Adoration FAQ
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Frequently Asked Questions about Adoration
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Perpetual Adoration is a Eucharistic devotion where you enter into a peaceful encounter with Jesus. The faithful unite in taking hours of adoration before the Most Blessed Sacrament, both during the day and throughout the night, seven days a week. Adoration also connects our parish into a community of perpetual prayer. It unites us through our petitions, our concerns, and our prayers of thanksgiving. It helps us remain as one family, through our time of prayer and devotion.
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Perpetual Adoration is YOUR personal time with Jesus.
It is a time for rest:
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
It is a time for us to learn what God wants for us in our lives:
“I will instruct you and show you the way you should walk, give you counsel with my eye upon you.” (Psalm 32:8)
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Being a bit worried about what to do or have no idea where to start, below are a few suggestions:
- Pray the rosary. To contemplate the mysteries of Jesus’ life in the rosary is to contemplate the mystery of the Eucharist given to us and the Blessed Sacrament we praise in Adoration.
- Listen to praise and worship music. Music can be a great way to worship our God and an effective way to focus our thoughts on Him (please remember to wear headphones).
- Read. Adoration is a great place to bring your Bible and meditate on Jesus’ words. You can also bring a book about your favorite saint.
- Write in your prayer journal. Writing is a beautiful form of prayer, often it helps us focus and seems more tangible as we write the words out on paper. Think of this as writing a letter to God and taking all the worries of the day and laying them down during Adoration.
- Just be. Most importantly, don’t over think it and just be. Remember, you don’t have to do anything, adoration is about adoring our Lord present to us in the Eucharist.
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The exposition of Jesus in the monstrance must always be attended to properly, otherwise it leaves our Lord vulnerable. Since He is exposed out of love for us, it is our duty to make sure He is protected. Therefore, at least one person must be in the chapel while He is exposed.
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Please ensure that another adorer is present before you leave. If you are the only adorer, please contact your designated coordinator below and wait until they arrive.
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If you have a pre-planned vacation, you can request a sub in advance which is the recommended approach. If you need to find a sub on the day/time you are scheduled, please contact your designated coordinator.
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You are most welcome.
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If we are experiencing inclement weather and need to close the chapel an email will be sent to all adores via AdorationPro.
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Quotations about Adoration
- Pope Francis
- Pope Benedict XVI
- St. John Paul II
- Pope Paul VI
- Pope Pius XII
- Pope Benedict XV
- St. Augustine
- St. Teresa of Calcutta
- Archbishop Fulton Sheen
- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
- St. Katharine Drexel
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- St. Paul of the Cross
- St. Bernadette Soubirous
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“Consistency is forged in the heart through (Eucharistic) adoration.”
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“Adoration is not a luxury but a priority…”
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“In order to evangelize the world, we need experts in celebration, adoration and contemplation of the Holy Eucharist” As a bishop and later as Pope he would even write much of his work before the Blessed Sacrament and his secretaries tell us that they would sometimes find him lying prostrate before the Tabernacle in the middle of the night. Before each of his missionary journeys he would spend prolonged periods in Eucharistic Adoration. This is why when he arrived in a country the presence of the Lord was radiating from his very person.”
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“Because Christ himself is present in the sacrament of the altar, he is to be honored with the worship of adoration.
“To visit the Blessed Sacrament is . . . a proof of gratitude, an expression of love, and a duty of adoration toward Christ our Lord.”
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“This practice of adoration, in fact, is based on strong and solid reasons. For the Eucharist is at once a sacrifice and a sacrament; but it differs from the other sacraments in this: that it not only produces grace, but contains in a permanent manner the Author of grace Himself. When, therefore, the Church bids us adore Christ hidden behind the Eucharistic veils and pray to Him for spiritual and temporal favors, of which we ever stand in need, she manifests living faith in her divine Spouse who is present beneath these veils, she professes her gratitude to Him and she enjoys the intimacy of His friendship.”
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“You must propagate veneration of the Most Blessed Sacrament with all your might, for the devotion to the Holy Eucharist is the queen of all devotions.”
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“It is our duty to adore the Blessed Sacrament. No one receives the Blessed Sacrament unless he adores it…and not only do we not sin by adoring, we do sin by not adoring!”
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“I make a Holy Hour each day in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. All my sisters of the Missionaries of Charity make a daily Holy Hour as well, because we find that through our daily Holy Hour our love for Jesus becomes more intimate, our love for each other more understanding, and our love for the poor more compassionate. Our Holy Hour is our daily family prayer where we get together and pray the Rosary before the exposed Blessed Sacrament the first half hour, and the second half hour we pray in silence. Our adoration has doubled the number of our vocations. In 1963, we were making a weekly Holy Hour together, but it was not until 1973, when we began our daily Holy Hour, that our community started to grow and blossom.”
That is why I encourage you to make your Holy Hour through Mary, the cause of our joy, and you may discover that no where on earth are you more welcomed, no where on earth are you more loved, than by Jesus, living and truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make you soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth.
When you look at the crucifix you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you NOW. I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts of all Parish priests that they may have Eucharistic Adoration in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world!”
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“The only time our Lord asked the apostles for anything was the night he went into agony. Not for activity did he plead, but for companionship.”
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“My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its centre.”
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“My sweetest Joy is to be in the presence of Jesus in the holy Sacrament. I beg that when obliged to withdraw in body, I may leave my heart before the holy Sacrament. How I would miss Our Lord if He were to be away from me by His presence in the Blessed Sacrament!”
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“O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To sacrifice myself in silence, to wait for Heaven in peace. Keeping myself open to the rays of the Divine Host, In this furnace of love, I shall be consumed, And like a seraphim, Lord, I shall love You.”
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“Let weak and frail man come here suppliantly to adore the Sacrament of Christ, not to discuss high things, or wish to penetrate difficulties, but to bow down to secret things in humble veneration, and to abandon God’s mysteries to God, for Truth deceives no man—Almighty God can do all things. Amen.”
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“The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love.”