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    The Power & Grace of Eucharistic Adoration 

    The Power and Grace of Eucharistic Adoration
    St. Teresa of Calcutta and her sisters started every day with Eucharistic Adoration. When asked why, she responded, “We go to meet Christ in the Eucharist before we go out to meet Him on the streets.” There are untold graces that come from Eucharistic Adoration. Here are just a few stories of people, churches, and communities who have found extraordinary grace in the gift of Adoration—being in the presence of the very wellspring of grace Himself.

    Transformation of Self
    What do St. Faustina Kowalska, St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton, and St. John Henry Newman all have in common? Besides the fact that they are all saints, they each sited Eucharistic Adoration as a turning point in their lives. For St. Faustina, it was in Adoration that she first heard the call to religious life. Sts. Elizabeth Ann Seaton and John Henry Newman both converted to Catholicism because of experiences with Jesus in Adoration. Many saints have described going to adore Christ in the Eucharist as visiting a friend. The more you spend time together, the closer you grow. And when you grow closer to Love Himself, think of the graces that can come from that!  

    A former atheist turned Catholic wrote it this way, “By sitting in the presence of Love, you will want to become Love. And you will receive the graces to actually allow that to happen to yourself.”

    Transformation of Parishes
    Countless parishes have been transformed by Eucharistic Adoration. Increases in vocations of all types, and an overall transformation in the prayer life of the church are just a few of the graces reported by parishes who institute this beautiful practice.  After starting Perpetual Adoration at their church, one parish remarked, “Links are forged or tightened, the parishioners are more attentive to each other, more supportive. Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament overwhelms the heart of the parish and opens it gradually to the mission that we are trying to put in place.”

    Transformation of Communities
    Jesus’ True Presence in the Eucharist affects our communities too. During the 20th anniversary of Perpetual Adoration at a parish in Silicon Valley, the priest told this story to his congregation. During Adoration early one morning, he heard the door open, and a person walked in slowly, almost shuffling, toward the altar. The visitor approached him and explained that he had just left Stanford hospital, after being treated for an accident that resulted in a serious brain injury. “I almost died, and I just wanted to say ‘thanks’ to God. This was the only church I could find open,” the man, a non-Catholic, told the priest.

    Exposing the Blessed Sacrament 24/7 is a beautiful symbol of God’s Love to our community—inviting anyone into prayer at any time of day. Speaking about a Perpetual Adoration Chapel in a Paris Basilica, St. John Paul II once said, “We are called not only to mediate on, and contemplate, this mystery of Christ’s love; we are called to take part in it. It is a mystery which is adored here night and day in this basilica, which thereby becomes one of these centers from which the Lord’s love and grace radiate in a mysterious but real way on your city, on your country and on the redeemed world…”

    The practice of adoration is life changing for so many people who are on fire with the love of the heart of Jesus!  Our hope is that as we continue to expand our Adoration hours this time with our Lord will bring countless souls closer to Christ, while opening wide our doors for visitors and friends to encounter the Living and True God in His Real Presence.  

    “The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith.” - St. John Paul II  

    Our Current Holy Hour Schedule is: 
    • Sunday 11am-7pm
    • Monday 1pm-9pm
    • Tuesday 6am-12pm
    • Thursday 1pm-9pm (8-9pm in St. John's) 
    • Friday 6am-12pm (11am-12pm in St. John's) ​

    To find out what our current open hours are contact: st.johneucharisticadoration@gmail.com.  However, feel free to commit to any Holy Hour as you are able! ​
    Liturgy Schedule

    Weekend Mass Schedule

    ​Sunday: 8am, 10:30am, 7pm

    *Mass Live stream at 10:30am - learn more here
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    No Saturday Evening Vigil Mass 


    Weekday Mass Schedule
    Mon-Fri: 12:10pm at St. John's & Online via Live Stream 
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    St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
    126 W. Georgia St.
    Indianapolis, IN 46225-1004
    Phone: (317) 635-2021
    office@stjohnsindy.org

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