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ADORATION

Sunday 12 a.m. (Midnight)
 6 a.m.

Tuesday 7 a.m.

CONTACT:
Norma Ochoa 361.249.4070
or
Julie Balboa 830.407.9401

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is the adoration of Jesus Christ  present in the Holy Eucharist. In  the many  Churches  that  have  this  adoration,  the  Eucharist  is  displayed  in  a  special  holder  called  a monstrance,  and people  come to pray and worship  Jesus continually  throughout the day and through  the night.  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.  

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).

"Could you not watch one hour with Me?"
Jesus waits for us in the Blessed Sacrament. He waits for our little Acts of faith, adoration, love, thanksgiving, repentance, reparation and charity that we can offer Him as we contemplate -- His Divine Majesty -- in the Blessed Sacrament. 

St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote: “Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the Sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us”. The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: By not only celebrating the Eucharist, but also by praying before It outside of Mass, we are enabled to make contact with the very wellsprings of Grace ..."

Pope John Paul II in one of his homilies said, “It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple (cf. Jn 13:25) and to feel the infinite love present in His heart ... If, in our time Christians must be distinguished by the “art of prayer”, how can we not feel a renewed need to spend time in spiritual conversation, in silent adoration, in heartfelt love before Christ present in the Most Holy Sacrament?”

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!

May our adoration never cease!

Can we not give Jesus an hour of love and adoration in return?

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.”        Matthew 11:23

This is the very essence of our being. I once felt I didn’t deserve or was worthy of an adoration hour and one Sunday after mass and passing by Charlene Read something tugged at my heart, I turned around and asked her if she had an adoration hour open (at first I wanted to give her my preference) but then I told myself Jesus didn’t chose the hour He died for me, so I left it for her to give me the hour she needed covered. 

With the school year over, holidays and the beginning of summer, many will be gone on vacations and forget some of their commitments. This past Memorial Day weekend several adorers were unable to attend or cover their assigned hour causing someone to stay an additional hour or more and in most cases our devoted Charlene Read came in and covered for the hours someone was unavailable or didn’t show up for their adoration hour. Please let Norma Ochoa (361)249-4070 or Ruby Balboa (830)407-9401 know if you will be unavailable for your adoration hour or have someone fill in for you if you will be unavailable.

 PLEASE READ:  
Eucharistic Adoration-- Why I Love It
BY ROSEMARY BOGDAN
 
http://www.catholic365.com/article/152/eucharistic-adoration-why-i-love-it.html

For a number of years now, I have had a regularly scheduled hour to adore the Real Presence of Jesus in the Exposed Blessed Sacrament. I have to say that this hour is a highlight of my week. Why? There are a number of reasons.

First, the hour I have committed to is an enforced prayer time. I have to be there. I am signed up for it, and Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament cannot happen without adorers committed for every hour because, as we all know, the Exposed Blessed Sacrament cannot be left alone. I have the privilege of being a member of a parish that has Eucharistic Adoration 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That adds up to a lot of people scheduled. Each of us must be there at our scheduled time, in order to have Adoration so completely available to the parish. I plan around my hour. Nothing gets scheduled then. And I am there every week at that time. It’s a wonderful time. If I just went when I could find the time, it wouldn’t happen often, because free time in a schedule gets filled in like a vacuum. But this hour, my Adoration hour, is reserved for Jesus. 

It’s delightfully quiet in the Eucharistic Chapel. Wonderfully quiet. I can say the rosary, read my Magnificat, or just silently talk to Jesus in the depth of my heart. Best of all, I can listen. I can just be there in His Presence, knowing that He knows me better (much better!) than I know myself. If I am in pain, as we all are sometimes in life, I don’t even have to say anything. I can gaze at Him and know that His healing presence is right there with me. He knows my pain. He knows my joys. He knows my sorrows. He knows. And I can just gaze at Him and love Him . I can feel His life, His wisdom, His love for me….and His love for all mankind. The room is filled with His peace....and His Presence.

The catechism says of contemplation…
2715 Contemplation is a gaze of faith, fixed on Jesus. "I look at him and he looks at me": this is what a certain peasant of Ars in the time of his holy curé used to say while praying before the tabernacle. This focus on Jesus is a renunciation of self. His gaze purifies our heart; the light of the countenance of Jesus illumines the eyes of our heart and teaches us to see everything in the light of his truth and his compassion for all men. Contemplation also turns its gaze on the mysteries of the life of Christ. Thus it learns the "interior knowledge of our Lord," the more to love him and follow him.

This is what happens in Adoration. The heart is purified and enlightened. The soul is nourished, quieted, and better equipped for life’s challenges. And the Lord is loved as He so desires to be loved.

“So you could not keep watch with me for one hour?” Matthew 26:40