We are so busy living we forget that God is living in us.  We ignore the fact and go on with our day as if in our own mind we are doing everything our self, when in reality, it is God doing everything in us.  Sure we sometimes fight it, ignore it, however, on a very good day, we cooperate with his grace.  And to live in his grace, truly is, absolutely divine.  How do we begin to recognize the importance of our very soul?  How do we try our best to live in grace?  We have this opportunity to be reflective of Christ, and yet we follow other Gods, and later realize that Gods grace is removed altogether from us.  We have to recognize God as the silent partner in our life first in order to live a life of grace in him.  We can begin today.  We can put on the mind set that is Christ, we can grow out of our selves and grow into Jesus.  We can live in maturity and abandon immaturity, it is definitely a distinctive choice we can afford to make.  I think we have not spent enough time in solitude, in the still full ness that is Christ.  And when we go to that place, we realize something greater needs to happen within the human soul to become greater.  Thank God we are given many chances to grow, and to grow up, and out of our childishness within us, in order to become great adults for ourselves/loved ones, and if we are fortunate enough, for our future grandsons and grand daughters.  We have to put everything good into perspective and build upon the goodness we desire for ourselves, and everyone we love.  So our soul does play an important part in our lives even though we do not fully understand it, and yet God has placed it there for us because we are spiritual beings.  We have the Holy Spirit of God first and foremost living within us.  And that spirit communicates with God.  So wouldn't be wise for us to embrace this reality, and learn more about the Holy Spirit living within us?  I think so, let us begin today.  Let us open our hearts and minds, and souls and bodies to Christ, and invite the Holy Spirit to enter into us more deeply so that we can respond appropriately to God and the great mission he wants for us to fully encounter.  I will pray that same prayer for you knowing that God has the best plans ever in place for you and me and all we need to do is say yes Lord, come into my soul, awaken me from my slumber, so I can live abundantly in and through you every day of my life.  And watch his  magnificent self be revealed so that through your life another life will see Jesus.  And when Jesus is seen in us and through our actions, every one benefits, every one unifies, every one has the opportunity bring forth goodness that becomes greatness through every experience we encounter together and through God.  I think today more than ever in society we need to recognize this truth, and not only that we need to be active participants in this process that will help Christ by being Christ like toward each other.  Human respect has fallen to the way side, and we need to work very hard in bringing it back, it is then we can trust, it is then we can believe again in each other, and if we believe we can and will over come all setbacks that have hurt this generation and we can better prepare the future generation with the tools they will need to be successful in life, in love, in faith, and in charity.  Our hearts need to be charitable again.  It is through charity love can grow and eradicate hate forever.  God is love.  And if God is love, love is everything!  And if love is everything to God and to us, we need to be involved by actively turning the tide, and rising above faults, failures, pride, all sinfulness, starting now.  It is a choice, and I believe a very important one needs to be made in order to rebuild what is broken and invite God into that process to heal us. 

Do we not even realize that we, us, busy people, are very much a people, longing deeply for our Lord.  Whether we realize it or not we most certainly are, because we are a people of God.  Because HE created us and we are HIS creation, we are longing for the holiness that lives deep within our Lord. So we go on living, searching and never finding, exactly who it is that we are trying to find when it is our Lord who gave us an abundance of beauty, everywhere.  This beauty can be seen not touched creates in us I think a lot of confusion. God spoiled us greatly, whether it was deliberate or not,  with too many gifts that we lose ourselves in them and forget HIM.  Yes, it is that simple truth written here for us to be reminded of, we long for our Lord beyond our discoveries, beyond our desires, beyond our selves.  Sometimes do you ever get sick and tired of being sick and tired?  We are so consumed in material things we forget about the spiritual gifts of God.  I long to know the very next part of my life with God, so that I can immerse myself in Him to the fullest degree imaginable.  I truly and whole heartedly believe God wants this too.  After all I am my Father's daughter, and He has great plans for me.  And I have rediscovered Him in me as I pilgrimage toward Him the next however many or less years He wants to grant to me.  I first longed for Jesus when I began to see what I personally created within the failures, mistakes, and sorrows of my life.  I found my Lord, as I knelt on my knees in the church of Saint Andrew's, in tears, begging God to change me.  It was 1987, I experienced a breakup in a 7 year relationship that destroyed my hope and zest for life, and I wasn't able to overcome that battle of pain on my own, until I ran to the loving arms of my Lord.  In 2019 I was still carrying with me the bag of failures that consumed me to the point where God impregnated me through the power of the holy spirit to put together a retreat for the Franciscan fraternity that ended up being a retreat to heal my soul some 32 years later.  I was sick within and only my Lord could heal me.  And He did so that my life can go on to do greater things in HIM, and not waste the great life my mom and my dad in heaven gave me.  And in moving forward I realize the importance of staying close to God all the days of my life, because with Him, we are a new creation.  In HIM, everything great is possible, and without Him everything is lost, and God doesn't make junk, God makes the best in you and in me, and it is up to us to realize this truth and to live in it abundantly, and not live in the darkness that sin has over us when we fail in doing God's will.  Our desires will fail us if we traverse along the way without God as our compass.  He has the key we are searching for, it is the key to life.  A life full of riches that the world can never give us.  A world that does not deceive, a spiritual realm and world that empowers us, from deep within, with the knowledge, and the love, and the guidance, that brings hope and joy and freedom of every good kind.  Gratefully with God we move on, we move forward, we cling to the future, not the past, we live for today secured in God and no other.  There is no confusion in God, only security, in knowing He will always love us, beyond any love, our minds can comprehend.  And that love will never die.  Instead it will empower every person seeking the happiest and most fulfilled life imaginable, and it can only be given to us completely through God.  How happy I am today to be enriched by the truth and the power of being a great woman of faith, where my faith saved me from death, by dying to my own sinful nature, freed me forever.  

