WHY WE Adore

Why Adore?

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." ~ Matthew 11:28

"And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." ~ Matthew 28:20

"I have a burning thirst to be honored by men in the Blessed Sacrament, and I find hardly anyone who strives, according to My desire, to allay this thirst by making Me some return of love." - Words of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
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"You must propagate veneration of the Most Blessed Sacrament with all your might, for the devotion to the Holy Eucharist is the queen of all devotions." ~ Pope Benedict XV

"Good friends find pleasure in one another’s company. Let us know pleasure in the company of our best Friend, a Friend who can do everything for us, a friend who loves us beyond measure. Here in the Blessed Sacrament, we can talk to him straight from the heart." ~ St Alphonsus de Liguori

The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth." - Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"Gaze upon him, consider him, contemplate him, as you desire to imitate him." ~ St Clare of Assisi

"When you visit Him, He forgets your sins and speaks only of His joy, His tenderness, and His Love." ~ St. Peter Julian Eymard

"Look upon the hour of Eucharistic Adoration assigned to you as an hour in paradise." ~ St. Peter Julian Eymard

"Adoration is essentially an embrace with Jesus in which I say to Him: I am yours, and I ask You, please stay with me always." ~ Pope Benedict XVI

"Know also that you will probably gain more by praying fifteen minutes before the Blessed Sacrament than by all the other spiritual exercises of the day. True, Our Lord hears our prayers anywhere, for He has made the promise, 'Ask, and you shall receive,' but He has revealed to His servants that those who visit Him in the Blessed Sacrament will obtain a more abundant measure of grace." - St. Alphonsus Liguori

"The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone..." - St. Alphonsus Liguori

​"I am quite sure that if we could but once approach the Most Holy Sacrament with great faith and love, it would suffice to make us rich. How much more so if we approach it often!" - St. Teresa of Avila

"The Eucharist, behold the Christian's treasure, his delight on earth. Since Jesus is in the Eucharist for him personally, his whole life ought to be drawn to it like a magnet to its center." - St. Peter Julian Eymard

"Until we have a passionate love for our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament we shall accomplish nothing." ~ St. Peter Julian Eymard​​