Your Message From God

Secrets

As you read this article you should know there is a secret message embedded in what you are looking at.  You’ll have access to it if you believe.  Jesus communicates with us in many different ways, but we are not going to hear or understand him unless we believe and trust.  So close your eyes and ask him what is his message to you.  If one doesn’t come, maybe it’s because either your belief or trust is lacking.  You can fix that; simply visit the Adoration Chapel and ask him for his help.  He is waiting for you, and he always loves to help.  Nothing does the soul more good than committing to one hour of Eucharistic Adoration every week.

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Human Blood From A Consecrated Host

 St. Martin of Tours Parish - Tixtla, Mexico

On October 21, 2006, at St Martin of Tours Parish in Tixla Mexico, a Eucharistic host was found to be bleeding as it was about to be given in Holy Communion.  Under the Bishop’s direction, scientists investigated thoroughly and confirmed the presence of blood, type AB, that contained human hemoglobin and DNA.  This blood type matches the blood found in other Eucharistic miracles, most notably Lanciano, Italy in 750 and Buenos Aires in 1996, as well as on the Shroud of Turin.  Forensic experts stated that the blood was not applied to the host but was instead seeping from within the host.  In fact, more study several years after the initial discovery revealed that beneath the coagulated blood, the host continued to bleed.  The blood was seeping from human tissue, heart muscle called myocardium, with both red and white blood cells.  This meant the tissue was living.

(Pocket Guide to Adoration - Ascension Press p47)

Blood was coming from the same living tissue we find in the Eucharistic hosts placed within our tabernacle in church, and within the Monstrance we pray before in the Adoration Chapel.  It is He.  May the Lord continue to fill us with wonder and awe at these miracles, and to give us a deep fervor for the Eucharist whenever and wherever we encounter the Body of Christ.

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Wishing Our Blessed Mother A Happy Mother’s Day

There is no one in heaven, besides Jesus, who wishes us to lead our lives on earth in a way that will allow us to reach the heavenly reward and spend eternity in her presence.  Know that the Mother of God is pulling for you and wants to help if only you would place yourself in her hands as her child.  If you haven’t already done so, do it now!

Our Blessed Mother is always in the heavenly presence of her Divine Son.  Because of this you can find Our Lady in our Adoration Chapel with Jesus.  Stop by and wish her a happy Mother’s Day!

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Adoration By The Numbers:

Our parish has committed to Adoring Our Lord in the chapel 18 hours a day (6AM - Midnight), 5 days a week (M-F).  Currently we have 126 Committed Adorers pledged to cover at least one hour every week.  Our goal has always been to have a minimum of two people committed for every hour so everyone has a partner.   We’re not doing well reaching that goal because fifty-six (56) of the ninety (90) hours committed have only one person adoring.  Currently we have 6 hours during the week without a scheduled adorer.  We try to fill those hours by requesting a substitute each week.  There are also 4 hours where the adorer has asked for a partner to share the hour with.

In addition to those committed to an hour every week there are sixty-four (64) people who have volunteered to be a substitute willing to fill-in for a committed Adorer when a need arises.  Of those 64, 37 have not fulfilled a request in the past 6 months. 

Committed Adorers sign in for their hour using a kiosk each time they enter the chapel.  This works great for ‘committed’, but we were missing those people who just visited occasionally.

In an effort to solve that we added a paper based “Visitor’s Log” which helped get a better handle of how many people actually use the chapel.  We are very blessed that our chapel get’s a lot of traffic, but there’s still too many who won’t take a moment to sign the log.  If you’re a visitor to the chapel please take that moment to let us know you were there.

** During Lent 2024 a total 393 visitors registered in the Adoration Chapel **
   (A better breakdown is not available.)
** During Lent 2025 a total 427 visitors registered in the Adoration Chapel **
   (Of 427 - 166 registered as IHM parishioners - 241 registered from other parishes 
     - and only 20 didn’t list affiliation.)

With the help of the Holy Spirit we will continue to grow.  If you are willing to make a commitment do so by going to the website below.

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Enhancing Your Encounter With Christ

Faith and the Eucharist

The truth which faith discloses to us is a truth centered on an encounter with Christ, on the contemplation of his life and on the awareness of his presence.  Saint Thomas Aquinas speaks of the Apostles’ oculata fides - a faith which sees! - in the presence of the body of the Risen Lord.  With their own eyes they saw the Risen Jesus and they believed; in a word, they were able to peer into the depths of what they were seeing and to confess their faith in the Son of God, seated at the right hand of the Father.  

We don’t see Jesus the same way the Apostles did; but we can say that as we mature in our relationship with God, our prayer transitions into seasons of simply looking at God as the Divine gazes at us.  This is what the spiritual masters call contemplative prayer.  St Teresa of Avila says “Contemplative prayer … is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking the time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us” (CCC 2709)

“The more time we spend face-to-face with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the more we will long for a deeper intimacy with our Lord in Holy Communion at Mass.  Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is an invitation from our Lord for us to experience a spiritual union and a sacramental communion with Christ.”  (Pocket Guide to Adoration - Fr Josh Johnson)

Why not join the many parishioners of IHM and other parishes who have already made it a weekly practice to spend one hour with Jesus to deepen their intimacy with our Lord.  Jesus is waiting.

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What Held The Early Followers Of Jesus Together?

The Glue That Held The Early Church Together

Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead.  Yet, “this authentic, real body possesses the new properties of a glorious body: … able to be present how and when he wills” (CCC, 645).  And that is how we can be certain that the Resurrection is a fact that has happened: The Risen body of Jesus Christ has become present in us, the Body of Christ.  Nothing else could possibly explain what kept those desperate people - the first disciples - together in the days and years that followed Christ’s death.  It was not some idea of ideal that unified them; it was the event of Christ’s presence in their midst.  Even when threatened by perils and persecution, the early Church stayed together because of the undeniable fact that the Risen Jesus had made himself present bodily to his followers in all their weakness, confusion and fear.  He drew forth from them Holy Communion.  Only the bodily resurrection can effect such a miracle of unity, courage and fidelity.  (Jesus, Present Before Me - p106)

Jesus, gave totally of himself to the Father for our salvation.  We must do the same if we want to merit heaven for all eternity.  Pray that you have the courage to follow his example.  If you need help to do so … He is waiting for you in the Adoration Chapel and all you have to do is ask him for help.

To be a Christian is to let our dependence on Christ become the core of our being.

“But by the grace of God I am what I am”  (1 Cor 15:10)

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You Have The Power To Forgive

You To Have The Power To Forgive

As Jesus was on the cross, He looked at the men who had crucified Him with love.  He cried out to His heavenly Father and begged not for revenge, or even justice, but mercy.  We need to take a few moments to contemplate the words Jesus used because something of His power to forgive is imparted to us.  “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”  It’s very difficult to forgive by ourselves, but as we contemplate our Lord on the Cross, we can ask for the grace to forgive so that we are able to say, “Father, forgive them for what they have done.”(Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe, MFVA)

As we work this week to find a way to grow closer to Jesus you’re encouraged to spend time in the Adoration Chapel. Jesus is present body, blood, soul and divinity and waiting for you.  This is the same Jesus who celebrated Passover Thursday night, the same Jesus who hung on the cross Friday, and the same Jesus who rose from the dead Sunday.  Think about it … get your heart around it and know ~ God is here.
                                                   “Blood of Christ, that flowed at the scourging ~ Be our salvation”
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