Eucharistic Adoration: The Best Time You Will Spend On Earth

As Claire Weimann was growing up in a small town in Kansas, her parents showed her what — or rather, who — was most important in life, and how to keep Him first forever.

“My parents were in charge of the adoration program at our parish,” Claire says. “As a child, I was taught to start with a written prayer at the beginning of adoration, to get myself in a mode to adore Jesus, and then let my heart go from there.”

The seeds of devotion to the Holy Eucharist that her parents planted in her young soul began to grow in a profound way when she was a college student.

“Nick and I both went to Benedictine College in Kansas, and we met through a ministry program which coordinates all of the liturgical events on campus, including adoration,” Claire says. “Once we started dating, we made a Holy Hour of adoration together each week. Adoration is something very near and dear to both of our hearts.”

Recently, they began to come to fruition in the midst of our parish family as well.

“Soon after Nick and I joined Holy Family Area last August, Fr. Paul Timmerman approached us and asked if we would be willing to help get adoration started at our parish because he saw that it was needed,” Claire says. “We said ‘yes’ and we are now coordinating it. I am taking on my family’s tradition.”

Nick and Claire are passionate about promoting Eucharistic Adoration because they know the extraordinary graces that it can bring into the life of a parish family.

“Adoration brings a sense of peace to a parish, and fosters a real sense of devotion to Christ,” Claire says. “It renews one’s faith and helps them to pray better. Adoration is especially important in this day and age because it allows you to shut off the world for a little bit, and focus on Our Lord, who calls us to be in the world but not of the world. It allows you just to be quiet for a while which is something the world does not allow at all because there is always a TV show going on or something.”

For those who are not sure about how to pray during adoration, Claire has some helpful words of wisdom to share.

“Adoration is time to be with Our Lord and experience His presence in an intimate way,” Claire says. “Having the monstrance there gives you something to focus on. When I come to adoration, I like to start off by praying a decade of the Rosary or a full Rosary, and then I pray in silence. I bring a journal with me so I can write down my prayers, or I just talk to God without writing anything down.”

If you would like more information about how to adore Our Lord through this beautiful ministry, please contact Claire Weimann at 785-657-0088 or at nicholasweimann@gmail.com. Presently, St. James Parish is planning to offer adoration on one Sunday per month, from 2 to 4 p.m., though the schedule is subject to change. St. Andrew Parish is currently offering adoration on most Tuesdays, 3-5 p.m. and St. Joseph Parish is offering adoration on Thursdays, 4:15-10 p.m.