“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!)