Twelve
Reasons From The Teachings Of The Church For Wanting
To Spend One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament
He walked here in the same flesh, and gave us the same flesh to be eaten unto salvation ... and not only do we not sin by adoring, we do sin by not adoring." St Augustine
1. You are greatly needed!
"The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic Adoration."
(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae)
2. This is a personal invitation to you from
Jesus.
"Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of Love." (Pope John Paul II,
Dominicae Canae)
3. Jesus is counting on you because the Eucharist
is the center of life.
"Every member of the Church must be vigilant in seeing that the sacrament
of Love shall be at the center of the life of the people of God so that
through all the manifestations of worship due Him shall be given back 'love
for love' and truly become the life of our souls." (Pope John Paul II,
Redeemer of Man)
4. Your hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
will repair for evils of the world and 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, Dominicai Cenae)
5. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed
Sacrament because you are the most important person in the world to Him!
"Christ is reserved in our churches as the spiritual center of the
heart of the community, the universal Church and all humanity, since within
the veil of the species, Christ is contained, the Invisible Heart of the
Church, the Redeemer of the world, the center of all hearts, by Him all
things are and of whom we exist.." (Pope Paul IV, Mysterium Fidei)
6. Jesus wants you to do more than to go to
Mass on Sunday.
"Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship
of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete."
(Pope John Paul II, Redeemer of Man)
7. 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)
8. The best time you spend on earth is with
Jesus, your Best Friend, in the Blessed Sacrament!
"How great is the value of conversation with Christ in the Blessed
Sacrament, for there is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing more efficacious
for advancing along the road of holiness!" (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
9. Just as you cant be exposed to the sun without
receiving its rays, neither can you come to Jesus exposed in the Blessed
Sacrament without receiving the Divine Rays of His Grace, His Love, His
Peace.
"Christ is truly the Emmanuel, that is, God with us, day and night,
His is in our midst. He dwells with us full of grace and truth. He restores
morality, nourishes virtue, consoles the afflicted, strengthens the weak."
(Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
10. If Jesus were actually visible in church,
everyone would run to welcome Him, but He remains hidden in the Sacred
Host under the appearance of Bread, because He is calling us to faith,
that we many come to Him in humility.
"The Blessed Sacrament is the Living Heart of each of our churches
and it is our very sweet duty to honor and adore the Blessed Host, which
our eyes see, the Incarnate Word, Whom they cannon see." (Pope Paul VI,
Credo of the People of God)
11. 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)
12. If the Pope himself would give you a special
invitation to visit him in the Vatican, this honor would be nothing in
comparison to the honor and dignity that Jesus Himself bestows upon you
with the Invitation of spending one hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"The Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian people the incomparable
dignity." (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
"If we really loved the good God, we should make it our joy and happiness to come and spend a few moments to adore Him, and ask Him for the grace of forgiveness; and we should regard those moments as the happiest of our lives." - St. John Vianney (on Adoration of Jesus in the Most the Blessed Sacrament)
Twelve Biblical Reasons For Wanting To Spend One Hour With Jesus In The Blessed Sacrament
1. He is really there!
"I myself Am the Living Bread come down from Heaven." (Jn 6:35)
2. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed
Sacrament because of his Infinite love for you!
"Behold I will be with you always even to the end of the world," because
"I have loved you with an everlasting love, and constant is My affection
for you." (Mt 28:20; Jer 31:3)
3. The specific way that Jesus asks you to
love Him in return is to spend one quiet hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Where your treasure is, there is your heart...." "Could you not watch
one hour with Me?" (Mt 6:21; 26:40)
4. When you look upon the Sacred Host, you
look upon Jesus, the Son of God.
"Indeed, this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks upon
the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life. Him I will raise up
on the last day." (Jn 6:40)
5. Each moment that you spend in His Eucharistic
Presence will increase His Divine Life within you and deepen your personal
relationship and friendship with Him.
"I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly."
"I am the Vine and you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me and I in
Him shall bear much fruit because without Me, you can do nothing." (Jn
15:5)
6. Each hour you spend with Jesus will deepen
His Divine Peace in your heart.
"Come to Me all of you who are weary and find life burdensome and I
will refresh you..." "Cast all of you anxieties upon the One who cares
for you..." "My Peace is My Gift to you." (Mt 11:28; 5:7; Jn 14:17)
7. Jesus will give you all the Graces you need
to be happy!
"The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to the
springs of life-giving water." (Rev 7:17)
8. Jesus is infinitely deserving of our unceasing
thanksgiving and adoration for all He has done for our salvation.
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honor, glory and praise."
(Rev. 5:12)
9. For Peace in our country!
"When My people humble themselves and seek My Presence... I will revive
their land." (2Chr 7:14)
10. Each hour you spend with Jesus on earth
will leave your soul everlastingly more beautiful and glorious in heaven!
"They who humble themselves shall be exalted...." "All of us, gazing
on the Lord’s glory with unveiled faces, are being transformed
from glory to glory into His very image." (Lk 18:14; 2Cor 3:18)
11. Jesus will bless you, your family and the
whole world for this hour of faith you spend with Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"Blessed are they who do not see and yet believe..." "Faith can move
mountains..." " What is needed is trust... " "Behold I come to make all
things new." (Jn 20:29; Mk 11:23; Mk 5:36; Rev 21:5)
12. Each moment you spend with Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament brings joy, pleasure, and delight to His Sacred Heart!
"My joy, My pleasure, My delight is to be with you." (Prov 8:31)