Last Tuesday, on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother, we officially launched our “Perpetual Adoration Apostolate” here at Saint Raymond’s – to sign-up at least 168 individuals, families and groups to commit one hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament as we anticipate with joy the opening of the Adoration Chapel for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. And in just a matter of an hour after sending the Flocknote message, we got about 35 sign-ups already! The excitement is overwhelming, I know, and this is the reason we are BLESSED – because we are a joyful people!
Excitement, however, dies down, but commitment perpetuates. Let us continue sharing the great news of Jesus’ abiding presence in the Holy Eucharist, and how we are invited to reciprocate this with our desire to spend time with Him. If you want to be part of this ongoing initiative, please share the sign-up link or visit the Office no later than Friday, August 25.
SIGN UP LINK: I want to spend an hour a week with Jesus! Sign me up for Perpetual Adoration!!!
Thank you once again for your support and participation. Prayers are powerful, and we desire to soak everything in prayer!
At your service,
Father Erick
Saint Teresa of Calcutta on Eucharistic Adoration
“I make a Holy Hour each day in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. All my sisters of the Missionaries of Charity make a daily Holy Hour as well, because we find that through our daily Holy Hour our love for Jesus becomes more intimate, our love for each other more understanding, and our love for the poor more compassionate. Our Holy Hour is our daily family prayer where we get together and pray the Rosary before the exposed Blessed Sacrament the first half hour, and the second half hour we pray in silence. Our adoration has doubled the number of our vocations. In 1963, we were making a weekly Holy Hour together, but it was not until 1973, when we began our daily Holy Hour, that our community started to grow and blossom.”
That is why I encourage you to make your Holy Hour through Mary, the cause of our joy, and you may discover that no where on earth are you more welcomed, no where on earth are you more loved, than by Jesus, living and truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make you soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth.
When you look at the crucifix you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you NOW. I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts of all Parish priests that they may have Eucharistic Adoration in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world!”
(For the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2023)