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AHG Eucharistic Adoration Patch The Adoration Patch and Requirements 40​And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, ​“​So, could you not watch with me one hour? ​41​Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matt 26:40­41) LET US ANSWER OUR LORD’S PLEA TO WATCH ONE HOUR WITH HIM, AND ADORE HIM IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST. Here are the Requirements for the Adoration Patch​: 1)​ _______________​Sign up in your parish for an hour of Adoration, date/initials Parishes will have a list of time slots that need adorers during special feasts or at times such as Lent or during the 40 hours devotion Suggested prayers for Adoration Once for all levels; Pi/Pa's­ twice 2)​ _______________Stop in for a visit to a Church as you pass by. ​ date/initials Be mindful of Our Lord present in the Tabernacle and Genuflect out of Respect for His Divine Presence. T: 3 times; Ex: 4 times; Pi/Pa's: 5 times 3)​ _______________​Stop in and pray in a perpetual Adoration Chapel where there is Exposition of ​ date/initials the Holy Eucharist Remember the Angels surround the Tabernacle, prostrated in adoration. Genuflect on both knees and make a reverent bow. Where to find a Perpetual Adoration Chapel T: 2 times; Ex: 3 times; Pi/Pa's 4 times All Levels complete Requirements 4­7: To form the Habit of Prayer: 4)​ _______________​For 30 days: pray the Morning Offering upon Rising ​ date/initials A Morning Offering: A Prayer to Give God Everything in your Day 5)​ _______________​For 30 days: do an examination of conscience at bed­time date/initials Age appropriate Examination of Conscience: Catholic Familyland ­ helping families get to heaven 6)​_______________​For 30 days: Pray bed­time prayers date/initials Prayers for Protection: For God’s Help While We Sleep 7)​_______________​Read the life of a Saint or Holy Hero who loved and Adored the Holy Eucharist date/initials (an abridged version is fine) For example: BLessed Imelda Lambertini, Little Nellie, Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Tarcisius, St. Peter Julian Eymard, St. Therese, St. Margaret Mary Alocoque, and others 8) ​_______________​Do Two (2) Optional: date/initials i) Read 3 passages of Scripture and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you something new ii) Lead the Family Prayers or the Family Rosary iii) Lead the Family Grace Before Meals/Grace After Meals iv) Carry in your pocket something that will remind you, to call upon Our Lord throughout the day, and praise Him and thank Him for what he has done for you and all that He has given you. What the Saints have to Say about the Most Holy Eucharist: "All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in comparison for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man." ​­­ St. John Vianney, Cure d'Ars Among the graces which Jesus gave to His foster­father ­­ and He flooded him with the graces attached to every one of His mysteries ­­ is that special to an adorer of the Blessed Sacrament. That is the one we must ask of St. Joseph. Have confidence, strong confidence in him. Take him as the patron and the model of your life of adoration." ​­ St. Peter Julian Eymard "Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the true Prince of Peace." ​­­St. Padre Pio "Of all devotions, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest after the sacraments, the one dearest to God and the one most helpful to us." ​­­St. Alphonsus Liguori "We must understand that in order 'to do', we must first learn 'to be', that is to say, in the sweet company of Jesus in adoration." ​­­​Saint Pope John Paul II Some Documented Eucharistic Miracles: Siena, Italy ­­ August 17, 1730 Consecrated Hosts remain perfectly preserved for over 250 years. Rigorous scientific experiments have not been able to explain this phenomena. Amsterdam, Holland 1345 Eucharist thrown into fire overnight miraculously is unscathed. Blanot, France ­­ March 31, 1331 The Eucharist falls out of a woman's mouth onto an altar rail cloth. The priest tries to recover the Host but all that remains is a large spot of blood the same size and dimensions as the wafer. Lanciano, Italy ­­ 8th century A.D. A priest has doubts about the Real Presence; however, when he consecrates the Host it transforms into flesh and blood. This miracle has undergone extensive scientific examination and can only be explained as a miracle. The flesh is actually cardiac tissue which contains arterioles, veins, and nerve fibers. The blood type as in all other approved Eucharistic miracles is type AB! Histological micrographs are shown. Bolsena­Orvieta, Italy Again, a priest has difficulties believing in the Real Presence, and blood begins seeping out of the Host upon consecration. Because of this miracle, Pope Urban IV commissioned the feast of Corpus Christi, which is still celebrated today. For Parents (An excellent article on the Benefits of the Holy Eucharist) I Thirst Among many Catholics there is a privation, a sense of absence and even estrangement from true communion with God. This is a paralyzing reality among some believers. How can this be when Jesus is ​always and truly present ​in the Eucharist, on the altars and in the tabernacles of the world? Jesus hasn’t abandoned us; He is truly and perpetually present. In His Presence there is healing. Often we claim to be looking for God, but our back is turned to Him as we look to people and places where God is not found. We have to turn around to look at Jesus — face­to­face in the Eucharist — to make sense of the madness of the world all around us. There is a ​great thirst ​among God’s people, but the thirst of Jesus is far greater. The Heart of the Eternal High Priest is not fickle like the human heart. The Church’s initiatives, including the crusade of prayer for priests suggested by the Congregation for the Clergy, will be fruitful only if we fall in love with Jesus in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the deepest, most life­changing encounter with Jesus the High Priest. The name ​Jesus the Eternal High Priest ​is intimately related to ​His hour ​when in Gethsemane Jesus prayed to the Father and to His perfect sacrifice on the altar of the Cross. Jesus is our High Priest, the victim of His own intercession for sinners. The Eternal High Priest is a “victim offering” to God the Father for the ransom of humanity. Each ministerial priest becomes a victim offering also. Archbishop Fulton Sheen eloquently writes about this to his brother priests: That moment when the priest lifts up the Host and the Chalice, he is at his best. A bride and groom are at their peak of loveliness and lovability at the moment of marriage. Love is said to be blind because it sees no faults in the beloved. God’s love becomes blind at this moment. He sees us through “the rose­colored glasses” of his Son. Never again will we appear as priestly, as victimal, as deserving of salvation, as we are when the Father sees us through “the rose­colored glasses” of the Body and Blood of his Son as we lift Host and Chalice to heaven. During this holy action, we priests become holy (Exodus 39:29). But we are also victims. We do not just ​offer ​Mass; we are also ​offered.​ (​Those Mysterious Priests​) If we take time to ponder these sublime truths of our Faith, we are struck with awe at the gift of God. He loved us into being, ransomed us from sin and death by laying down His life so that we can live forever, and then perpetuates Himself in the ministerial priesthood so that we can encounter the living Jesus made present by His priests. The letter to the Hebrews says, “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.” What does it mean to hold fast our confession? We confess that Jesus is Lord; we bear witness by our life and our good works. How can our confession of faith and love for Jesus be convincing if we are not encountering him? The Healing Power of Eucharistic Contemplation Communing with the Divine Lover of our soul becomes irresistible joy, not labor. The words of Bl. Teresa of Calcutta inspire us: “When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now.” (Quoted in ​At the Altar of the World: The Pontificate of Pope John Paul II through the Lens of L’Osservatore Romano and the Words of Ecclesia de Eucharistia.) In 2003, Pope John Paul II laid out a plan for the New Evangelization that starts with contemplating the face of Christ in the Eucharist stating that he would like to “rekindle Eucharistic amazement.” The Eucharist is the central provision of God for interior renewal and inner healing. Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household, beautifully writes about the healing power of “Eucharistic contemplation”: Eucharistic contemplation also has an extraordinary power of healing.
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