Introduction
to Eucharistic Adoration
What
is Eucharistic
Adoration
Eucharistic
Adoration is the
act of
worshipping God
as He is present
in the
consecrated
Eucharist.
Since the Last
Supper, when
Jesus broke the
bread and
distributed the
wine saying, "This
is my
Body,"
and "This
is my
Blood," Catholics
have believed
that the bread
and wine are no
longer merely
baked wheat and
fermented grape
juice, but the
actual living
presence of the
Second Person of
the
Trinity.
Spending time
before the
Blessed
Sacrament, in
prayer and
devotion, is
exactly the same
as spending time
before the
living
God.
Adoration occurs
whenever someone
kneels in front
of a tabernacle
that contains
the Blessed
Sacrament,
genuflects
toward a
tabernacle, bows
before receiving
the Blessed
Sacrament at
Mass, or, in a
more focused
way, when the
Blessed
Sacrament is
exposed for
adoration.
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Adoration"
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Eucharistic
Adoration
Perpetual
Eucharistic Adoration is the adoration of Jesus Christ present in the
Holy Eucharist. In the many Churches that have this adoration,
the Eucharist is displayed in a special holder called a monstrance,
and people come to pray and worship Jesus continually throughout the
day and often the night. Christ’s great love for us was shown
when he was crucified on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and
give us eternal life. He loves us without limit, and offers Himself to
us in the Holy sacrament of the Eucharist. Can we not give Jesus a few
minutes of love and adoration in return?
Eucharistic
Adoration
Jesus
gives us 24
hours a day, 168
hours a
week. Out
of those 168
hours, He is
inviting us to
spend one single
hour with
Him. One
hour just for
Him ... will you
say
"yes"
to His
invitation?
Many
stores and
supermarkets are
open 24 ours a
day to meet
people's
material
needs.
Your parish is
willing to offer
you similar
service for your
spiritual needs,
to all of you,
whatever hours
or shifts you
work...
Jesus
is asking you
for an hour but,
in return, He
wants to give
you so much joy,
peace, and an
outpouring of
grace to
transform
you. God
is inviting you
to volunteer
your time so
that the miracle
of perpetual
adoration can
take place in
your
parish. So
that whatever
you are doing in
the day, or when
you wake up
during the
night, you will
know that
someone is
praying before
the Blessed
Sacrament in
your parish
church."
Fr.
Donald Arsenault
Founder of the
Perpetual
Eucharistic
Adoration
Association of
Canada
"In
a world where there is so much noise, so
much bewilderment, there is a need for
silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the
Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of
adoration and teach it to the faithful. It
is a source of comfort and light,
particularly to those who are
suffering."
Pope
Benedict XVI
from an address to priests in Poland (May
25, 2006)
"Thanks be
to God that after the Council, after a
period in which the sense of Eucharistic
Adoration was somewhat lacking, the joy of
this adoration was reborn everywhere in the
Church, as we saw and heard at the Synod on
the Eucharist. Of course, the conciliar
Constitution on the Liturgy enabled us to
discover to the full the riches of the
Eucharist in which the Lord's testament is
accomplished: he gives himself to us and we
respond by giving ourselves to him.
"We have
now rediscovered, however, that without
adoration as an act consequent to Communion
received, this center which the Lord gave to
us, that is, the possibility of celebrating
his sacrifice and thus of entering into a
sacramental, almost corporeal, communion
with him, loses its depth as well as its
human richness.
"Adoration
means entering the depths of our hearts in
communion with the Lord, who makes himself
bodily present in the Eucharist. In the
monstrance, he always entrusts himself to us
and asks us to be united with his Presence,
with his risen Body."
Pope
Benedict XVI
on Eucharistic Adoration
members of the Roman clergy
(March 2, 2006)
"The
church and the
world have a great need for
Eucharistic
worship. Jesus
awaits us in
this sacrament
of love. Let us
not refuse the
time to meet Him
in adoration in contemplation
full of faith
and open to
making amends
for serious
offenses . . .
of the world.
Let our
adoration never
cease"
Pope
John Paul
II
Dominicae
Cenae
What
do you actually do during adoration?
You
may sign up to be an "adorer"
which allows you to schedule yourself for
one or more hours per week to pray before
the very presence of Our Lord, exposed in
the monstrance. It means that you can have
some time alone with Jesus to recite your
favorite prayers, read the bible,
contemplate acts of faith, hope, charity,
thanksgiving, reparation, pray a rosary or
do whatever type of prayerful devotion that
suits you before Our Lord. You can just sit
and say nothing, simply keeping Him company,
just as you would with a dear friend.
Twelve
Reasons
From The Teachings Of The Church For Wanting
To Spend One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed
Sacrament:
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1.
You are greatly needed!
"The
Church and the world have a great need of
Eucharistic Adoration."
(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae) |
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2.
This is a personal invitation to you from
Jesus.
"Jesus
waits for us in this Sacrament of
Love."
(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Canae) |
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3.
Jesus is counting on you because the
Eucharist is the center of life.
"Every
member of the Church must be vigilant in
seeing that the sacrament of Love shall be
at the center of the life of the people of
God so that through all the manifestations
of worship due Him shall be given back 'love
for love' and truly become the life of our
souls."
(Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man) |
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4.
Your hour with Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament will repair for evils of the world
and bring about peace on earth.
"Let
us be generous with our time in going to
meet Jesus and ready to make reparation for
the great evils of the world. Let your
adoration never cease."
(Pope John Paul II, Dominicai Cenae) |
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5.
Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed
Sacrament because you are the most important
person in the world to Him!
