WHAT is “40 Hours Adoration”? Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist. Adoration is the word we use when the priest places the Eucharist on the Altar for us to be able to come and adore. The host is placed in a special container called the “Monstrance”. Jesus will be there for 40 hours straight, even all through the night.
HOW do I “adore”? Adoration means coming to Church and sitting or kneeling in the presence of God. It usually takes place in silence. It is the chance to “adore” (to gaze upon our Good God), to reflect, to thank God and praise Him, and to share with him our concerns, joys, and sorrows… It is a beautiful moment.
WHAT will I do there? We sign up for a 1-hour slot. The most important thing is to be there; to open your heart to God; to let Jesus touch your heart. You can also read a bit of the bible, pray the Rosary, or write down what is on your heart.
WHY? This particular event called the “40 Hours Devotion”, will be dedicated to asking the Lord to bless our Church with Vocations. Why? Because the Harvest is plenty (there is SO much need for God in our world!) but Labourers are few. “Ask the Lord to send Labourers into His Harvest!” WHEN? November 7 – 9 You may sign up in the Narthex or click on the dates below to sign up. This is to ensure that we always have coverage and Jesus is not left alone.
St. Thomas Aquinas: “The Eucharist is the sacrament of love: it signifies love, it produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.” St. Euphrasia: “To speak of the Blessed Sacrament is to speak of what is most sacred. How often, when we are in a state of distress, those to whom we look for help leave us; or what is worse, add to our affliction by heaping fresh troubles upon us. He is ever there, waiting to help us.” St. Francis de Sales: “When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth’s sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food.” St. Cyril of Jerusalem: “Since Christ Himself has said, ‘This is My Body,’ who shall dare to doubt that it is His Body?” St. Maximilian Kolbe: “If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion.” St. Pio of Pietrelcina: “A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.” St. Angela of Foligno: “If we paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ’s love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude.” St. Francis of Assisi: “O sublime humility! O humble sublimity! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble himself like this and hide under the form of a little bread, for our salvation."