Benefits of Adoration - 19th Sunday in OT - August 9th, 2020

St. Alphonsus Liguori said:

Know also that you will probably gain more by praying fifteen minutes before the Blessed Sacrament than by all the other spiritual exercises of the day. True, Our Lord hears our prayers anywhere, for He has made the promise, ‘Ask, and you shall receive,’ but He has revealed to His servants that those who visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament will obtain a more abundant measure of grace.

Readings:  1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a / Ps 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 [8] / Rom 9:1-5 / Mt 14:22-33

Key Themes:  Adoration, Benefits of Adoration, Expanding Adoration to Tuesdays

Although Mass is objectively superior to Adoration, and Adoration is an extension of the Mass, many people are too easily distracted during Mass to be open to all the graces God wishes to give them.  Adoration allows us an extended time of quiet prayer before the Lord so that we can be less distracted and more focus on the Lord and receive more from Him than if we didn't spend any time at all in Adoration.

No editing was done to this picture,

the glow around the top of the monstrance

 is how it appeared in the camera!

Please take a moment to help us determine if there is enough interest in Adoration on Tuesdays from 7 am to 7 pm for us to commit to having it.   Eucharistic Adoration Survey:

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