Comments on: Eucharistic Adoration

By: lynnfrom florida

lynnfrom florida — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:04:36 +0000

THANK YOU! YOU ARE TRULY A LEADER AND FATHER!!!!

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:28:31 +0000

What is the single most important means for reuniting a dismembered Christianity?

The single most important means is the restoration of faith in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. One reason for the tragic separation of so many people from the Catholic Church in the 16th Century was the widespread loss of faith in the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist. Present-day Catholics should do everything possible to reunite a sadly divided Christianity.

John Hardon SJ

By: Deacon Sandy

Deacon Sandy — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:39:25 +0000

Thanks Archbishop Dolan. You always had a way with words! (and the Spirit).

Shorty after you moved from Milwaukee to New York, under the watchful and supportive eye of Bishop Callahan, the deacons of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee instituted a Holy Hour for Life (all life) on the eve of Roe v Wade. It is a benediction and adoration, and has involved over 100 deacons in over 100 parishes drawing just under 10,000 in the two years we have done this. With a heightened sense of Christ in our midst, with the Eucharist as our focal point, we ask Christ to intercede in our world on behalf of all life at risk. It is moving. It is powerful. It is the Spirit at work.

Best and blessings from a former New Yorker and current deacon in Milwaukee. (You ordained me in 2005). Think of me whenever you get to Yankee Stadium as it is only 8 blocks from my alma mater Cardinal Hayes High School.

By: AndyP/Doria2

AndyP/Doria2 — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:28:32 +0000

Start with more Latin Masses and you’ll see more adoration.

By: Brian A Cook

Brian A Cook — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:52:29 +0000

Thank you, your excellency. I know I have been critical lately. Maybe too critical. I just want to encourage you in your promotion of the Eucharist.

By: Torkay

Torkay — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:12:59 +0000

This devotion may overcome what the Novus Ordo has stolen from the Church: belief in the Real Presence. Regarding the miracle in Soho, they could use one more: the notorious “gay” Masses that are being held there with the full support of Archbishop Vincent Nichols, despite countless protests from the faithful. It is a horrible scandal.

By: Pierce Kent

Pierce Kent — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:39:19 +0000

An hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is good for one’s soul and in fact essential. On another note I have been reading about the life of the first de facto Bishop of New York, John Conolly and am wondering whether their is a postulator for the cause of his eventual canonization? He seems to have led a life of heroic virtue. I must admit I came across mention of him while doing genealogical research on my wife’s family. He was apparently a cousin of my wife’s great-great-great-great grandfather Luke Conley of Steuben County, NY.

By: Wendy York

Wendy York — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 01:58:54 +0000

I loved the article on Eucharistic Adoration and I know that spending time in prayer before the Eucharistic Lord deepens our friendship with Jesus Our Blessed Lord and Savior. I thank Jesus with all my heart when he gives me this chance here on earth to spend time with Him and get to know Him more intimately. I pray that the desire of our hearts will be to come before Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration. Come let us adore Him!

By: Rae

Rae — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:21:46 +0000

I am fortunate enough to belong to a parish which has been perpetually Adoring our Lord for just over eight years! I am a comitted adorer – 2 a.m. every Wednesday morning – and I know without a doubt that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life that sustains our parish. I volunteered because I truly believe worshiping Jesus in the Eucharist is what we are called to do, and I know this program could not be supported in any other way; not with money, not with good intentions and not with prayers, but with bodies, willing to discipline themselves a little bit, and actually physically BE there to worship God in the Blessed Sacrament.

I wasn’t around in the beginning so I can’t attest to the challenges they faced when they set out. But I can say that Our Lord waits for us and draws us to him. If we but ask, He will provide all that we need, especially when we ask nothing more than to love Him more deeply and more faithfully through the Eucharist.

I have visted web sites of local parishes that do nothing more than advertise the “ministries” they offer – homeless ministries, development and peace, etc. As if that’s all they have to offer, when what they truly have is wealth beyond measure in Christ Himself, broken and shared for all! Without Him, we achieve nothing. When we choose to sit at His feet, we truly do choose the better place!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:39:17 +0000

The first time I went to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9 years ago I really had no idea what to expect. At the time our parish had it on Friday’s only.

I signed in and noted the time. After a short while, I got up to leave thinking 15 minutes was a good start. When I went to sign out I noticed I had been there for 1hr 20min!

I am happy to say our parish (of 1,200 families) now has a Perpetual Adoration Chapel and 5 young men in the seminary and 1 young woman preparing to join the Mary Mother of the Eucharist order in Ann Arbor.