Eucharistic Adoration Schedule
Pat Granieri, 215-808-5530
Please note new hours:
Monday-Friday, 9:30am until 3pm
The quality of your devotion is not measured by the amount of time spent in Adoration but by your intention. Ten minutes on your lunch break can be truly fulfilling. If you are able to devote more time, perhaps these suggestions will help. First, ask our patron St. John Neumann to pray for you as you pass by his statue. Pray set prayers like the Rosary, open a missalette and read, sing a favorite hymn to yourself. Don't get discouraged, your intent and presence in church is itself a prayer, pleasing to God; don't worry, no one is checking up on you...it's not a sin to doze. Feel free to walk around the chapel and reflect on one or two of the Stations of the Cross. Upon leaving, thank God for a good and holy time. If you have time for a sixty-minute devotion, a prayer plan is available in the church office.
Eucharistic Adoration in the St. John of God Chapel
Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a public act of the Church. To that end, it begins with exposition by a priest or deacon and concludes that way as well (reposition). During the period of Adoration there needs to be someone always present in the chapel. During this time, we will have Adoration using a Monstrance as the liturgical books require. We cannot leave the chapel empty while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. So, our new schedule designates two guardians/adorers for each time slot. Adoration times can increase as long as parishioners commit to signing up as regular guardians/adorers. You can do that by calling the parish office; you may also sign-up as a substitute guardian/adorer. Remember, the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus is present in the Most Blessed Sacrament whether it is on the altar at Mass, during our reception of Holy Communion, in the tabernacle, during Adoration, or even at night in the locked church. The Real Presence is there whether we can see it or not! It is our hope that our new policy and format of Eucharistic Adoration bears much fruit in our parish and in the lives of all who visit us.