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EUCHARISTIC
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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Please join this important ministry by filling out a form in the vestibule of the church. Here is yet another reason to do it:
On December 17, 2004, John Paul II approved a special plenary indulgence to mark the Year of the Eucharist. According to a decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary, during the Year of the Eucharist a plenary indulgence may be gained by participating in acts of worship and veneration of the Most Holy Sacrament, as well as by praying vespers and compline of the Divine Office before the tabernacle.
By permission from Zenit.org
Renew and strengthen your faith! Make a real commitment to spend one hour a month with Jesus Christ, Truly Present in the Blessed Sacrament. This weekend, please become a regular adorer of The Blessed Sacrament in our church. Our Eucharistic Lord is available for your prayers and adoration. Tell Him your troubles and worries. Thank Him for all He has done for you. Ask for more. Apologize for all you hurt Him with. Simply talk to Him in your own words, or use many prayer materials available in the chapel for your use. Just do it.
We adore Jesus Christ,
truly present
in the
Blessed Sacrament, in Father Laske Chapel (South-East corner of St.
Bernadette Church) every First Friday of the month, for 24 hours. We begin after
the 8:30am Holy Mass on Friday, and continue throughout the day and the night.
We complete our prayers with First Saturday Devotions in Church at 8:00am and
the Holy Mass at 8:30am. Everyone is invited! Please sign in.
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“Bishops and erudite liturgical authorities continue to endorse prayer and adoration before the Blessed Sacrament as one valuable means to holiness and a deeper relationship with God. Pope John Paul II’s recent Encyclical: Ecclesia de Eucharistia emphasizes the immense value of perpetual adoration before the exposed Blessed Sacrament. The purpose of adoration, simply said, is to sanctify ordinary Christian living. These are but a few of the graces given: - to preserve marriage and family life - to intercede for priestly and religious vocations in the Church - to intercede for holiness in parish life and ministry - to intercede for the intentions of the pastor and the needs of parishioners - to advance the praxis of vigil prayer for graces upon the parish or any other community - to keep prayer going in the parish round-the-clock - any number of special intentions presented by parishioners, the local bishop, the pastor and concerns of the church universal.”
By permission, PJPIIEAA Newsletter, Fall
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EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION
You will spend one holy hour in front of the
Blessed Sacrament. Why? Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament is especially pleasing to God and fruitful for those who pray in this way and for whom they pray. 1. 1. “Faith in the Incarnation” Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament arises from faith in the cardinal mystery of Christianity, which is faith in the Incarnation.
2. “Faith
in the Real Presence” Prayer before the Blessed
Sacrament is a
3. “Faith
in Christ as Miracle Worker” All grace, power,
and blessings
4. “Faith
in Christ as Food for the Mind and Will” The
spiritual nourishment 5. “Faith in the Love of the Father God” God became man and gave us the Eucharist which is the Real Presence. He did this to show us how much He loves us and how much He wants to be with us. To
ensure that Eucharistic Adoration goes on
smoothly in our church, please 1. Come
at the hours you committed to and be there on
time. 2. Remember
to sign your name in the sign-in book. 3. Help
yourself to religious materials on our table and
often look for new ones. 4. Do
not leave the chapel until adorers from the next
hour come over.
The Blessed Sacrament must never be left
unguarded! It
is our responsibility and a great honor – to
protect It.
God
bless you and may you find peace, healing and
happiness in your faithful way of life!
We will see you in Fr. Laske Chapel every
first Friday of the month.
“I
am grateful to […] all those who spend time
with the Lord Francis
Cardinal George, O.M.I. -Archbishop of Chicago Also, please read
“God whispers here” in Daily
Southtown from
February 2, 2004.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have
Perpetual Adoration in our church? Francis
Cardinal George, O.M.I. By spending quiet and prayerful time in the
Chapel, in the presence of the exposed
Eucharist, we get closer to Jesus Christ
Himself. “May
our Adoration never cease.” Pope
John Paul II
Here
are some fruits of Eucharistic Adoration. 1. Increased vocations to the priesthood. 2. Mother Teresa of Calcutta said: “It
was not until 1973, when we began our daily Holy
Hour that our community started to grow and
blossom.” 3. Many blessings, miracles and numerous
benefits. 4. People become more personally involved
with Christ. This is the way to have a
truly personal relationship with Jesus. 5. People are helped in their spiritual
growth. Jesus
is the one Person who is really there for all of
us. 6. Through Eucharistic Adoration we answer
Jesus for His presence in the Blessed Sacrament
day and night - love for Love. 7. Eucharistic
Adoration is an acknowledgement of our total
dependency on Him Who says: “I am the vine and
you are the branches; whoever remains in union
with Me will bear much fruit, for without Me you
can do nothing” (Jn 15:5). Through Eucharistic Adoration
we respond to the call of Jesus to “watch one
hour” with Him which touches Christ’s Heart
and releases a new outpouring of His Love upon
the world.
