At Last! Our Favorite Occupation
Over the past few weeks, the postulants have started taking hours of adoration in the middle of the night. We sign up for an hour between 10:30 pm and 4:30 am to wake up and adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Our directresses are so good to let us have all of September to adjust[...]
He Takes My Breath Away
The primary charism of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration is perpetual adoration. Two sisters are always in the adoration chapel praying for the needs of the world and adoring Jesus in the Eucharist twenty-four hours a day. I have recently begun to take hours of adoration during the night. It is a[...]
He Never Grows Tired of Loving You
The repetitive nature of the Rosary can cause those who are not fully entering into or appreciating the Rosary, like myself, to become bored or distracted or allow their minds to wander. St. John Paul II directly addresses this point in his typical, gentle, fatherly manner in his apostolic letter on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis[...]
A Song In My Heart
St. Cecilia has long been venerated in the Church as a virgin-martyr, and has equally-long been the patroness of musicians because with a “song in her heart,” she converted her husband while preserving her vow of virginity. Her association with music is especially meaningful for me because music has been an ever-present part of my[...]
