The Chapel is closed during Mass.
Please wear a mask and sanitize your area when you are done. Limited to 5 people in the chapel at a time. If the chapel is full you may adore Jesus in front of the tabernacle in church. The church is open from 8am to 4pm Monday through Friday.
What is Eucharistic Adoration?
Catholics believe that the Mass we attend each week (and sometimes daily), the priest (during the consecration) speaks these words as he holds the communion host, “…He took bread and gave you thanks. He broke the bread and gave it to his disciples and said: Take this all of you and eat it – This is my body which will be given up for you.” When the priest says , “this is my body,“ it is at that instant when, through the miracle of transubstantiation, the bread and the wine which we offer as the bloodless sacrifice to our Lord truly becomes the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus. It is His true Presence in the form of bread and wine. It is Christ.
Eucharistic Adoration is when the priest takes a consecrated host, such as the one described above, and places it in a monstrance. Monstrance comes from the Latin word monstrare which means to show or to expose or to view. The monstrance with the Real Presence of Jesus is then placed on an altar in a chapel next to the church.
What do you actually do during adoration? You may sign up to be an adorer which allows you to schedule yourself for one or more hours per week to pray before the very presence of Our Lord, exposed in the monstrance. It means that you have some time to spend with Jesus to recite your favorite prayers, read the Bible, read the Catechism of the Catholic Church, pray a rosary, give thanksgiving for the many blessings He has bestowed on you. You can do whatever type of prayerful devotion that suits you in the real presence of Our Lord. Or, you can sit and simply be in His company, just as you would with a dear friend.
If you would like to become an adorer please contact
Mary/Phil Ziesemer (715-409-0165)