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EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Here
are some Church reasons to spend time with Jesus Christ in the Blessed
Sacrament. 1. "Jesus
waits for us in this Sacrament of Love" * 2. "Every
member of the Church must be vigilant in seeing that this Sacrament shall
be given back 'love for love'." ** 3. "Our
communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship of
Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be
complete." ** 4. "Beneath
the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world." *** 5. "Our
essential commitment in life is to grow spiritually in the climate of the
Holy Eucharist." ** 6. "How
great is the value of converse with Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, for
there is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing more efficacious for
advancing along the road to holiness!" *** 7. "Christ
is truly the Emmanuel, that is, 'God with us' day and night, He is in our
midst. He dwells with us full of grace." *** 8. "Jesus
teaches those who come to Him to be like Himself, gentle and humble of
heart, and to seek not their own will, but the will of God." **** 9. "The
Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian people an incomparable
dignity." *** The sources are “DOMINICAE CENAE”
(*) and REDEEMER OF MAN” (**) by Pope John Paul II, and “MYSTERIUM
FIDEI” (***) and “CREDO OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD” (****) by Pope Paul
VI. Please
become a faithful Eucharistic Adorer in our Church! |
Why
do we do it?
There are many reasons, both Biblical and Church reasons.
Some of the Biblical reasons are as follows.
1. HE
IS REALLY THERE!
2. BECAUSE
OF HIS INFINITE LOVE FOR US!
3. When
we look upon the Sacred Host, WE LOOK UPON JESUS, the Son of God.
4. Each
moment that we spend in His Eucharistic Presence will INCREASE HIS DIVINE LIFE
WITHIN US and deepen our personal relationship and friendship with Him.
5. Each
hour we spend with Jesus will DEEPEN HIS DIVINE PEACE within our hearts.
6. Jesus
will give us ALL THE GRACES WE NEED to be happy in life.
7. Each
moment we spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament BRINGS JOY, PLEASURE AND
DELIGHT TO HIS SACRED HEART!
While reading the Bible and contemplating these reasons to adore Jesus
Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, we realize more and more the value, importance
and the need of spending time with Jesus. When
we do that, every First Friday of the month, anytime during the 24-hour period,
in Fr. Laske Chapel in our Church, we are showered with God’s graces and
blessings. Please join us and
experience the sweet peace coming from being in the Presence of God!
EUCHARISTIC
ADORATION - Testimonials
“I am grateful to the Pope John Paul II Eucharistic
Adoration Association
Francis
Cardinal George, O.M.I. -Archbishop of Chicago
“I go to the chapel daily to be inspired. The faith
of the adorers, their joy to be in His Presence, their peace that He is with
them all touch me deeply. Strengthened by the grace of God sharing the air of
the chapel, I, too, succumb to peace and joy.”
Father
Lawrence J. Malcolm, Pastor
St.
Daniel the Prophet Church, Chicago, Illinois
“The Eucharistic chapel provides a rich and hallowed
place where visitors and believers can get a taste and feel of God’s tender
unconditional love for them. For until we discover that we are loved and
cherished just as we are, we will not be able to reach out in genuine love to
others.”
Father
Bernard J. Pietrzak, Pastor
St.
Raymond De Penafort Church, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
“St.
Bede’s Eucharistic Chapel bears witness to the Presence of our Lord at every
moment of our lives. In God’s Presence we find strength.”
Father
Brian A. Lisowski, Pastor
St.
Bede the Venerable Church, Chicago, Illinois
(Used
with permission of PJPIIEAA).
Please come to Father Laske Chapel every First Friday of the
month to pray to our Eucharistic Lord. Everyone
is welcome, day or night!
We
are very happy that fifteen new people joined adorers (also called honor guards)
of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament in our church.
We welcome you very warmly and hope you will stay with us for many years
to come. There are currently over
one hundred regular honor guards of the Blessed Sacrament in our church.
We meet in Fr. Laske Chapel every First Friday of the month for a
twenty-four hour spiritual feast.
It
is always possible to join the Eucharistic Adoration ministry in our church.
Just please
sign in (as
all adorers are requested to do) and write your phone number and we will call
you. The lists of names on the
posters will be updated in June, when everyone will have a chance to change
their day or hour, if necessary. Thank
you for your cooperation and, first of all, for your faithful and loving
attitude towards Jesus Christ.
“No where on
earth are you more welcomed, no where on earth are you more loved, than by
Jesus, living and truly present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
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 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.”
Mother Teresa, Special Eucharistic Adoration Issue of Immaculata
Won’t
you, please, come to Fr. Laske Chapel every First Friday?
The Lord is waiting for you. Please
don’t make Him wait too long..
“Why a Holy Hour
before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament? Many
people ask that question. Here is a
satisfactory answer, we think: Jesus Christ, the God-Man, is present in the
special way called ‘transubstantiation’, in which the very substance of the
bread and wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
By praying before the Eucharist, we pray before the Godhead.”
“How to Make a Holy Hour”
brochure,
Marytown, Libertyville, IL.
Numbers
speak for themselves…
Our church is among forty-two
parishes which adore the Blessed Sacrament monthly.
Twenty-one
parishes have Eucharistic Adoration weekly.
There are sixteen churches with Eucharistic Adoration
taking place more than once a week.
And there are fourteen churches with Perpetual
Eucharistic Adoration (24 hours a day/7 days a week) in the
area in the Archdiocese of Chicago!
These numbers come from a brochure with a 2002
Directory of Adoration chapels in the Archdiocese, published
by The Pope John Paul II Eucharistic Adoration Association
of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Mother
Teresa said: “Perpetual
Eucharistic Adoration offers to our people the opportunity
to join those in religious life to pray for the salvation of
the world, souls everywhere and peace on earth.
We cannot underestimate the power of prayer and the
difference it will make in our world.”
(Used
by permission of PJP2EAA.)