"Christ
is reserved in our churches as the spiritual
center of the heart of the community, the
universal Church and all humanity, since
within the veil of the species, Christ is
contained, the Invisible Heart of the
Church, the Redeemer of the world, the
center of all hearts, by Him all things are
and of whom we exist." (Pope Paul
IV, Mysterium Fidei) |
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6.
Jesus wants you to do more than to go to
Mass on Sunday.
"Our
communal worship at Mass must go together
with our personal worship of Jesus in
Eucharistic adoration in order that our love
may be complete." (Pope John Paul
II, Redeemer of Man) |
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7.
You grow spiritually with each moment you
spend with Jesus!
"Our
essential commitment in life is to preserve
and advance constantly in Eucharistic life
and Eucharistic piety and to grow
spiritually in the climate of the Holy
Eucharist."
(Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man) |
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8.
The best time you spend on earth is with
Jesus, your Best Friend, in the Blessed
Sacrament!
"How
great is the value of conversation with
Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, for there
is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing
more efficacious for advancing along the
road of holiness!"
(Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei) |
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9.
Just as you can't be exposed to the sun
without receiving its rays, neither can you
come to Jesus exposed in the Blessed
Sacrament without receiving the Divine Rays
of His Grace, His Love, His Peace.
"Christ
is truly the Emmanuel, that is, God with us,
day and night, His is in our midst. He
dwells with us full of grace and truth. He
restores morality, nourishes virtue,
consoles the afflicted, strengthens the
weak." (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei) |
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10.
If Jesus were actually visible in church,
everyone would run to welcome Him, but He
remains hidden in the Sacred Host under the
appearance of Bread, because He is calling
us to faith, that we many come to Him in
humility.
"The
Blessed Sacrament is the 'Living Heart' of
each of our churches and it is our very
sweet duty to honor and adore the Blessed
Host, which our eyes see, the Incarnate
Word, Whom they cannon see."
(Pope Paul VI, Credo of the People of God) |
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11.
With transforming mercy, Jesus makes our
heart one with His.
"He
proposes His own example to those who come
to Him, that all may learn to be like
Himself, gentle and humble of heart, and to
seek not their own interest but those of
God."
(Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei) |
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12.
If the Pope himself would give you a special
invitation to visit him in the Vatican, this
honor would be nothing in comparison to the
honor and dignity that Jesus Himself bestows
upon you with the Invitation of spending one
hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"The
Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian
people the incomparable dignity."
(Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
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Eucharistic
Adoration
Archdiocese of Kingston
BATH
St. Linus, Bath
Wednesday
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
BEDFORD
Sacred
Heart, Bedford
First
Fridays @ 7:00 p.m.
followed by Mass
CITY
OF BELLEVILLE
St. Michael
Adoration in
Chapel of the former St. Michael's Convent
(beside
the Church)
Perpetual adoration
New adorers always welcome
Holy Rosary
First Fridays 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
CITY
OF BROCKVILLE
St.
John Bosco, Brockville
First
Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
St.
Francis Xavier, Brockville
Wednesday
11:00 - noon (Mass follows)
First Fridays 11:00 - noon
Forty Hours Devotion 26-28 November 2006
GANANOQUE
St.
John the Evangelist, Gananoque
First Friday 4:00 p.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Last Sundays: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Every Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
IROQUOIS
St.
Cecilia, Iroquois
First Friday, alternating with Morrisburg
(check bulletin)
CITY
OF KINGSTON
St. James'
Chapel
of St. Mary's
Cathedral, Kingston
Monday to Friday
after the 7:45 a.m. Mass - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday
after the 7:45 a.m. Mass until 5:00 p.m.
Sunday
1:00 p.m.. -
9:00 p.m.
(for more information please call Karen
at 613-541-5010 x 2415 or
542-8321)
KINGSTON
MILLS
Holy
Name of Jesus, Kingston Mills
every Thursday from
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
MARYSVILLE
Holy Name of
Mary, Marysville
Monday, Tuesday &
Wednesday
6:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Rosary prayed Wednesday @ 6:00 p.m.
MORRISBURG
St.
Mary, Morrisburg
first Friday, alternating with Iroquois
(check bulletin)
NAPANEE
St. Patrick Parish,
Napanee
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
9:30 a.m. (following Mass) - 8:00 p.m.
PERTH
St.
John the Baptist, Perth
Tuesday - 11:00 a.m. -
Noon (Mass follows)
PRESCOTT
St.
Mark the Evangelist, Prescott
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
(Mass follows)
SHARBOT
LAKE
St.
James Major, Sharbot Lake
First
Thursdays following 11:00 a.m. Mass
12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
SMITHS
FALLS
St.
Francis de Sales, Smiths Falls
Monday - 7:00
a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (downstairs Chapel)
Monday - 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (upstairs Chapel)
Tuesday - 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (upstairs Chapel)
Wednesday - 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. (upstairs Chapel)
Thursday - 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. (upstairs Chapel)
Friday - 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (upstairs Chapel)
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (church)
5:30 p.m. (following 5:00 p.m. Mass)
11:00 p.m. (chapel)
Tuesday
8:00 a.m. (following 7:30 a.m. Mass)
11:00 p.m. (chapel)
Wednesday
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (chapel)
11:30 a.m. (following 11:00 a.m. Mass)
11:00 p.m. (chapel)
Thursday
8:00 a.m. (following the 7:30 a.m. Mass)
11:00 p.m. (chapel)
Friday
(First Friday's as well)
8:00 a.m. (following 7:30 a.m. Mass)
3:00 p.m. (chapel)
TRENTON
St.
Peter, Trenton
Adoration in
Chapel of Mary, Mother of The Divine Mercy
Scheduled
adoration
Sunday midnight - Friday midnight
door is left unlocked during parish office
hours;
an entry code is need at other times
call 392-3767 or 392-8898
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