Why a HOLY HOUR before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament?
PERHAPS MANY still ask that question. To it there is basically only one
answer: Jesus Christ, the God-Man, is present....
He is present in that special Eucharistic manner of transubstantiation in which
the very substance of the bread and wine are changed into the Body and Blood
of Jesus Christ.
St. Thomas taught that the Eucharist is the greatest of miracles ever worked
by Christ, to perpetuate his Passion and Sacrifice with us and to be specially
present to each individual.
Christ is present there for us, to manifest his great love for us. St. Thomas
says, "He cares for us and is there." If we care for him, we would also be
there for a Holy Hour or some other form of Eucharistic adoration. Christ had
asked this of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque as he had asked the apostles in the
Garden of Olives: "Can you not watch one hour with me?" Complete article ....
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