Adoration

Adoration

"The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time 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 everlasting peace on earth,"

- Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta 

Adoration is one of the blessings of the Catholic Church. It gives us a chance to sit and spend time with Jesus as the bread of life. We are able to sit, pray and talk with Jesus outside of the confines of the mass. Some people are lucky to have a parish that has adoration 24/7 and others may only offer it for few hours a week. Either way I highly recommend it. 

      When we take that extra time to sit and pray with Jesus it never goes unheard. Some people have a set time that they volunteer to sit in adoration so that Jesus is never alone. During adoration people may pray, read the bible, pray the rosary, or just sit in the peace and quite. Many people find solace in this time. You are removing all those external stimuli and are able to focus on the spiritual life. Some people need to do this to feel that deeper connection and use that extra time to find that personal relationship to Jesus. 

       When you are looking for that deep personal relationship with anyone you spend time with them and the deeper the bond starts to form. It is the same with Jesus. When you take that extra time to spend with Him the deeper the connection will be. Adoration is a great way to get that deeper connection with Him. Read His words as you sit with Him and His words will sink into your mind, heart and soul. 

    Unless you are a regular volunteer you can spend as much or as little time as you wish. If you are new try it for 15 min and see how it goes. You can increase as you go or set a goal for yourself. You will find it is easier then you think to be in adoration. Time will go fast. Think of how fast time flies when you are with your friends. Have this be the same. Jesus is always free to spend the time with you, you just have to find the time and make the time to spend with Him.

Until tomorrow, God Bless, and spend the time with Jesus today.