Call to Adoration

Eucharistic Adoration with Exposition does exactly that. En masse. Not only does it bring those who commit to scheduled holy hours closer to Jesus, but numerous other souls come to the Chapel to spend time with Jesus and then Jesus works wonders in their lives.

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration takes incredible Unity because the chapel must be attended to hour after hour, day after day, week after week, like the guards at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, perpetually. 

We arll have a Fraternal responsibility to help our brothers grow in holiness. Although in our busy lives this responsibility can be neglected, as active work takes our time and energy.

Eucharistic Adoration is Patriotic. It will not only transform those of us who participate, it will transform others, it will transform our parishes, it will transform our diocese, our country, our world.

While the requirement itself is very easy to understand, i.e. every hour must have at least one, preferably two or more adorers committed to attend their scheduled weekly hours, participation cannot and should not be forced. People need to be spiritually willing to take on such a grace-filled undertaking. Establishment however would not be limited to those we know, as many others will participate being inspired by the leadership of those who take on the effort. Even though every parish has the manpower numbers to support 24/7 Adoration right now it will require a unified personal commitment at a level often not yet experienced.

As such the call to grow in holiness should be our starting point. Nothing can be forced but we must provide an avenue to share our faith and inspire each other to holiness. For Practical Catholics the Eucharist is The Source and Summit of our faith.

So, we should make the "Call to be Holy” (1 Pet 1:15) a priority in our lives.

Ultimately the results will be the united Catholics calling for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration a reality not just for us personally but in our diocese, our country, and the world.

All heaven will rejoice when the importance of formal, perpetual, Eucharistic Adoration becomes commonly realized. Amen!

In his book The Soul of the Apostolate, Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard teaches that no apostolic work can bear lasting fruit unless it is rooted in a deep interior life of prayer. The book was a favorite of Pope St. Pius X and has been recommended for generations by many spiritual organizations.

Chautard argues that without a deep, disciplined life of prayer, even the most energetic apostolic activity eventually becomes mere human effort. St. Margaret Mary echoes this truth in one of her letters, recounting that Jesus lamented a diocese which, while acknowledging devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, considered other good works more important. Because they neglected Him in the Blessed Sacrament, Jesus withheld graces, and those very works failed to bear the fruit they otherwise would have.

It is often said that St. Mother Teresa made a Holy Hour every day. Unless she was especially busy—then she made two.

Eucharistic Adoration is not separate from the Church's apostolic mission—it is the source of every apostolic mission. Every Holy Hour strengthens the souls who will go forth to serve Christ in their families, parishes, workplaces, communities, and ministries.

We cannot put aside our spiritual life because our good works seem more important. As Chautard reminds us, true apostolic success comes not from our own strength but from God's grace. Action must always flow from contemplation, and every apostolate must first kneel before Our Lord.

"Without Me you can do nothing." (John 15:5)

St Gabriel came from a very affluent family. He had available to him all the comforts and amusements money could buy. He can be an example to us all

Oh, the delights that are experienced in one hour of meditation in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and of Mary, His most Holy Mother, are incomparably greater than those found in whole evenings spent at theaters, in brilliantly lit salons, in amusements and conversations, all of them, things which cannot satisfy our hearts.