ADORATION OF

THE BLESSED ​SACRAMENT

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It is highly fitting that Christ should have wanted to remain present to his Church in this unique way. Since Christ was about to take his departure from his own in his visible form, he wanted to give us his sacramental presence; since he was about to offer himself on the cross to save us, he wanted us to have the memorial of the love with which he loved us "to the end," even to the giving of his life. In his Eucharistic presence he remains mysteriously in our midst as the one who loved us and gave himself up for us, and he remains under signs that express and communicate this love: 
The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go to meet him in adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and open to making amends for the serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our adoration never cease.   
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1380
ADORATION SCHEDULE
​First Tuesdays of the month, 4:15 - 5:15, followed by 5:30pm Mass.
Sit? Stand? Kneel? Lie prostrate?What am I supposed to "do" in Adoration?
"The Eucharistic presence in the tabernacle harkens back to the liturgy and it returns to the liturgy."
What are you doing when you're sitting there praying? "I look at Him and He looks at me."
"If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently and replace it tenderly in its Master's presence. And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back and place it again in Our Lord's presence, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed."
— St. Francis de Sales