Eucharistic Adoration

"We have come to do him homage." Those words, spoken by the Magi from the East as they searched for the infant Jesus, resound through the centuries to be echoed in the heart of every person who makes a visit to the Blessed Sacrament. The presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is as real today as the infant Jesus was to the Wise Men who sought Him by following a star rising in the East. As Pope John Paul II affirms in his encyclical on the relationship of the Eucharist to the Church, "...the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which she discovers the full manifestation of his boundless love."

- (The Church and the Eucharist, 1)

For more information about these adoration, please contact:

Kristin Bird
443-920-9186
Email

Eucharistic Adoration is the act of worshiping God as He is present in the consecrated Eucharist. Since the Last Supper, when Jesus broke the bread and distributed the wine, saying, "This is my Body" and "This is my Blood," Catholics have believed that the bread and wine are no longer merely baked wheat and fermented grape juice, but the actual living presence of the Second Person of the Trinity. Spending time before the Blessed Sacrament, in prayer and devotion, is exactly the same as spending time before the living God. Adoration occurs whenever someone kneels in front of a tabernacle that contains the Blessed Sacrament, genuflects toward a tabernacle, bows or, in a more focused way, when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration.

Our Sunday Visitor, Eucharistic Adoration

If you are interested in visiting with Jesus at St. Joseph Catholic Community or have questions about Adoration please email Kristin Bird.

To view the available hours for adoration.

Current Adorers, please check for the posted schedule. (user/password required)

Listen to Reverend Peffley's "Can You Not Watch With Me One Hour?"audio.