O Sacrament Most Holy
Join us for Eucharistic Adoration
Every Thursday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in the church.
Weekdays from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm in the St. Joseph Chapel
Eucharistic Adoration enables the faithful to engage more fully with the Sacrament of the Eucharist and in building up the body of Christ, which is the responsibility and mission of all who are baptized. It is a participatory activity connecting those who share it with the Eucharistic liturgy.
Sharing in the presence of the body of Christ through Communion helps us recognize a oneness we share in Christ and, in turn, with all of humanity. By renewing our commitment to the body of Christ, we also actively unite to Christ and our neighbor. To focus on Christ in the reserved sacrament is to focus upon what it means to participate in the reality of Christ in our lives and Christ’s greatest command, to “love one another.”
Eucharistic Adoration affords us a time where, in the silence and prayer of the moment, we may ask ourselves, “What does it mean to share in the Mass?” “Who are we at Mass?” “What are we doing at Mass?” and to realize further, as Saint Augustine reveals:
“If you, therefore, are Christ’s body and members, it is your own mystery that is placed on the Lord’s table… Be a member of Christ’s body, then, so that your “Amen” may ring true… Be what you see; receive what you are.” — St. Augustine, Sermon 272
Eucharistic Adoration is meant to instill in each of us a spirit of adoration at all times. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament must always include adoration, but adoration doesn’t always include exposition and should never stop once we depart from the church building.
“[The faithful] should not forget about paying a visit during the day to the Most Blessed Sacrament in the very special place of honor where it is reserved in churches in keeping with the liturgical laws, since this is a proof of gratitude and a pledge of love and a display of the adoration that is owed to Christ the Lord who is present there.”
— Mysterium Fidei, Encyclical of Pope St. Paul VI on the Eucharist
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- Gary Anderson
(614) 402-3842
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