Eucharistic Adoration

Eucharistic Adoration takes place every Monday from 7:00 to 10:00 pm in the St. Joseph Church Chapel.

Benediction with Deacon Frank Kozar is held every first Friday in the Chapel after the 5:30 pm Mass.

"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)

We Grow in Love for Jesus with Every Encounter

In John 21:16, Jesus asks Peter the question that will determine his whole life: "Simon, son of John, do you love me? Jesus is asking each of us the same question: do you love me? Those of us who have an experience of love, know, that true love sets no conditions; it simply loves and yet it must be nurtured and nourished by intimacy, closeness or regular contact.

It is the same with the time spent in diving intimacy with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. How can our encounters with the Lord not cause to fall more and more in love with Him? As we yield to such love, it will prompt hunger for Scripture and the Sacraments as we seek to know and experience Him on a deeper level. It will make us remember Him throughout the day, inspire us to do little things, ":just for Him" and try and make ourselves more attractive to Him by lives of purity and holiness. And yet, we should not feel discouraged if we cannot love Him fully because Jesus assures us that He will always love us with a love that surpasses all.

Through Eucharistic Adoration - we proclaim Jesus to the World. Eucharistic Adoration is an affirmation of our faith. Through this vigil of prayer, we give witness to our belief that God s truly dwelling with His people.

 

Jesus asks for so little...Yet, He gives so much!

"This - The Eucharist - the whole Christ" is His gift to all. Whether we are young or old, sick or healthy, poor or rich, only by regularly partaking in the sacrifice of the Holy Mass and Eucharistic Adoration, can we reap immense spiritual and temporal blessings in our lives!

The blessed Sacrament is the LIVING FOUNTAIN OF LIFE where we drink in the love of Christ Who alone quenches our thirst.

Thus, our time spent with our Beloved Saviour in Adoration, can become the most profound, meaningful, joyful, peaceful and healing experience we could ever encounter!

 

What is Eucharistic Adoration?

Understood simply, Eucharistic Adoration is adoring or honoring 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 worshipping 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!”He is really there!

Jesus wants you to do more than 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)

 

A Vision of Visions...

Let us take a closer look at the sacred vessel, the Monstrance, that houses the Body, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord. The Monstrance draws all eyes to the Sacred Host that is seemingly surrounded by rays, like the sun.

Similarly, we each are called to be a "Living Monstrance", radiating the presence of the Lord Who dwells in us.

The Monstrance is surmounted by a Cross...what does this tell us?

Let us look at Jesus in the Monstrance, Who humbles Himself to come before us as a piece of bread. Let us reflect on our own life's situations that call us to humility. Are we humble, as God wants us to be, to bear our Crosses daily? Other virtues such as patience, temperance, self-control and piety will soon follow.

 

"The Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made" (Ps 145:13)

Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of His infinite love for us!

Jesus gives us His body (to eat) so that He can nourish us, strengthen us and give us His own life... and lest we be blinded by His glory, He humbles Himself to come to us in the humble species of bread... "Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world," because "I have loved you with an everlasting love, and constant is My affection for you" (Mt 28.20; Jer 31:3).

How must we respond? ....Through our worship and recognition of Him in the Eucharist He is calling us to faith, that we may come to Him in Humility.

 

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Mt 11:28

Are you tired because of the burden of your duties, because of frustration due to unsuccessful projects, because many misunderstand you? Are you heavy laden with guilt from past sins? Are you trying to find hope and meaning in life? Do not lose heart! Abandon yourself to Jesus in this “Sacrament of Love”. He will refresh you!

The more time you spend with Jesus, the more you will come away renewed and healed. Miracles of conversion, peace, discovery of vocations, answers to prayers, physical healings, and many other wonderful things happen where and when the Lord Jesus is adored in the Blessed Sacrament. They are the “gifts” that point to the Almighty Giver and testify to His Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament.

Let us love being with the Lord! There we can speak with Him about everything. We can offer Him our petitions, our concerns, our troubles, our joys, our gratitude, our disappointments, our needs and our aspirations. Above all we can remember to pray: “Lord send laborers into Your harvest! Help me to be a good worker in Your vineyard!”

When asked, “What would save the world?”...Mother Teresa replied: “My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in holy
hours of prayer.”

 

"I myself Am the Living Bread come down from Heaven" (Jn 6:35)

Your hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament will repair for evils of the world and bring about peace on earth.

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)