TWELVE REASONS FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH
FOR WANTING TO SPEND ONE HOUR WITH THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

1. We are greatly needed: “The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic Adoration.” (John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae)
2. This is a personal invitation to us from Jesus: “Jesus waits for us in this Sacrament of love,” (John Paul II, Dominicae Canae)
3. Jesus is counting on us because the Eucharist is the center of our life: “Every member of the Church must be vigilant in seeing that the sacrament of Love Shall be at the center of the life of the people of God so that through all the manifestations of worship due Him shall be given back “love for love” and truly become the life of our souls.” (John Paul II, redeemer of Man)
4. Our hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament will repair evils of the world and bring about peace on earth: “Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Jesus and be ready to make reparation for the great evils of the world. Let your adoration never cease.” (John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae)
5. Day and night Jesus dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because we are the most important persons in the world to Him: “Christ is reserved in our churches as the spiritual center of the heart of the community, the universal Church and all humanity, since within the veil of the species, Christ is contained. He is the Invisible Heart of the Church, the Redeemer of the world, the center of all hearts, and by Him all things exist and have their being.” (Paul IV, Mysterium Fidei)
6. Jesus wants us to do more than to go to Mass on Sunday: “Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete.” (John Paul II, Redeemer of Man)
7. We grow spiritually with each moment we spend with Jesus: “Our essential commitment in life is to preserve and advance constantly in Eucharistic life and piety and to grow spiritually in the climate of the Holy Eucharist.” (John Paul II, Redeemer of Man)
8. The best time we spend on heart is with Jesus, our Best Fried, in the Blessed Sacrament: “How great is the value of conversation with Chris in the Blessed Sacrament, for there is nothing more consoling on earth, nothing more efficacious for advancing along the road of holiness!” (Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
9. Just as we can’t be exposed to the sun without receiving its rays, neither can we come to Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament without receiving the Divine Rays of His Grace, His Love and His Peace: “Christ is truly the Emmanuel, that is, God with us, and day and night His is in our midst. He dwells with us full of grace and truth. He restores morality, nourishes virtue, consoles the afflicted, and straightens the weak.” (Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
10. If Jesus were actually visible in church, everyone would run to welcome Him, but He remains hidden in the Sacred Host under the appearance of Bread, because He is calling us to faith, that we many come to Him in humility: “The Blessed Sacrament is the “Living Heart” of each of our churches and it is our very sweet duty to honor and adore the Blessed Host, which our eyes see, the Incarnate Word, Whom they cannot see.” (Paul VI, Credo of the People of God)
11. With transforming mercy, Jesus makes our heart one with His: “He proposes His own example to those who come to Him, that all may learn to be like Himself, gentle and humble of heart, and to seek not their own interest but those of God.” (Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)
12. If the People himself would give you a special invitation to visit him in the Vatican, this honor would be nothing in comparison to the honor and dignity that Jesus Himself bestows upon you with the Invitation of spending one hour with Him in the Blessed Sacrament: “The Divine Eucharist bestows upon the Christian people incomparable dignity.” (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)