The Adoration Chapel Ministry

“Come Sit With Me”

The mission of St. John XXIII Catholic Church Adoration Ministry is to actively engage all those who desire to deepen their relationship with our Lord by spending time in his Real Presence in St. Luke Adoration Chapel. Adorers can spend their time with our Lord in many ways, praying quietly, praying the Rosary, reading Scripture or other appropriate materials, or just sitting quietly and listening to Jesus. We hope to have more and more parishioners respond to his invitation to “Come Sit with Me”.

An Adoration Prayer

My Lord Jesus Christ, I believe that You are really here in this Sacrament. Night and day You remain here compassionate and loving. You call, You wait for, You welcome everyone who comes to visit You. I thank You, Jesus my Divine Redeemer for coming upon the earth for our sake and for instituting the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist in order to remain with us until the end of the world. I thank You for being within the Eucharist with Your infinite majesty and beauty, which Your angels delight to behold, so that I might have courage to approach the throne of Your mercy. I thank You dear Jesus, for having become the priceless victim to merit for me the fullness and heavenly favors. Awaken in me such confidence in You that their fullness may descent ever more fruitfully upon my soul. I thank You for offering Yourself in thanksgiving to God for all His benefits, spiritual and temporal which He has bestowed on me. Grant me grace and perseverance in your faithful service. Amen.

Contact
stjohnxxiiiadorationchapel@gmail.com

Hours of Operation

Monday-Friday: 8:30am-3:45pm
First Fridays 8:30am-8:00pm
Saturday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Sunday: Closed

What the faithful are saying about the value of Adoration.

Hours of Operation

Monday-Friday: 8:30am-3:45pm

First Fridays 8:30am-8:00pm
Saturday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Sunday: Closed

“I have been praying during my weekly hour of Adoration, over many years, for my husband to return to Mass and the Sacraments as he has been away from the Church for 26 years. On a wet and very cold winter’s day he dropped me off at the Adoration Chapel for my holy hour. After the hour, he came to pick me up and waited outside in the car. After waiting for an extra twenty minutes, he lost patience and came into the Adoration Chapel to hurry me out. I pretended not to see him and he sat down very impatiently for a few minutes. Finally, I got up and he followed me. I was expecting a lot of anger and complaints because I stayed longer than the hour and kept him waiting. After getting into the car he turned to me, and said, calmly and quietly, “I am going to ask the priest in the parochial house to hear my confession. Something came over me as I entered that Adoration Chapel, and I felt God calling me back again”. He received forgiveness that day and he became a daily Mass goer and a weekly Adorer for the very first time. I put this down to the power of prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament.”

“For many years, I have resisted the call or invitation to be involved in Eucharistic Adoration. I felt I was too busy. My life was taken up with work, sporting activities, and holidays. I never had a spare moment. Suddenly, I faced a crisis in my life and when all else failed, I dropped into our church to ask for help. Adoration was in progress with a few people present. On the way out, I was approached by this man who asked me if I would commit to an hour a week for about a month. I agreed. This was the best decision I ever made. It was the first time in years that I experienced peace in my life. Seven years later I am still doing an hour a week. It has made such a difference in my life. I now go to Mass regularly and have a much greater love of the Mass and I am much more interested in it. The crisis, bit by bit disappeared. I am still very busy at various things, but the hour in Adoration seems to help me to have a clearer head and do things more effectively and efficiently. I now realize after all these years that the busier you are the more you need the Lord and one of the places to find Him is in the Adoration Chapel.” (A busy skeptic mom, but not anymore!)

Jesus waits for your visit… Come, sit with Me.

One hour…once a week or whatever amount of time you can spend as often as you wish to keep Jesus company in the Blessed Sacrament.

“There is no doubt that a flood of graces will descend upon your family and the world if more souls would become…pupils of adoration.”

“Could you not keep watch for one hour?” (Mk 14:37)

“An hour actually passes very quickly, but if done on a regular basis, it establishes a structure for your entire week. Come sit with me.”