Eucharistic Adoration

- Sacraments / Liturgy

"I am with you always, until the end of the age."
(Matthew 28:20)
Whether as a private prayer or shared with others, the practice of Eucharistic Adoration invites us to pray in the presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ under His appearance in the consecrated host. During Adoration, you may wish to sit in silence, simply heightening your awareness of the presence of God around you. Have a conversation with Jesus; pray the Rosary; reflect on Scripture or other spiritual reading. Just spend time with the Lord. Share with Him all your joys and tears, dreams and worries. Speak to Him as you would with a friend. Listen to Him. Just be with Him...
Adoration always points us back to the Mass because it is in the Mass that our prayers become most effective and it is in the Mass that we find sacramental union with God.
It is true that Adoration allows us to pray in the presence of Christ in which we feel spiritually united to God, but Adoration should cause us to hunger for more — for sacramental communion with God. At Mass, not only do we pray in the presence of Christ, but our prayers are joined to the prayer and Sacrifice of Christ.
Let us always be mindful, then, that our prayer of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament is an extension of what we are called to do at Mass and should always leave us yearning for that spiritual and sacramental union that only the miracle of the Mass can offer us.
Kneeling, sitting, standing before the Blessed Sacrament are all appropriate forms of prayer. Let your posture reflect your worship of the King and do what is comfortable for you.
You really don’t have to "do" anything during Adoration. You can just sit there and look at Jesus. Take the time to be with Him. If you are the only person in the church, remember that you are never alone. Jesus is there with you! This is your personal time with Christ.
In the Garden of Olives, hours before His Passion, Our Lord Jesus asked His disciples, "Could you not watch one hour with me?" He is saying these same words to us. Let us come and watch with Him!
Eucharistic Adoration
at St. Mark's:
every Thursday
10:00 - 10:30 AM (after morning Mass)
First Thursday of the month
7:00 - 9:00 PM
“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 with 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.”
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Saint Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church

Long Valley, NJ

Eucharistic Adoration

"I am with you always, until the end of the age."

(Matthew 28:20)

Adoration always points us back to the Mass because it is in the Mass that our prayers become most effective and it is in the Mass that we find sacramental union with God.

Let us always be mindful, then, that our prayer of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament is an extension of what we are called to do at Mass and should always leave us yearning for that spiritual and sacramental union that only the miracle of the Mass can offer us.

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta