Would you come?

Thousands of people flock to venues when big name stars are scheduled to perform. People travel miles to see them, and schedule their lives around the event, all for the sake of being physically present when their idol is on stage.

What if Jesus were to appear? Would you drop everything to be there; would you arrange your schedule and your life so as not to miss this wondrous event? Would you?

If you answered yes to this question, ask yourself - when was the last time you adored Jesus in the Tabernacle? Have you made a Holy Hour lately?

I`m just saying....

Jesus is beckoning

"Let us go with confidence to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace"
(Heb. 4:16)

How close is your nearest adoration chapel? Mine is a ten minute drive, and when I think of Jesus hidden in the Tabernacles of the world and how He is keeping Himself prisoner there for us, how can I not go spend an hour with Him? If you have the opportunity, as I do, to visit an adoration chapel, what are you waiting for?

I am off to spend an hour in adoration where you can be assured you are all in my prayers as will be the reunification of the SSPX with Rome.

A different kind of Holy Hour

Today, being the Feast of the Assumption, even though it is not a Holy Day of Obligation in Canada, has my parish offering a Marian Holy Hour prior to the evening Mass. Today is Wednesday, and we always have Adoration on Wednesdays. I went to adoration at noon today, and decided to come back for the Marian Holy Hour, thinking it would be done in front of the Blessed Sacrament, which in our Church, true to post Vatican II Canadian form, is reserved in a side chapel.

I expected to see people assembled before the Monstrance, singing Marian Hymns and praying the rosary, but what I saw surprised me. The statue of the Blessed Virgin, which is at the close end of the Church, just outside the chapel, had lit candles and flowers adorning it. So far so good. But there was a semi circle of people sitting around the statue, singing Marian hymns and then they began to pray the rosary.

There was one person adoring Jesus in the Monstrance, so I went in there, thinking that I just couldn't leave Jesus alone to join the Marian group outside the doors of the chapel. We have had Marian Hours before, but never like this. I ended up leaving early, because it was impossible to pray and meditate in the chapel with the vocal group outside the doors, but I will go back for the Mass.

Have any readers here ever had that kind of experience for a Marian hour when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed? It seemed really odd, very much like ignoring Jesus in the Monstrance, if I were to go join the group praying in front of the statue.