Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

The Church invites us not only to celebrate the Eucharist at Mass, but also to remain with the Lord, present among us in the Blessed Sacrament.

Eucharistic Adoration is a simple and quiet form of prayer, in which we come before Christ truly present, to worship, to pray, or simply to be still in His presence.

Times of Adoration

Eucharistic Adoration takes place after the 10am weekday Mass on:

  • Wednesday – St. Edward the Confessor
  • Thursday – St. Mary’s
  • Friday – St. John Bosco

You are welcome to come for as long or as briefly as you wish.

Adoration and the Holy Mass

The Holy Mass is the source and summit of Catholic life.
At Mass, we are united with Christ’s sacrifice and receive Him sacramentally in Holy Communion.

Eucharistic Adoration does not replace the Mass, nor can it ever do so.
Rather, it flows from the Mass and leads us back to it with deeper faith and reverence.

Adoration helps us to:

  • grow in awareness of Christ’s real presence
  • deepen gratitude for the gift of the Eucharist
  • prepare our hearts to receive Him more fruitfully at Mass

A Quiet Encounter with the Lord

In Adoration, there is no performance and no pressure.

Some people pray Scripture.
Some pray the Rosary.
Some sit in silence.

All of these are forms of prayer.

What matters is not what we do, but Whom we come to.

Reverence and Stillness

Because Christ is present in the Blessed Sacrament, the Church encourages an atmosphere of reverence and quiet.

Simple gestures — such as genuflecting or bowing, kneeling in prayer, and keeping silence — help us remember that we are in the presence of the Lord.

These gestures are not rules to be enforced, but expressions of faith learned over time.

A Gentle Invitation

Eucharistic Adoration is not reserved for the especially devout.

It is for:

  • those seeking peace
  • those carrying burdens
  • those unsure how to pray
  • those who simply wish to be close to the Lord

If you have never been to Adoration before, you are very welcome to come and see.

A final word

At Mass and in Adoration, the Church does one simple thing:

She places us before the living presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

Everything else flows from that.