Perpetual Adoration

Perpetual Adoration is the Eucharistic devotion where members of the parish unite in taking hours of adoration before the Most Blessed Sacrament. In this way, worship is rendered to God the Father through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit as people come to pray and worship Jesus continually throughout the day. 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?

Parishioners commit to one hour each week. You can pray in your own words, recite the rosary, read Scripture or just merely rest in the Lord's presence. There is no formula or routine. You just spend time with our Lord in a way that you are comfortable. Graces received are unbelievable.

ADORATION HOURS:

The Adoration Chapel is open and available all hours of the day and night, except during Mass.

If you would like to make an hourly commitment,
please contact Diane Snigg at 271-2981.

Jesus, my Lord and God, I bow down in humble adoration before You. From the depths of that humility, I raise my eyes to You and, in humble supplication to Your Sacred Heart, implore Your mercy and forgiveness for my many sins. Give me the grace to spend this hour of loving reparation with all the holy dispositions You desire.

Enter into my heart Yourself, dearest Lord, and work your pleasure in it; directing all my faculties, senses and powers to Your greater honor and glory. Help me to console You for all the wrongdoings Your loving Heart receives from an ungrateful mankind.

Mary, dearest Mother, and you, great St. Joseph, lend me all the love of your hearts and the love of all the angels and saints with which to love Jesus more and more.

Teach me to pray, to love, to make reparation and to adore the loving Heart of Jesus -- so often abandoned -- hidden in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar. Amen.

PRAYER FOR A VISIT TO THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori

My Lord Jesus Christ, Who for the love which You bear to men, remain night and day in this Sacrament full of compassion and of love, waiting, calling and welcoming all who come to visit You; I believe that You are truly present in the Sacrament of the altar.

I adore You humbly, and I thank You for all the graces which You have bestowed upon me; in particular for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, for having given me Your most holy Mother Mary as my mediatrix and for having called me to visit You in this church.

I salute Your most loving Heart, and this for three purposes: first, in thanksgiving for this great gift; secondly, to make amends to You for all the outrages which You receive in this Sacrament from all Your enemies; thirdly, to adore You, by this visit, in all the places on earth in which You are present in this Sacrament and in which You are least revered and most abandoned.

My Jesus I love You with my whole heart!

I grieve for having so often offended Your infinite goodness. I promise, by Your grace, never more to offend You and, as unworthy as I am, I consecrate myself to You completely; renouncing my entire will, my affections, my desires, and all that I possess. Do with me as You please and whatever You please with all that I have.

All that I ask and desire of You is Your holy love, final perseverance, and the perfect accomplishment of Your will. I entrust to You the souls in purgatory, especially those who had the greatest devotion to You in the Most Blessed Sacrament and to the most Blessed Virgin Mary. I also recommend to You all poor sinners.

Finally, dear Savior, I unite all my affections with those of Your most loving Heart and I offer them, thus united, to Your Eternal Father, beseeching Him in Your Name because of Your love, to accept them and to grant my petitions. Amen.