Come Spend Time with the Lord
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Clare Catholic Church
12:00 noon to 5:30pm every Friday
Safety precautions to stem the spread of COVID-19 are in effect for Adoration. Face masks and social distancing are required.
For 2000 years, Catholics have believed Jesus to be truly present in the most Holy Eucharist, just as He taught His disciples in the Gospel of John, Chapter 6. We believe that at each celebration of the Mass, bread and wine are truly transformed into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Therefore, Jesus comes to be present with us not only spiritually, but physically. In the Eucharist, Jesus is just as present with us today, in the appearance of bread and wine, as He was in the time of the New Testament when He walked the Earth.
Therefore, if Jesus is truly present (body, blood, soul, & divinity) in the most Holy Eucharist, then we can gaze upon Him and adore Him in His physical presence. We are blessed with the awesome opportunity to worship Jesus through Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the most Holy Eucharist. In Eucharistic Adoration, the Eucharistic Host (the Body of Jesus) is placed in a gold monstrance to be adored (see picture above).
Adoration is open to everyone. Please maintain a disposition of silence and reverence in the church.