Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

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Today, I spent about an hour in the chapel for PEA for a little over an hour. This is at the church where my husband is a parishioner. It was a humbling as well as amazing experience. The Blessed Sacrament was not out on the altar, but in the tabernacle.

I didn’t bring my rosary with me, as I didn’t plan on stopping in the chapel until the last minute. I had to drop off some paperwork to the church office (we are trying to get our marriage validated in the church), and decide at the last minute to go into the chapel. I fell asleep in the chapel. Not sure whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.

I plan on leaving a rosary in my car from now on. I will also need a print out of how to pray the rosary, since I have never prayed it all the way through by myself.

Also, I noticed that my knees and legs were shaking. The only way I could get it to stop was by crossing my legs. I wonder what that was about.

Anyway, I wanted to share my experience and it is something that I plan on doing on a fairly regular basis.:signofcross:
 
Thank you for sharing! 🙂

And yes, it is amazing how we can react to the presence of the Lord Jesus before us! I know that many times, even though I am definitely not hungry, whenever the consecration is occurring, I feel an almost overwhelming sensation of hunger in my stomach that can only be quenched by receiving Jesus in the Holy Eucharist.

May God bless you abundantly and forever! 🙂
 
I cannot receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist since I am not Catholic. I do intend to convert one day.

God bless you, too.
 
Graceful_Lamb said:
Today, I spent about an hour in the chapel for PEA for a little over an hour. This is at the church where my husband is a parishioner. It was a humbling as well as amazing experience. The Blessed Sacrament was not out on the altar, but in the tabernacle.

I didn’t bring my rosary with me, as I didn’t plan on stopping in the chapel until the last minute. I had to drop off some paperwork to the church office (we are trying to get our marriage validated in the church), and decide at the last minute to go into the chapel. I fell asleep in the chapel. Not sure whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.

I plan on leaving a rosary in my car from now on. I will also need a print out of how to pray the rosary, since I have never prayed it all the way through by myself.

Also, I noticed that my knees and legs were shaking. The only way I could get it to stop was by crossing my legs. I wonder what that was about.

Anyway, I wanted to share my experience and it is something that I plan on doing on a fairly regular basis.:signofcross:
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St. Therese of Lisieux, (the “Little Flower”) said that she sometimes fell asleep during prayer time, but she knew that she was in the Lord’s arms whether she was awake or asleep.

I didn’t have the above quote at my fingertips, but that is the gist of what she said.

I think you stopped in at the chapel because the Lord called you in! 🙂
 
Graceful_Lamb said:
I cannot receive Jesus in the Holy Eucharist since I am not Catholic. I do intend to convert one day.

God bless you, too.
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Jesus is (patiently) waiting for you in the Eucharist. Don’t worry about falling asleep in the adoration chapel; if you can’t sleep peacefully in The Presence of your Father, then where can you sleep? :sleep:
 
Graceful_Lamb said:
Today, I spent about an hour in the chapel for PEA for a little over an hour. This is at the church where my husband is a parishioner. It was a humbling as well as amazing experience. The Blessed Sacrament was not out on the altar, but in the tabernacle.

I didn’t bring my rosary with me, as I didn’t plan on stopping in the chapel until the last minute. I had to drop off some paperwork to the church office (we are trying to get our marriage validated in the church), and decide at the last minute to go into the chapel. I fell asleep in the chapel. Not sure whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.

I plan on leaving a rosary in my car from now on. I will also need a print out of how to pray the rosary, since I have never prayed it all the way through by myself.

Also, I noticed that my knees and legs were shaking. The only way I could get it to stop was by crossing my legs. I wonder what that was about.

Anyway, I wanted to share my experience and it is something that I plan on doing on a fairly regular basis.:signofcross:
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Power of the real presence of Christ is what you felt and it’s draw is strong for the faithful. I take an hour each week at 11:00pm on Thursdays at our PEA and it’s the best hour I spend.

You need to join RCIA this year and convert being in full communion and partaking the Eucharist is an unbelievable blessing. It will be life changing for you as it was for me 2 Easters ago.
 
