Adoration: The Best Way to Spend Your Time on Earth

Since Oct. 25, 1987, Jesus has come to be with us in our Perpetual Adoration Chapel in an extraordinarily beautiful, powerful way. Vibrantly alive, Christ’s Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity dwell humbly in the Sacred Host inside the monstrance, waiting for us to come and visit.

“The Blessed Sacrament has real power, and people like to be in His presence,” says Gina Wolf, who coordinates Perpetual Adoration along with Mary Voorhis. “When you are in adoration, a wonderful feeling comes over you and you can pray in a way that you can’t at home or in the park.”

Currently, our parish offers Eucharistic Adoration each week from Wednesday at 9 a.m. to Saturday at 9 a.m.

“Before the coronavirus hit, we had adoration 24-7, and now we are trying to get back into the swing of things and start having it perpetually again,” Gina says. “It would be lovely if we could encourage people to get back into it again, and to encourage some more young people to come.”

Regular adorers such as Gina find that adoration enriches their spiritual life, their faith, and their relationships in amazing ways.

“My husband, Deacon Jeffrey, and I pray together regularly,” she says. “We have gone to adoration together many times. It is very powerful and wonderful for our relationship. It has strengthened our marriage bond. At one point in our lives, we weren’t praying and attending Mass together regularly, so it is great to have come back full swing.”

Ultimately, this wondrous devotion allows the adorer to discover a heavenly sense of serenity amid the hustle and bustle of modern life.

“I feel a real peace after I have been to adoration,” Gina says. “Most people do. When I enter the Perpetual Adoration Chapel, I know I am in a holy place. I feel God’s presence there and all my problems seem to slip away. When I leave the Chapel, I am refreshed and ready to face the day.”

The Adoration Chapel is a place that has been set aside so that others may come and spend time with God.

“When the Israelites were in the wilderness, a tent was erected to offer prayer and sacrifice to God,” Gina says. “When Our Lord was in the Garden of Gethsemane, He prayed to God the Father in His agony over what was to come. Jesus had several apostles with Him waiting while He prayed. He went to them, and finding them asleep, asked, ‘Can you not spend one hour with me?’ The Adoration Chapel is an answer to that question — it enables adorers to spend an hour with the Lord.”

According to Mary Voorhis, adoration is one ministry the Church simply cannot survive without.

“There is a saying, ‘You never know how much you will miss something until you don’t have it!’ and this proved true for me,” she says. “When the Adoration Chapel was closed in March 2020, it created a void that could not be filled. It is an oasis that helps me deal with the chaotic world in which we now find ourselves living. The chapel is a place of peace, and when you spend a quiet hour there, it will be one of the best hours of your life.”

For more information on adoration, call or text Gina Wolf at 217-257-9966 or call Mary Voorhis at 217-653-3127.