"Encountering Christ in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is an invitation,
for all people, to deepen their relationship with the Lord, and to grow in
communion with his Church. In adoration, we grow in unity and friendship with
Him—we learn to hear His voice, to know His will, and, most especially, to know
and trust the power of His love.
Everyone—no matter his circumstances—can kneel before the Eucharist, and
encounter, in visible reality, the mystery of God’s transformative and powerful
love. We all long for love, and in the gift of Eucharistic adoration, we can
all experience the love of the Lord.
No one needs to be a mystic to kneel before the Lord in adoration. Everyone
begins the practice of prayer without knowing much about how to pray. But in
silence, kneeling before Jesus, we learn how God speaks to us. We learn to hear
his “still, small voice,” and we learn to speak to God from the depths of our
own hearts. In silence, we learn to put aside the plaguing distractions of our
time—the chirping and buzzing of our technology—and simply experience the
presence of God, which transforms us in peace.
'God’s first language,' said St. John of the Cross, 'is silence.' In the
silence of Eucharistic adoration, we learn true humility. As we kneel before
our Creator-God, we are confronted with the power and the mystery of God’s
love. And it is from this silence and humility that we experience a deep
communion and friendship with God."
A Pastoral Letter On
Adoration of the Most Holy Eucharist by Bishop James Conley
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