Hi Graceful_Lamb. I was raised in the Episcopal church also and always felt Catholic at heart. I briefly became an Anglican before finally converting to Catholicism in 2008 at the age of 56. I remember the first time I entered an Adoration chapel and how I was so moved by the Lord’s Presence. I hope you can make plans to begin your conversion soon because you will not regret it.
 
You might enjoy these two stories about Eucharistic Adoration and Bl. Fulton Sheen. The first is from this article:shamelesspopery.com/red-coins-of-redemption/.

Sheen constantly talked about the importance of the daily Holy Hour for his life and the life of all priests. When asked about why the daily Holy Hour with Christ in the Eucharist is so important, he related astory*that I have retold many times:A couple of months before his death he was interviewed on national television. One of the questions was this: “Bishop Sheen, you have inspired millions of people all over the world. Who inspired you? Was it a Pope?”Bishop Sheen responded that it was not a Pope, a Cardinal, another Bishop, or even a priest or a nun. It was a little Chinese girl of eleven years of age. He explained that when the Communists took over China, they imprisoned a priest in his own rectory near the Church.After they locked him up in his own house, the priest was horrified to look out of his window and see the Communists proceed into the Church, where they went into the sanctuary and broke into the tabernacle. In an act of hateful desecration, they took the ciborium and threw it on the floor with all of the Sacred Hosts spilling out. The priest knew exactly how many Hosts were in the ciborium: thirty-two.When the Communists left, they either did not notice, or didn’t pay any attention to a small girl praying in the back of the Church who saw everything that had happened.That night the little girl came back. Slipping past the guard at the priest’s house, she went inside the Church. There she made a holy hour of prayer, an act of love to make up for the act of hatred. After her holy hour she went into the sanctuary, knelt down, bent over and with her tongue received Jesus in Holy Communion, since it was not permissible at that time for laymen to touch the Sacred Host with their hands.The little girl continued to come back each night to make her holy hour and receive Jesus in Holy Communion on her tongue. On the thirty-second night, after she had consumed the last and thirty-second host, she accidentally made a noise and woke the guard who was sleeping. He ran after her, caught her, and beat her to death with the butt of his rifle.This act of heroic martyrdom was witnessed by the priest as he watched grief-stricken from his bedroom window.When Bishop Sheen heard the story he was so inspired that he promised God he would make a holy hour of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament everyday of his life. If this little Chinese girl could risk her life everyday to express her love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with a holy hour and Holy Communion, then, at the very least, the Bishop thought he should do the same.
 
Part 2.

From Sheen’s autobiography. Taken from this website:ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/fsheen_hourday_july05.asp.

The Holy Hour. Is it difficult? Sometimes it seemed to be hard; it might mean having to forgo a social engagement, or rise an hour earlier, but on the whole it has never been a burden, only a joy. I do not mean to say that all the Holy Hours have been edifying, as for example, the one in the church of St. Roch in Paris. I entered the church about three o’clock in the afternoon, knowing that I had to catch a train for Lourdes two hours later. There are only about ten days a year in which I can sleep in the daytime; this was one. I knelt down and said a prayer of adoration, and then sat up to meditate and immediately went to sleep. I woke up exactly at the end of one hour. I said to the Good Lord: “Have I made a Holy Hour?” I thought his angel said: “Well, that’s the way the Apostles made their first Holy Hour in the Garden, but don’t do it again.” 😉
 
Duane1966 said:
You might enjoy these two stories about Eucharistic Adoration and Bl. Fulton Sheen. The first is from this article:shamelesspopery.com/red-coins-of-redemption/.

