Twelve Reasons for Spending a Holy Hour Adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament 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 can 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, He 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 cannot 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) (Note: The text above was copied from a Youtube video that is no longer available.)
This coming Tuesday I will hold all members on the forum in my prayers before the Blessed Sacrament. Whose counting? The Lord knows each one of you personally! He has called you by name!
Thank you so much for your prayers Terry! The worth of such a thing cannot be measured. It is sad but I can't really do a Holy Hour here. The Churches only tend to open just before Mass and close right after. So sad. But I do try to get to Mass early which is great. But after Mass everyone goes into a scrum to talk so I leave right away. But I have learnt in the Spiritual Life that when one door closes another opens I pray constantly but especially love praying walking.
What Jesus Needs From You This Holy Week … “Just watch and pray and stay with Jesus.” Holy Week Meditations, from St. Faustina’s Diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul Entry #642. “Palm Sunday. This Sunday, I experienced in a special way the sentiments of the most sweet Heart of Jesus. My spirit was there where Jesus was. I saw Jesus riding on a donkey's foal, and the disciples and a great multitude with branches in their hands joyfully accompanying the Lord Jesus. Some strewed them before His feet where He was riding, while others raised their branches in the air, leaping and jumping before the Lord and not knowing what to do for joy. And I saw another crowd which came out to meet Jesus, likewise with joyful faces and with branches in their hands, and they were crying out unceasingly with joy. There were little children there also. But Jesus was very grave, and the Lord gave me to know how much He was suffering at the time. And at that moment, I saw nothing but only Jesus, whose Heart was saturated with ingratitude.” Entry #446. “Then I saw the Lord Jesus nailed to the cross. When He had hung on it for a while, I saw a multitude of souls crucified like Him. Then I saw a second multitude of souls, and a third. The second multitude were not nailed to [their] crosses, but were holding them firmly in their hands. The third were neither nailed to [their] crosses nor holding them firmly in their hands, but were dragging [their] crosses behind them and were discontent. Jesus then said to me, ‘Do you see these souls? Those who are like Me in the pain and contempt they suffer will be like Me also in glory. And those who resemble Me less in pain and contempt will also bear less resemblance to Me in glory.’ Among the crucified souls, the most numerous were those of the clergy. I also saw some crucified souls whom I knew, and this gave me great joy. Then Jesus said to me, ‘In your meditation tomorrow, you shall think about what you have seen today.’ …” Entry #906. “+ In difficult moments, I will fix my gaze upon the silent Heart of Jesus, stretched upon the Cross, and from the exploding flames of His merciful Heart, will flow down upon me power and strength to keep fighting.” Entry #922. “+ When I began this big novena for three intentions, I saw a tiny insect on the ground and thought: how did it get here in the middle of winter? Then I heard the following words in my soul: You see, I am thinking of it and sustaining it, and what is it compared to you? Why was your soul fearful for a moment? I apologized to the Lord for that moment. Jesus wants me to always be a child and to leave all care to Him, and to submit blindly to His holy will. He took everything upon Himself.” Entry #1094. “April 17. Today, during a catechetical lecture [by Father Theodore [189] ], I was given a confirmation of what I had understood interiorly and lived by for quite some time; namely, that if a soul loves God sincerely and is intimately united with Him, then, even though such it soul may be living in the midst of difficult external circumstances, nothing can disturb its interior life; and in the midst of corruption, it can remain pure and unsullied; because the great love of God gives it strength for battle, and God also protects in a special way, even in a miraculous way, a soul that loves Him sincerely.”
For those who have no access to an Adoration Chapel: The Sisters of Divine Mercy livestream Eucharistic Adoration several times during the day and night, as well as Angelus Prayers and the Rosary, and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy daily: https://www.youtube.com/@sistersofdivinemercy/streams
Her diary sparkles with so many spiritual gems that I find it hard to choose my favorite! [Entry] 777 November 27, [1936]. Today I was in heaven, in spirit, and I saw its inconceivable beauties and the happiness that awaits us after death. I saw how all creatures give ceaseless praise and glory to God. I saw how great is happiness in God, which spreads to all creatures, making them happy; and then all the glory and praise which springs from this happiness returns to its source; and they enter into the depths of God, contemplating the inner life of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, whom they will never comprehend or fathom. This source of happiness is unchanging in its essence, but it is always new, gushing forth happiness for all creatures. Now I understand Saint Paul, who said, "Eye has not seen, nor has ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man what God has prepared for those who love Him." 778 And God has given me to understand that there is but one thing that is of infinite value in His eyes, and that is love of God; love, love and once again, love; and nothing can compare with a single act of pure love of God. Oh, with what inconceivable favors God gifts a soul that loves Him sincerely! Oh, how happy is the soul who already here on earth enjoys His special favors! And of such are the little and humble souls. 779 The sight of this great majesty of God, which I came to understand more profoundly and which is worshiped by the heavenly spirits according to their degree of grace and the hierarchies into which they are divided, did not cause my soul to be stricken with terror or fear; no, no, not at all! My soul was filled with peace and love, and the more I come to know the greatness of God, the more joyful I become that He is as He is. And I rejoice immensely in His greatness and am delighted that I am so little because, since I am little, He carries me in His arms and holds me close to His Heart. 780 O my God, how I pity those people who do not believe in eternal life; how I pray for them that a ray of mercy would envelop them too, and that God would clasp them to His fatherly bosom. 781 O Love, O queen! Love knows no fear. It passes through all the choirs of angels that stand on guard before His throne. It will fear no one. It reaches God and is immersed in Him as in its sole treasure. The Cherubim who guards paradise with flaming sword, has no power over it. O pure love of God, how great and unequalled you are! Oh, if souls only knew your power!
You're welcome. The video below provides information on the Divine Mercy Shrine's livestreamed events this Holy Week and Divine Mercy weekend: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/videos/marian-fathers-schedule-april-2026?source=mp For everyone's quick reference: Livestreamed Masses and events (https://divinemercyplus.org/live-streaming-flag/live-national-shrine?source=mp) April 2, Holy Thursday, 7:30 PM Eastern time (ET), Mass of the Lord’s Supper April 3, Good Friday, 3:00 PM ET, Passion of the Lord 7:00 PM ET, First Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart and Tenebrae April 4, Holy Saturday, 11:00 AM, ET, First Saturday devotion to the Immaculate Heart Easter Vigil Mass will not be livestreamed April 5, Easter Sunday, 9:00 AM, ET, Easter Mass Divine Mercy weekend: April 11, Saturday, 10:15 AM, Living as Pilgrims of Hope (talks by Fr. Don Calloway, etc.) April 12, Divine Mercy Sunday (live on EWTN, Facebook, and divinemercyplus.org) 12 noon ET, 1-hour pre-show 1:00 PM ET, Divine Mercy Sunday Liturgy
The text in red font (above) shows the updated schedule. Here's one livestreamed Easter Vigil Mass: St. Mary’s Parish, Ottawa, Canada: Easter Vigil Mass April 4 @ 9:00 PM Eastern time:
