am to 2am.  

We have a very strong ’substitute’ program in place which is totally automated to support those times of scheduling conflicts so you are assured someone will be there to cover your hour.

If you would like more information, or are willing to commit to an open hours please call Tom Kartes at 616-325-9305 // or check out the entire Adoration schedule at 

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