Sheen constantly talked about the importance of the daily Holy Hour for his life and the life of all priests. When asked about why the daily Holy Hour with Christ in the Eucharist is so important, he related astory*that I have retold many times:A couple of months before his death he was interviewed on national television. One of the questions was this: “Bishop Sheen, you have inspired millions of people all over the world. Who inspired you? Was it a Pope?”Bishop Sheen responded that it was not a Pope, a Cardinal, another Bishop, or even a priest or a nun. It was a little Chinese girl of eleven years of age. He explained that when the Communists took over China, they imprisoned a priest in his own rectory near the Church.After they locked him up in his own house, the priest was horrified to look out of his window and see the Communists proceed into the Church, where they went into the sanctuary and broke into the tabernacle. In an act of hateful desecration, they took the ciborium and threw it on the floor with all of the Sacred Hosts spilling out. The priest knew exactly how many Hosts were in the ciborium: thirty-two.When the Communists left, they either did not notice, or didn’t pay any attention to a small girl praying in the back of the Church who saw everything that had happened.That night the little girl came back. Slipping past the guard at the priest’s house, she went inside the Church. There she made a holy hour of prayer, an act of love to make up for the act of hatred. After her holy hour she went into the sanctuary, knelt down, bent over and with her tongue received Jesus in Holy Communion, since it was not permissible at that time for laymen to touch the Sacred Host with their hands.The little girl continued to come back each night to make her holy hour and receive Jesus in Holy Communion on her tongue. On the thirty-second night, after she had consumed the last and thirty-second host, she accidentally made a noise and woke the guard who was sleeping. He ran after her, caught her, and beat her to death with the butt of his rifle.This act of heroic martyrdom was witnessed by the priest as he watched grief-stricken from his bedroom window.When Bishop Sheen heard the story he was so inspired that he promised God he would make a holy hour of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament everyday of his life. If this little Chinese girl could risk her life everyday to express her love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with a holy hour and Holy Communion, then, at the very least, the Bishop thought he should do the same.
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Thank you for that inspirational and moving story.
 
Duane1966 said:
Part 2.

From Sheen’s autobiography. Taken from this website:ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/fsheen_hourday_july05.asp.

The Holy Hour. Is it difficult? Sometimes it seemed to be hard; it might mean having to forgo a social engagement, or rise an hour earlier, but on the whole it has never been a burden, only a joy. I do not mean to say that all the Holy Hours have been edifying, as for example, the one in the church of St. Roch in Paris. I entered the church about three o’clock in the afternoon, knowing that I had to catch a train for Lourdes two hours later. There are only about ten days a year in which I can sleep in the daytime; this was one. I knelt down and said a prayer of adoration, and then sat up to meditate and immediately went to sleep. I woke up exactly at the end of one hour. I said to the Good Lord: “Have I made a Holy Hour?” I thought his angel said: “Well, that’s the way the Apostles made their first Holy Hour in the Garden, but don’t do it again.” 😉
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Ha! I fell asleep for probably about 5 to 10 minutes. I probably would have slept longer had the chair been more comfortable. 😉
 
Casilda said:
You do not need an actual rosary for the prayers, you can can use your fingers. Here is a printout I gave my husband, a convert:
rosaryarmy.newevangelizers.com/prayers/
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Thank you. I printed it out. I will remember that I can use my fingers if I don’t have one of my rosaries with me. I know the Hail Mary, Our Father, and Glory Be. I don’t know the other prayers that go with the rosary, but will learn them with time. 🙂
 
Duane1966 said:
Part 2.

From Sheen’s autobiography. Taken from this website:ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/fsheen_hourday_july05.asp.

The Holy Hour. Is it difficult? Sometimes it seemed to be hard; it might mean having to forgo a social engagement, or rise an hour earlier, but on the whole it has never been a burden, only a joy. I do not mean to say that all the Holy Hours have been edifying, as for example, the one in the church of St. Roch in Paris. I entered the church about three o’clock in the afternoon, knowing that I had to catch a train for Lourdes two hours later. There are only about ten days a year in which I can sleep in the daytime; this was one. I knelt down and said a prayer of adoration, and then sat up to meditate and immediately went to sleep. I woke up exactly at the end of one hour. I said to the Good Lord: “Have I made a Holy Hour?” I thought his angel said: “Well, that’s the way the Apostles made their first Holy Hour in the Garden, but don’t do it again.” 😉
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Thank you so much for that quote. Sheen had a wonderful gift of humor! I, too, am praying for his canonization.
 
