Reflection: O Come let us adore Him...

Have you ever entered an adoration chapel?  There is a peace that surpasses all understanding.  In my parish, there is a sacred place, Saint Joseph Chapel, where many hours of Eucharistic Adoration are offered. What you notice when you enter the chapel during adoration is Love.  Jesus, in the Eucharist, is on the altar. He is Love.  If you could see what is happening mystically, you would see our Blessed Mother Mary and angels all around Jesus.  You would see rays of love and grace coming from the Eucharist entering the hearts of all who come to visit Him.  

When Jesus is on the altar during adoration, out of reverence, He can not be left alone.  People sign up to come and sit with Him for an hour or more.  These people are called adorers because they come and adore the Lord.  I have noticed something about the adorers.  There is great love between them.  They may not even know one another, but they smile, hug and wave hello and goodbye. This is all done in the sacred silence of adoration.  

As each hour passes, one group of adorers comes and another leaves.  Watching the adorers makes me think about a relay race.  Each runner carries a baton and passes it on the the next runner.  With precision, they pass the baton and the team works together.  This is what happens in adoration.  Hour by hour, adorers sit with Jesus.  What a beautiful team for Jesus!

In Saint Joseph Chapel during every hour of Eucharistic adoration, the adorers pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for the Sick and Dying and for the Unborn.  The chaplet is prayed on rosary beads.  Many rosaries are also offered for these intentions.  The beads on the chain of the rosary are like the adorers.  They come to the chapel, bead by bead, and they are linked together into a beautiful chain.  The angels carry these prayers to the altar and lift them up to the Lord like incense rising to the heavens.  Blessed John Paul II called the rosary the sweet chain linking us to God.

Jesus is calling you to come to Eucharistic Adoration.  Come and offer a Chaplet of Divine Mercy or a Rosary.  Come sit in the silence.  It is in the silence that Jesus will speak to you.  Come away and rest awhile...