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NEWSLETTERS
02/14/10
St. John Vianney
Perpetual Adoration Chapel
On Sunday November 1, 2009, Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration began at St. John Vianney Perpetual Adoration Chapel on the grounds of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church.
Perpetual Adoration is a devotion in which the consecrated Eucharist remains exposed in the monstrance for veneration by the faithful. Adoration continues without interruption 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our Lord continues to call us to come closer to Him. "Guardians of the Eucharist" take that step by making the commitment and sacrifice of spending an hour in prayer each week with our Lord, truly present in the Eucharist.
In our busy lives it is often difficult to find time for prayer. Here is a devotion in which our Lord waits for us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is available for when we have time. He said to his disciples, "Could you not watch one hour with me?"
Those who make Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist an important part of their lives soon find Christ in the Eucharist becoming more central to their lives. Perpetual Adoration wins many graces for the individual, the family, the parish, the diocese, the universal Church, and the world. Anyone who makes the sacrifice to participate in this sacred endeavor will be blessed a hundredfold. He or she will come to a relationship with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Let us make every effort to find the time to spend an hour with Him who loved us so much that He suffered and died for our salvation that we might be blessed with eternal life with Him in His glorious kingdom of heaven.
This hour Jesus wants you to spend with Him is spent in any way you want. You may bring your own prayer books, use the books in the chapel, read the Bible, pray the Rosary, or just sit, relax and enjoy the sweet peace that comes from simply being in the Presence of God. Print this passage, take it with you and imagine that Jesus is speaking just to you.
You may feel you can't pray well. Don't let this discourage you. The mere fact that you take time out at a specific time each week to spend an hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament pleases Him very much, and is in itself a prayer of great faith. Please remember that Perpetual Adoration in a parish is not just for a day, a week, a month, or a year. Rather it is for always. It is not temporary, but ongoing, lasting, permanent. Pope John Paul II says that: "Our essential commitment in life is to grow spiritually in the climate of the Holy Eucharist."
New adorers and substitutes are always welcome. "Open" hours are published in the weekly bulletin.
If you suspect God is calling you to watch one hour with Him call 812-424-8344 (ext 360), send an email or submit a request now and someone will contact you.