What is a Guardian of the Blessed Sacrament?
Guardians of Adoration offer an hour of prayer each week before the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in the monstrance in the Adoration Chapel. The Blessed Sacrament can never be left alone. As a weekly guardian, you will make a weekly Holy Hour, whereby you come to the Adoration Chapel at your appointed time, sign in, and remain in the Chapel until the next set of guardians come to relieve you for the next scheduled hour. The goal is to schedule a minimum of four guardians for every morning, afternoon, and evening hour, and two guardians during the nocturnal hours. This is to ensure someone is always guarding the Blessed Sacrament. In the event there is a conflict, the guardians need only communicate with their peer guardians to ensure the Holy Hour is covered.
Once you choose a Holy Hour, you will be added to a group email to facilitate communication with your peer guardians. Once you are familiar with your peers, you are encouraged to exchange cell numbers to call and text in the event of a last-minute conflict.
Please note: The Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament begins at the conclusion of the 5:00 PM Life Teen Mass with the singing of “O Salutaris Hostia” and procession to the Chapel. The Reposition occurs Saturday morning at 10:00 AM at the conclusion of daily Mass with the incensing and singing of “Tantum Ergo” where the priest blesses the assembly and replaces the Sacrament in the Tabernacle.
The Chapel is used on Saturdays for Baptisms and Weddings. Visitors who are not a registered guardian are welcome during the day to the chapel. The doors are locked at 9:00 PM. Guardians my unlock the doors for those familiar to them.
Please prayerfully consider saying YES to spending just one hour of your week with Jesus, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. The hours you are most needed are:
Sunday 11 PM Monday 12 PM Noon, 3:00 PM Tuesday 2 AM, 12 PM Noon, 2 PM Wednesday 5 PM Thursday 5 AM, 11 AM, 9 PM Friday 4 AM, 4 PM, 7 PM Saturday 4 AM
EXTRAORDINARY BLESSINGS – Adoring Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament
When we are willing only to do what is ordinary, then we can only expect God’s ordinary blessings. Only when we are willing to do the extraordinary can we hope to obtain extraordinary blessings. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is absolutely the extraordinary effort that God is asking of us today in order that He may bestow upon mankind His extraordinary blessings.
The merits of your prayers before the very true presence of our Lord that take place in our Adoration Chapel cannot be underestimated. All good things happening in the parish and in vocations are borne from the fruits of the prayers that take place by those adoring and guarding Our Lord.
“The Hour That Makes the Day Holy” – OSV, Kathryn Jean Lopez
Nocturnal Adoration: Where the Milk and Honey Flows – Word on Fire