Eucharistic Reflection - The Important Thing Is That I Am There with Him

"My Adoration time is spent in an Adoration Chapel at a local parish in the town next to where I live. I have been a committed Adorer for many years now. Although I also go at other times and to other churches for Adoration, my committed time is early on Wednesday mornings. I go there to be with my creator, my Lord and Savior, my friend, my brother and my beloved. 


I go to Adoration for many reasons. One of the main ones is because I choose to take time away from the distractions of my day, to pray, just as Jesus did. I find this time to be recreating and renewing. In this quiet, there is a salve for my spirit, a remedy for my aches. It is there that I am really able to surrender myself, my life, my family both given and chosen, those committed to my prayers that remain in my mind and in my heart. I pray for His Kingdom to come and His Will to be done, for the glory of the Father, the salvation of souls and the conversion of sinners. I pray for the crosses the Lord has given me. These are balanced by praise and thanksgiving for the blessings, favors and miracles He has granted and for the grace I need to get through the day, strength for the journey. I pray for the grace to act as He did when faced with the opposition of others. 

This may sound well organized but it’s not. Sometimes I just love the Lord without words and sometimes I fall asleep. The important thing is that I’m there and I don’t have to do or say anything else. You see it is not me that is there alone. I’m there with Jesus and He is there with me. I think of the times He saved me ‘from the depths of the grave”, (Ps 83). When my cross is heavy and I feel its weight more acutely, I think of Ps 94 that says, when my foot slips, “Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” Another favorite Psalm verse that speaks of why I go to Adoration and makes me chuckle is Ps 69:2 – “help me O Lord for the waters have risen to my neck”. The Psalms are a favorite book in the Bible. I love to read Scripture during Adoration. I think of St. Catherine walking along with Jesus in Siena (I have the visual in my prayer room at home). I ask Jesus to explain what I am reading and He does. He also helped me to write this reflection when I asked Him what to say. 

Because I am able to attend daily Mass, I want more of sweet Jesus. Mass just isn’t long enough, and the time after Communion is definitely not long enough. For me, Adoration extends this time. The 5th decade of the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary is the Institution of the Eucharist, the fruit of this mystery is Adoration! Going to Adoration bolsters my faith, my hope and my charity. In this desert time, Jesus increases, and I decrease. 

As I ponder why I go to visit our Lord in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, it is where I find Him and the force of His Love draws me there.

( Mrs. Kathy Kendrek OP, Our Lady of Providence/St Thomas Aquinas Fraternity, Providence, RI. from Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore - Lay Dominicans Reflect on Eucharistic Adoration)

 

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