If you have never been to an adoration chapel before I want to give you an idea as to what to expect when you enter into one. Typically an adoration chapel is separate from the church. Inside is a quiet stillness solely created for the purpose of centering prayer.   Many come here to pray the rosary, or a novena for them self or a loved one. You can spend one hour daily in the presence of our Lord.  There are votives available, there are chairs with kneelers, religious books, and bibles, to help further your studies in the faith in an environment that attracts ones heart, ones mind towards centering both toward Christ.  It is the absolute perfect setting because in the center of the room is a crucifix hung above a small altar holding a monstrance and within it a lunette that holds the host, the body of our Lord.   And lastly a sanctuary lamp in red glass is always lit as a reminder of our Lord being present among us.  

Adorers are always welcomed in all churches throughout the world.  You can sign up for an hour once a month and spend the most important hour of your life with God.  Adoration does have the ability to inspire enlightenment toward every single heart and mind, who chooses to come into the LIGHT and holy presence of God.  It's a deepening of ones desire to know God on a new level and to know them self more than ever, and at he same time, having that combination develop a new and special important relationship with God, offers great solicitude, and answers to all the questions they have about faith answered to them in an environment that is absolutely perfect, to aspire and inspire as well as develop the special kind of spiritual growth needed to live a full life in Christ.  One full hour, every month, over a period of time, will change your life and bring you onto a new course of direction.  As a Christian, I believe you are either walking toward Christ and growing in your faith walk, or you are falling away from Him and every ounce of GRACE and  GROWTH, He is wanting to BLESS your life with.  We have to become fully aware of this reality.  If we don't, we lose every choicest gift that Christ has to offer.     

We have to be constantly challenged in order to grow in our awareness of our Christian spirituality .  We are SPIRITUAL BEINGS, in need growth, the kind of growth that needs attending to on a daily basis.  I ask myself is this all that I am willing to give my Lord who wants to give me life eternal?  I also ask you this same question.  Jesus died for me so that I can go on to live forever.  There is so much work to be done.  And at the very least, I have recognized the importance  of my Lord and his graciousness given to me  as I live out the last half of my life.  A round small piece of bread, is in fact the body of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and yet HE is here to save us from our sin so that we can all have life eternal in HIM.  

I want to challenge you further to attend an adoration chapel within your own church where ever you may live, and see for yourself the great gift that it is in bringing our souls closer to the truths through the mysteries of our faith.  There we are as one in Christ and there we experience him personally and have transformation of mind, body, soul, and spirit forever.  Just one hour a month will crack you open and awaken your senses from the slumber that has captivated you and taken you away from JESUS.  It is your soul and my soul along with all the souls that are still roaming the face of the earth that need this gentle reminder today.  I want the truth to be known.  I want to introduce JESUS to you!  I am so excited for you, and can you just imagine  the excitement of our Lord when you come to Him and unite yourself to Him, while there is still time to do it.  

To be an Adorer of Christ, is to be completely and utterly at the mercy of God.  To adore Him as He is.  Holy and unblemished in His sight!  To look at Him on the Cross.  To look at the greatest sacrifice that was given on behalf of all of humanity, is to see Jesus, truly as He is.  Jesus died for the love of humanity.  His love draws us back to the cross when we truly have lost our way.  And in order to regain this loss of self is to look deeper into Christ himself crucified.  For us to fully understand Christ crucified, we go to Him personally in holy adoration.  It is a sacred silent place of great reverence toward our Lord.  We quietly enter in, we bless ourselves with Holy Water, and we kneel and greet our Lord.  Yes, He is Holy!  His presence is like a warm cozy blanket covering us in his calming love.  And we sit at the crucifix, as did  Mary the mother of God, and await Him, and we enter into His story.  And Sometimes we find it very difficult to enter into because we cannot get past being still, being silent for God.  Our minds valve cannot shut itself off  from the world, and we need to discover the importance of asking God for his help in overcoming this weakness deep within.  Then when that time comes upon us, and we empty ourselves of the noise within our lives, we can let go and let God in to do what is necessary in us to be healed of our infirmities.  Jesus is always first in order for us to delve into the discipline of adoration.  We get there slowly, so be patient with this process of adoring Christ!  Give yourself time to unravel the knots in your life that have set you up for failure.  Christ and only Christ and His Holy Mother Mary are Standing By.   Adoring Christ within the Eucharistic Chapel is best described as one making a commitment to be in the company of our creator. And in time, God's perfect timing, we learn to become as patient as we need to be, in order to work through the silence.  It is there, we listen with an ear of attentiveness, and the eye of hope, for what is yet to be.  We begin to learn the importance of being, and it is there we hear our Lord speak directly to our heart, slowly tenderizing the hardness that has entered into what should have been left pure, holy, unscathed by evil.  Only God can cut through the silence and make his presence known to us and teach us "The Way".  So be still, and know, that He is God.  And when you do, you will learn about His power, and the power of the most high will come upon you, and be gracious to you.  O Beautiful Silence begin your process, unravel the truth deep within me so my walk with Christ can begin.