WHAT IS EUCHARISTIC ADORATION?

“In the Sacred Host, He is present, the true treasure, always waiting for us. Only by adoring this Presence do we learn how to receive Him properly.”

What is Eucharistic Adoration?

Understood simply, Eucharistic Adoration is adoring or honouring the Eucharistic Presence of Christ. In a deeper sense, it involves "the contemplation of the Mystery of Christ truly present before us".

During Eucharistic Adoration, we "watch and wait", we remain "silent" in His Presence and open ourselves to His Graces which flow from the Eucharist ... By worshiping the Eucharistic Jesus, we become what God wants us to be! Like a magnet, The Lord draws us to Himself and gently transforms us.

In its fullest essence ... Eucharistic Adoration is "God and Man reaching out for each other, at the same time!"

The Eucharist is: Jesus truly present - Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity!

At the moment of Consecration, during the Mass, the "gifts" of bread and wine are transformed (transubstantiated) into the actual Body and Blood of Christ, at the Altar. This means that they are not only spiritually transformed, but rather are actually (substantially) transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ. The elements retain the appearance of bread and wine, but are indeed the actual Body and Blood of Christ. This is what is meant by Real Presence: the actual, physical presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

Christ instituted this Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist in order to remain with mankind until the end of time (Jn. 14:18).

WHAT IS EUCHARISTIC ADORATION?

OVER 100 BENEFITS OF EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

1 Every Holy Hour we make so pleases the Heart of Jesus that it is recorded in Heaven and retold for all eternity! (Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta)

2 The spiritual lives of our families are strengthened through our Holy Hour. (Blessed John Paul II)

3 A Holy Hour of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament is so important to Jesus that a multitude of souls go to Heaven who otherwise would have gone to hell. (Jesus revelation to Blessed Dina Belanger)

4 All the angels of heaven gaze in ecstasy at the image left on your soul after each holy hour you make in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.(Excerpt from 'Letters To A Brother Priest')

5 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 an Hour of companionship. (Archbishop Fulton Sheen)

6 Perpetual Adoration extends its influence far beyond the individual adorers,

touching their homes and families and reaching out to the parish community and beyond. (Pope Paul VI)

7 Each time you approach the Blessed Sacrament remember that Jesus has been waiting for you for twenty centuries for this personal visit from you. (St. Josemaria Escriva)

8 A Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration is a sharing in the work of Redemption.

(Archbishop Fulton Sheen)

9 The grace of adoration of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament is given to

everybody. (St. Peter Julian Eymard)

10 Our Lord hears our prayers anywhere, but He has revealed to His servants that those who visit Him in the Eucharist will obtain a more abundant measure of grace. (St. Alphonsus Ligouri)

OVER 100 BENEFITS OF EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

PROMISES OF OUR LORD JESUS TO THOSE WHO VENERATE THE IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY

Jesus also made specific promises to those who venerate the Image of Divine Mercy. He told St. Faustina,

"These rays shield souls from the wrath of My Father. Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him". (Diary 299)

"I promise that the soul that will venerate this Image will not perish. I also promise victory over its enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I Myself will defend it as My own glory. (Diary 48)

I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the fountain of mercy. That vessel is this Image with the signature: “Jesus, I trust in You.” (Diary 327)

By means of this Image I shall be granting many graces to souls; so let every soul have access to it. (Diary 570)

By means of this Image I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works. (Diary 724)

PROMISES OF OUR LORD JESUS TO THOSE WHO VENERATE THE IMAGE OF DIVINE MERCY

THE EUCHARIST IN THE LIFE OF ST. FAUSTINA by Val Conlon

Today we are delighted to be celebrating the Feast Day of St. Faustina. She is probably one of the most under-rated saints of the modern Church. But, with Padre Pio, she is probably one of the most important people to have lived during the 20th Century. The more you get to know St. Faustina, the more you are inspired by her extraordinary character and the courageous way she dealt with the supernatural events that were happening during her short life. She died on this day 74 years ago.

THE EUCHARIST IN THE LIFE OF ST. FAUSTINA by Val Conlon