“Come to Me all who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28
Eucharistic Adoration Hours:
Monday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
with daily Benediction at 3:40.
Monthly 12-Hour Overnight Eucharistic Adoration:
1st Saturday of every month from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.
with Divine Mercy prayed at 3:00 a.m.
If you have a specific or preferred time you wish to
commit to for your Adoration Hours,
please get in touch with Pauline Jensen at
adoration@holyspiritparish.net.
Please be aware that quieter and more peaceful times for Adoration
typically occur between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Eucharistic Adoration is spending time in prayer and silence with the Blessed Sacrament. The Blessed Sacrament is the real presence of Jesus – fully the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Saviour – in the Eucharist outside of Mass. During this time, the presence of Jesus in the form of a consecrated host, is placed in a Luna then set in the sacred vessel known as the Monstrance. The Monstrance is placed on the altar, making the Blessed Sacrament visible for all to see and to pray before.
Eucharistic Adoration provides a blessed and intimate opportunity to be with Our Lord and is an extension of the Mass. The Catholic Church teaches that Adoration of the Eucharist extends our union with Christ after receiving Him during the Mass.
To show our love! There are numerous ways to demonstrate our love for God and one such way is through Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Dedicating time and willingness to worship Jesus puts us in direct communication with Jesus Christ. The more we spend time with Jesus, the more we experience a deeper union with God.
Another reason to adore our Lord is because Jesus desires our time and attention. In Mark 14:37, Jesus said “You could not keep watch with Me for one hour?” This direct question underscores His longing for our presence.
Fr. John Bartunek, LC at spiritualdirection.com, draws a parallel with the story of Mary and Martha. Martha complained that Mary wasn’t doing anything while she, Martha, prepared dinner. Jesus told her that Mary had chosen the right path: she was sitting with Jesus, spending time with him.
Spending time in Adoration can indeed be a sacrifice, but it yields incredible spiritual fruits. Adoration brings profound graces that deepen our faith and draw us closer to Jesus, enabling us to hear His voice more clearly. It helps us grow in virtues such as obedience, humility, and patience, and fosters a greater love for Jesus, resulting in lasting peace and joy. A nun once compared an hour of Adoration to sitting in the sun—although you may not feel any different at the moment, later you realize its transformative impact. (Source: Nocturnal Adoration: Where the Milk and Honey Flows by Elizabeth Scalia).
Jesus Himself encourages us to persist in making time to spend time with Him. He assures us,
“Trust in Me and continue to adore Me. Remain in My company and I will work things beyond your imagining. Follow the indications of My providence as you perceive them, and trust more in Me and My love for you than in Yourself.”
Jesus to the Benedictine Monk in ‘In Sinu Jesu’ (pg. 186)
This profound promise highlights the life-changing power of remaining in His presence through Adoration.
The quiet and stillness of the night can create a deep and personal connection with Christ in the Eucharist. Without the usual distractions of the day, worshippers can focus more on their relationship with God, feeling a stronger sense of closeness and reverence. “Getting up in the middle of the night is a sacrifice, but precisely for that reason, the spiritual fruits of Nocturnal Adoration are immense (Source: Fr. Derek Remus).” Worshipping Jesus at night is a special calling that brings added grace, as it involves a kind of love similar to fasting. In this act of love for Christ, the beloved must give up something important, whether it’s food or, in the case of night vigil, the gift of sleep (Source: Night Vigil Adoration at Night is Sacrificial Love).
God never sleeps. He speaks to us and inspires our hearts when we make sacrifices to seek His Presence and spend time with Him in the quiet tranquility of the night. St. Pope John Paul II exemplified this devotion, spending hours in Nocturnal Adoration each week, which fueled his mission and allowed him to accomplish so much good.
“Know also that you will probably gain more by praying fifteen minutes before the Blessed Sacrament than by all the other spiritual exercises of the day. True, Our Lord hears our prayers anywhere, for He has made the promise, ‘Ask, and you shall receive,’ but He has revealed to His servants that those who visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament will obtain a more abundant measure of grace.” – St. Alphonsus Liguori
“I keep up the Holy Hour to grow more into his likeness … We become like that which we gaze upon. Looking into a sunset, the face takes on a golden glow. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour transforms the heart in a mysterious way as the face of Moses was transformed after his companionship with God on the mountain.” – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“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 your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in heaven and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta
Scriptural meditation – Read a brief Gospel passage. Imagine the scene. Notice Christ’s reactions. Think of three ways the passage applies to your own life. Meditate on each line.
Doctrinal meditation – Read Scripture or Catechism passages that apply to a doctrine of the Church. Appreciate God’s plan and find ways it applies to you. (Perhaps: Sunday, Resurrection; Monday, Incarnation; Tuesday, Mercy/confession; Wednesday, Holy Spirit; Thursday, Eucharist; Friday, Passion; Saturday, Mary).
Life meditation – Or, deepening your examination of conscience, look at your own life. Which kind of pride do you most fall into? Selfishness (valuing yourself most), Vanity (valuing others’ opinions most), Sensuality (valuing comforts most). Pray for the opposite virtues: Charity (serving others first), Fidelity (putting Christ’s opinion first), Discipline (accepting your crosses).
Source: Becky Roach “All Your Questions about Adoration Answered” and the Hallow App.
Various spiritual resources, including books, rosary beads, Bibles, prayer cards, and devotional pamphlets, are available on a table in the Chapel.
Jesus said to Catalina, a visionary: I promise to the soul that visits Me frequently in this Sacrament of Love, that I will receive it affectionately together with all the Blessed and the Angels in Heaven, and that each of its visits will be written down in the Book of its Life and I will grant to it:
“To the priests and nuns that propagate the devotion of Adoration, I will grant many special graces, the complete recognition of their sins and the Grace to amend them. I will help them to form communities of devout and holy faithful, and they will attain many privileges.”
“I promise these things to all persons, under only two conditions which are the fruit of genuine love towards My Real Presence in the Eucharist, and which are absolutely indispensable for My promises to become a reality in their lives:
a) That they strive to preserve the dignity of My Altars.
b) That they be merciful towards their neighbor.”
Source of Promises: From the book of “In Adoration” by Catalina Rivas that received an imprimatur from Mons. Cristobal Biaiasik, Bishiop of the Dioceses of Oruro, Bolivia.
