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Friday 7:30 am until 1 p.m.
“Could you not watch one hour with me?” (MT.26:40).
Adoration is the adoration of Jesus Christ present in the Holy Eucharist. On Friday from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM, the Holy Eucharist is displayed in a special holder called a monstrance, and 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 in return?
Spending time with Jesus in adoration should not strike us as unusual. It is really a very natural human activity. When two people love each other, they want to spend time together to visit, to get to know each other better. You cannot love someone you do not know. Adoration of Our Lord in the Eucharist is your chance to know Jesus better.
Adoration is a silent time between you and Jesus. There is no one preaching to you, reading to you, telling you when to stand, sit, kneel, or sing. You can pray your Rosary, read your Bible, read one of the books on the adoration cart, or just sit in silence and speak to Our Lord. It is time to give yourself a break. This is why thousands of people testify that one hour each week with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the most peaceful and satisfying hour of their week. They look forward to their time with Jesus.
To schedule your time of Adoration, contact Dcn Spencer Parrott at [email protected].
To learn more about Adoration, you can visit the following websites:
www.fisheaters.com/eucharisticadoration.html
We encourage individuals and/or families to visit any time during Adoration. Please send an email if you are interested in committing to a specific hour as an Adorer or to receive more information.
About 10 years ago, Laura Westbrook, a former parishioner, felt God calling her to lead people to increase in prayer. Because she was having a serious bout of physical problems at the time, she asked God how she was to do this. With prayer and discernment, the Lord led her to the thought of using the internet and email, which was relatively new to us all at the time. She went to Fr Wil and asked about starting a group within the parish. She would do everything, just put her email address in the bulletin and let people contact her. Prayer requests would be sent out, via email, as received to all those in the group. People would know of prayer needs within the parish, our community would be brought together in prayer. Praying for the needs of one another, The Body of Christ would be built up. Fr Wil, ever the Great Asker of, “How’s your prayer life?” said, “Yes!” The Prayer Circle was born!
Gradually the prayer circle grew. New parishioners joined. Old parishioners joined. Even as parishioners moved away, they often remained with the group. After a few years, Laura thought of choosing a patron saint for the prayer circle. She asked for suggestions from the group. Then with a collection of a few saints to choose from, she asked the Circle to vote for a patron. St. Padre Pio was chosen. Afterwards, Laura found out that during his life Padre Pio was supportive of the formation of “prayer cenacles”, which are small groups of people who pray together. Cenacle is a word used for the Upper Room used for the Last Supper.
When Laura was ready to pass the Prayer Circle along to someone else a little over a year ago, I was more than willing to take over. I had subbed for Laura a few times and knew I would love to serve God and our parish by doing this. It takes a few minutes zero to four times each day to send out prayer requests. I especially enjoy sending out Praise updates.
Today, the Prayer Circle has 226 prayer warriors! I think we, together as Christ’s Body in prayer, are powerful. Yet, we always know that God’s will will be done.
I invite you to join us. It is not a forever commitment. But think, if everyone only prays one Hail Mary when seeing an email for the Prayer Circle, 238 Hail Marys have been prayed! So it can be very easy to do.
How’s YOUR prayer life?
St. Padre Pio Prayer Circle Facebook Group