Dorothy said:
Thank you so much for that quote. Sheen had a wonderful gift of humor! I, too, am praying for his canonization.
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If they need another miracle to add to his cause, I will add mine. My husband was raised anti-Catholic. It’s one reason my in-laws hated me, I was raised Catholic. We used to listen to a Christian radio station that switched into a Catholic station, airing Relevant Radio. That is how my husband started listening to Archbishop Sheen. My husband eventually converted. We are very fortunate to be able to still hear the archbishop’s voice. He is still converting souls.
 
Duane1966 said:
You might enjoy these two stories about Eucharistic Adoration and Bl. Fulton Sheen. The first is from this article:shamelesspopery.com/red-coins-of-redemption/.

Sheen constantly talked about the importance of the daily Holy Hour for his life and the life of all priests. When asked about why the daily Holy Hour with Christ in the Eucharist is so important, he related astory*that I have retold many times:A couple of months before his death he was interviewed on national television. One of the questions was this: “Bishop Sheen, you have inspired millions of people all over the world. Who inspired you? Was it a Pope?”Bishop Sheen responded that it was not a Pope, a Cardinal, another Bishop, or even a priest or a nun. It was a little Chinese girl of eleven years of age. He explained that when the Communists took over China, they imprisoned a priest in his own rectory near the Church.After they locked him up in his own house, the priest was horrified to look out of his window and see the Communists proceed into the Church, where they went into the sanctuary and broke into the tabernacle. In an act of hateful desecration, they took the ciborium and threw it on the floor with all of the Sacred Hosts spilling out. The priest knew exactly how many Hosts were in the ciborium: thirty-two.When the Communists left, they either did not notice, or didn’t pay any attention to a small girl praying in the back of the Church who saw everything that had happened.That night the little girl came back. Slipping past the guard at the priest’s house, she went inside the Church. There she made a holy hour of prayer, an act of love to make up for the act of hatred. After her holy hour she went into the sanctuary, knelt down, bent over and with her tongue received Jesus in Holy Communion, since it was not permissible at that time for laymen to touch the Sacred Host with their hands.The little girl continued to come back each night to make her holy hour and receive Jesus in Holy Communion on her tongue. On the thirty-second night, after she had consumed the last and thirty-second host, she accidentally made a noise and woke the guard who was sleeping. He ran after her, caught her, and beat her to death with the butt of his rifle.This act of heroic martyrdom was witnessed by the priest as he watched grief-stricken from his bedroom window.When Bishop Sheen heard the story he was so inspired that he promised God he would make a holy hour of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament everyday of his life. If this little Chinese girl could risk her life everyday to express her love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament with a holy hour and Holy Communion, then, at the very least, the Bishop thought he should do the same.
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Being a Eucharistic Minister I would probably have eaten all 32 host immediately while saying the Divine Mercy in a panic! I like the little girls solution better and what a wonderful remember of how precious life is and what better way to spend it than with Jesus.
 
Casilda said:
If they need another miracle to add to his cause, I will add mine. My husband was raised anti-Catholic. It’s one reason my in-laws hated me, I was raised Catholic. We used to listen to a Christian radio station that switched into a Catholic station, airing Relevant Radio. That is how my husband started listening to Archbishop Sheen. My husband eventually converted. We are very fortunate to be able to still hear the archbishop’s voice. He is still converting souls.
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Thank you for sharing that! It is wonderful to hear. I think I was about nine years old when I started to see his talks on TV with my parents. (“Life is Worth Living”) He was popular and loved by people of all faiths, and always very inspiring.
 
Casilda said:
If they need another miracle to add to his cause, I will add mine. My husband was raised anti-Catholic. It’s one reason my in-laws hated me, I was raised Catholic. We used to listen to a Christian radio station that switched into a Catholic station, airing Relevant Radio. That is how my husband started listening to Archbishop Sheen. My husband eventually converted. We are very fortunate to be able to still hear the archbishop’s voice. He is still converting souls.
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That is great! I was raised anti-Catholic, too.
 
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