Category: Adoration

Late-night adorers cherish quiet time in prayer at Michigan churches

by bcadmin | Aug 7, 2022 | Adoration, Archdiocese of Detroit, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News | 0 |

As Karen Flint pulls into the St. Charles Borromeo parking lot in Newport, it’s pitch black, and the sun won’t rise for another two hours.

How do we bring the “Nones” back to Church?

by bcadmin | Apr 13, 2022 | Adoration, Eucharist, Evangelization, Featured, News | 0 |

In a time where people are consumed with physical health, spiritual welfare is often forgotten. Yet, the words of St. Ignatius of Antioch, an early Church martyr, still ring true today. He wrote that the Holy Eucharist is “the medicine of immortality, and the antidote to prevent us from dying.” If we go to such […]

The Catholic Mass Is an Act of Adoration

by bcadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Adoration, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Mass, News | 0 |

The Catholic Mass Is an Act of Adoration The Latin term adoratio originally meant a gesture of reverence made toward a worthy person or object, before whom one would bow slightly, touching the object of reverence with one’s right hand, while with one’s left hand wafting a kiss (ad os) toward the recipient of the adoration. We, however, must see this concept in the context […]

Advent peace can be found in prayerful quiet of adoration chapels

by bcadmin | Nov 24, 2021 | Adoration, Adoration chapel, Advent peace, Father Marc Paveglio, Featured, Local News, News, Roseville, St. Rose of Lima | 0 |

Advent is a perfect opportunity to spend time in a eucharistic adoration chapel — and at St. Rose of Lima in Roseville, recent renovations will enhance time in prayer for parishioners and all who visit.

Why We Pray Before the Blessed Sacrament

by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2021 | Adoration, Best of Week, Blessed Sacrament, Eucharist, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |

Why We Pray Before the Blessed Sacrament Companion in Our Exile In the Holy Eucharist, Christ is not only the food of our souls, but also the companion of our exile. The human heart yearns for the sweet consciousness of companionship. The Divine Presence in the tabernacle fully satisfies this natural longing, for God alone can fill the heart. Christ fulfills His […]

Perpetual adoration is the ‘fuel that runs this parish’

by bcadmin | Oct 12, 2021 | Adoration, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic parishes, Church in the US, Communion, Eucharist, News | 0 |

The perpetual adoration chapel is an anomaly in today’s fast-paced world. Those who pray here, called adorers, pray before the Blessed Sacrament, the consecrated host from Mass placed in an ornate gold container called a monstrance.

10 Tools to Help You Offer Your Praise to God

by bcadmin | Sep 21, 2021 | Adoration, Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat, News, praise | 0 |

10 Tools to Help You Offer Your Praise to God Of all of the expressions of prayer, the most sublime and exalted is that of Praise. Saint Ignatius in the Spiritual Exercises, Principle and Foundation (#23) starts out attesting to the fact that Man is created to praise God. Very interesting, before anything else, man is first and foremost created by God so that he might praise God. No […]

Eucharistic Adoration Will Save the World

by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Adoration, Eucharist, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, worship | 0 |

“Eucharistic Adoration will save the world.” I’ve heard these words spoken by multiple priests in social media in recent months and it is the truth. The Church has forgotten her center due to the worldly desires of her members to busy themselves in utilitarian pursuits. The human tendency to constantly be in a state of […]

‘Eucharistic Revival’ to begin in 2022: ‘We want to start a fire, not a program’

by bcadmin | Jun 19, 2021 | Adoration, Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Catholic news, Eucharist, Evangelization, News, News Briefs | 0 |

Denver Newsroom, Jun 18, 2021 / 17:39 pm The bishops of the United States discussed on Friday a program of “Eucharistic Revival” which will aim to foster deeper devotion and knowledge about the Eucharist nationwide […]

Baltimore Basilica prepares for perpetual adoration

by bcadmin | May 16, 2021 | Adoration, Archbishop William Lori, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News | 0 |

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary will begin offering perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament May 31, the same day it celebrates its 200th anniversary.

Virginia parish keeps perpetual eucharistic adoration going in pandemic

by bcadmin | May 2, 2021 | Adoration, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Arlington, Eucharist, News, Pandemic, Virginia | 0 |

Many parishes in the Arlington Diocese have offered extended adoration hours during the pandemic. However, Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of just a few diocesan parishes, along with Our Lady of Angels Parish in Woodbridge, that have been able to maintain perpetual adoration throughout the pandemic.

Carmelite Spirituality—Solitude and Prayer

by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2021 | Adoration, Ask a Carmelite Sister, Carmelite, Featured, Holy Spirit, In the Spotlight, meditation, News, prayer life, Solitude, Spiritual Life | 0 |

“Solitude is not an empty space, a void; it is an encounter with the God who loves us…” Dear Sister, What aspect of Carmelite Spirituality do you find most helpful for your prayer? Dear Friend, The short answer to your question is solitude. Here …