Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

To All Adorers,

This weekend is very special to all of us. But, we need your help and support.

Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit and Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
When we found out that our parish would be blessed with the Vatican International Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit, we decided to have our Annual Invitation to Eucharistic Adoration on the same weekend.  I will present a three minute invitational talk at all the weekend Masses, right after a brief homily by the celebrant.

The Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit presents to us a wonderful opportunity to reflect on Christ's presence in the Blessed Sacrament through the ages.  Many of these noted miracles occurred when certain priests had serious doubts about His presence in the Eucharist.  Through these documented miracles He let all of us know that He is really present in the Most Blessed Sacrament.  Another special blessing of this weekend is that it is Divine Mercy Sunday.

The Miracle of Christ’s Presence in Our Adoration Chapel
As you know, Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in our parish is in itself an ever present Eucharistic Miracle of Christ's presence in our midst.  What is special is that He is available to us twenty-four hours a day.  Even on Saturday's late hours - the chapel remains open for adorers to come and adore Him, even though He is reposed in the Tabernacle during the late weekend hours.   There are adorers who do come during those hours.  Our annual invitation to Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration gives new parishioners and others an opportunity to join us in adoring our Eucharistic Lord.

Need Adorers for Early Morning Hours and for Late Weekend Hours
While we have close to three hundred adorers, based on those listed in the current adoration schedules, we find that of the four hourly divisions, the most popular division is the evening hours, from 6:00 pm to 12:00 midnight.  While we need adorers at all the twenty-four hours during the seven days of the week, we especially need adorers for the early morning hours, from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 am and for the late hours of Saturday from 6:00 pm (after Saturday's evening Mass till 12:00 midnight and the early Sunday morning hours from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 am.

Adoration Chapel Remains Open on Weekend Nights
The Blessed Sacrament is reposed in the Tabernacle right after Saturday's 5:00 pm Mass.  The adoration chapel remains open all weekend nights.  We have a number of adorers who come during these hours.  We need adorers who are willing to make a sacrifice and give of their time one hour during these difficult hours.  Those who choose to adore during one of these hours, our Lord will reward them ten times more for their generosity. God cannot be outdone in generosity.  We pray that this weekend we will have new adorers who will join us in adoring our Eucharistic Lord at any of the twenty-four hours of the seven day week, especially during those difficult hours of the early morning and of the weekend nights.

Volunteers for Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit and for the Annual Invitation to Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration
Many of you have volunteered to help during the Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit.  Maria still needs more volunteers to cover all the hours of the exhibit.  She has sent out an email showing the hours where volunteers are needed.  You may contact her at mebarber (at) sbcglobal (dot)(net).

Tables for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Invitation Forms
We also need your help this weekend.  We will have a table in the community center with invitation forms to Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.  We ask those of you who are volunteering for the Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit to monitor the Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration invitation table which will be located in the community center along with the exhibit.  Please submit all completed forms filled out in the community center to either myself, Teresa G or Maria.

Volunteers Needed
We will also have a table set up in the courtyard for parishioners to sign up for adoration.  We have a number of volunteers who will be at this table to answer questions on adoration and to monitor the submission of completed adoration invitation forms.  Those of you who can spend a few minutes after your regular weekend Mass, please email me, letting me know what Mass you will be able to help.  You can reach me at gvaldez(at)pdq(dot)(net). Your role is to be available at either the courtyard table or the community center table and to answer questions on adoration and handle the completed invitation forms.  Completed forms are to be submitted to me or to Teresa G.

We thank Maria and her helpers for making the Vatican International Eucharistic Miracles Exhibit available to our parish this weekend.  Let this special blessing be an opportunity for us to renew our commitment to our Eucharistic Lord and to inspire other parishioners to join us on our spiritual journey.

The Mass — Church’s Supreme Act of Adoration
The more parishioners participate in Eucharistic Adoration, the more will come to Sunday Mass and the more who will attend daily Mass.  After all, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the Church's supreme act of adoration.  Eucharistic adoration  “. . .enables the faithful to experience the liturgical celebration more fully and more fruitfully.”  Pope Benedict XVI in Sacramentum Caritatis

A REMINDER:  Our Next Quarterly Meeting is scheduled for April 16, 2008, right after the 7:00 pm Mass.  We will address a number of issues that will assist you in your hour adoration.  Please plan to attend.
 

News & Announcements:

We have a new email contact address for all Christ the Redeemer Adoration Business:  adoration@ctrcc.com

Your Adoration Team has been busy trying to create not only an email account but also developing a Web page. It is currently under construction. We will post parish information, prayer suggestions, Catholic teachings. We will post schedules with password protection. (Thank you Karen Yost & Laura Lange.)  We would like to hear from you, what kind of information do you find most helpful in your spiritual journey and prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.  All comments are invited. This will be your website. Email those comments to adoration@ctrcc.com.

Our parish is blessed to have Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, which is a constant vigil of prayer 7 days a week with permanent exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. And truly blessed to operate under the guidance and leadership of George Valdez, coordinator. As many of you know Bobbi Lund has joined the CTR Staff and will be the contact of adoration@ctrcc.com, she and George will disseminate information gathered from your emails to Division Leaders and Hourly Captains. Please keep this effort in your prayers. God bless us.

"Come to me all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will refresh you and give you peace of soul"  - Mt. 11:28-29

Ministry Leader:  George Valdez, 832-489-9389, gvaldez@pdq.net
Staff Contact:  Bobbi Lund, 281-469-5533, adoration@ctrcc.com