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Eucharistic Adoration
There will be a Parish Eucharistic Day beginining after the 11:30 am Mass on Sunday, March 21 and continuing until 4:30 pm. For more information follow the link above.
Every month at St. Benedict we have Eucharistic Adoration for a 24 hour period.
This humble, yet powerful devotion, takes place from 4:00 pm on the Thursday before First Friday to 4:00 pm First Friday.
If you can commit to one hour of adoration at the beginning of each month, call Mary Ann Campbell at 724.942.4297 or Diane & John Slagle at 724.941.2885. If you can’t commit to a specific time, please come whenever you can, but come! |
Eucharistic Adoration
What is Eucharistic Adoration? Catholics believe that the bread and wine we consecrate at Mass through the ministry of the priest become truly the body and Blood of Christ. During the consecration of the Mass, the priest speaks these words during the Eucharistic Prayer, "While they were at supper, he took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take this, all of you, and eat it: this is my body which will be given up for you." Hold this moment of the Mass in time, we have, over centuries, come to see that it presents a great opportunity for spiritual intimacy with the Lord. Our adoration of the sacrament we call the Eucharist, or the Blessed Sacrament, calls us to spend time in the presence of the Lord as we watch and wait, allowing the power of Christ to transform us.
What do you do during adoration? Those who present themselves for a period of adoration spend their time in reading and private prayer, but also in reflection of some virtue or quality they would like to grow. Some might read the Gospel for the coming Sunday and listen as Christ speaks to them through the sacred text; others can mediate on the mystery of the LIfe of Christ in the Rosary or from a spiritual book. Some simply sit quietly, drawn into the love of Christ that is expressed for us in his sacrifice on the cross, demonstrated through his self-giving in the Eucharist.
Five Reasons to Spend One Hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
- You are greatly needed!
"The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic Adoration." (Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae)
- This is a personal invitation to you from Jesus.
"Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love. (Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae)
- Your hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament will help to bring about peace on earth.
"Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Jesus and ready to make reparation for the great evils of the world. Let your adoration never cease." (Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae)
- You grow spiritually with each moment you spend with Jesus!
"Our essential commitment in life is to preserve and advance constantly in Eucharistic life and Eucharistic piety and to grow spiritually in the climate of the Holy Eucharist." (Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man)
- With transforming mercy, Jesus makes our heart one with His.
"He proposes His own example to those who come to Him, that all may learn to be like Himself, gentle and humble of heart, and to seek not their own interest but those of God." (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
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