Perpetual Adoration
Our Adoration Chapel is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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What’s Your Story?
My mom got another call while talking with me on the phone this morning. I waited while she answered it. “It was Colleen (My Cousin). She’s got a good adoration story to tell me”, said my protestant Mom excitedly. “I’ll go and let her tell it to you”, I said, knowing that my mom relishes the retelling of our adoration experiences. She often says; I can’t wait to tune in for the next episode. “You should call her and tell her about yours”, she replied. “I think I will”, I said.
I called my cousin about a half an hour later and we talked for two hours about the miraculous occurrences and incredible peace that accompanies and surrounds our times of adoration. “When I come out of adoration, I just want to tell everyone what a treasure we have in adoration”, she said. “So many people who need this are really missing out! I just want to tell everyone” she continued. “That’s what I do”, I said. “I tell people in the church paper what they’re missing at adoration.” “I don’t think writing is for me”, she said, but email me some of your articles so I can let everyone know.”
I tell this to you, my brothers and sisters, to give you confidence to talk about your experiences at adoration. Those of you who visit the adoration chapel have your own adoration stories. You know what I am talking about. Tell your stories to everyone. Catholic, protestant, it doesn’t matter. Who on earth wouldn’t want an audience with Jesus. Just think of what a blessing you will be to those you bring to Jesus. Those of you who don’t know what we’re talking about: YOU’RE MISSING OUT! Spend some time with Jesus in the adoration chapel and then tell your story. You may be surprised at who is waiting to hear it. Crystal Tyll
WE ARE HIS PEOPLE AND THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE. PSALM 100:3
Maybe you have never realized that when we are looking at Jesus in the Adoration Chapel, He is looking at us. Just as the shepherd sees and knows all that the sheep experienc, so our Good Shepherd sees and knows all that we, His people go through. He knows our wounds and how to heal them. He sees that we are fed. When we are caught in a briar, He hears our cries and rescues us. He herds us together so that we are a help to one another even though we may never suspect that we are being helpful to another. Just by being where Jesus has asked us to be, He will find the most effective application for our obedience.
Grandmother, who brings her grandchildren to adoration and teaches them to silently genuflect on two knees before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, He sees you. He knows how hard it was to get them ready and settle them down to instruct them in reverence before making your visit. Although you won't realize it, after you leave adoration with them you sacrifice of bringing them will have a great impact on those around you. Later, as you take them to the marketplace to do what you consider mundane chores, everyone you come into contact with will be affected by the radiance that Jesus has kissed your faces with. People will not know why they are feeling a longing. The emptiness they feel will never be associated with you, but because you have gone to Jesus and been clothed in His radiance, you and the children have become His vessels. Today you will awaken the souls of all the people you meet. They will notice something is missing deep inside of their souls and they will begin to search for the only one who can answer that longing, Jesus. You have felt His peace and His love, but you do not know that Jesus has purposed you to bring these awakenings to souls. You think that your holy hour is over, but you have made a gift of yourself to Jesus and He is overjoyed with it. He puts it to good use, for He does not waste anything in the Father's kingdom.
Dear lady, move slowly and stiffly withthe use of the cane, you too have had great difficulty in making your way to the adoraiton this morning. Still, with a grimace of pain, you make a deep bow, catching your breath from the anguish. He sees you, dear lady and applies the sacrifice of reverence that you present Him with to help those who you pray for. You are a teacher to those surrounding you. Your life is a living witness of sacrificial love for Our Savior. Not one second of your pain is discarded, for you have made it an offering for those you pray for. Great is your reward.
You sir, who have taken time off from work to seek the counsel of Our Lord, He honors your time and your wisdom. Jesus knows how valuable your time is to you and he appreciates that you have given Him such a treasured asset. He rejoices that you have chosen the wisdom of Heaven over the wisdom of men. The graces that will accompany your back to the workplace today will be evident to even the hardest of hearts. Your business will prosper for having put Our Lord first, today.
All of us together, His sheep resting at His feet, bringing our needs to Him and loving Him, this is the longing of His heart. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, rejoices when we respond to His call. He rewards us by meeting our needs and blesses us by allowing us to be the vessels He uses to fulfill the holy will of the Father. The brand of our baptism glows upon our foreheads and the radiance of His Presence is a witness to the world as to whose sheep we are.
Submitted by Crystal Tyll
WE ARE A FAMILY FORMED BY GOD!
Have you ever been homesick? Do you remember the feeling and awareness that for too long you hav been deprived of the touch of family? Responsibilities often pull us away from family ties, and the resulting sense of abandonment can be quite overwhelming at times.
It's the same with church! We are the children of God---and maybe we've been away from His home for too long and deprived of God's loving touch!
Prayer produces a spiritual hunger for more through whatever style you are comfortable with! That's how the power of the Adoration Chapel removes isolation and rejuvenates us! We are a faith community of real people with real names gathering together to worship, strengthen and sustain each other---in other words, we are the body of Christ, a family formed by God.
Come to the Adoration Chapel anytime of the day or night. We welcome you Say the word, "hospitality" and most people picture someone offering them hors d'oeuvres on a tray. The Adoration Chapel offers you a banquet of grace and a big WELCOME HOME!
Jan Tighe, Worship Coordinator
WHAT IS IT THAT DRAWS YOU TO JESUS?
What is it that draws you to Jesus? Some of you are at adoration an hour or more a week. Why? What difference has it made in your life? What keeps bringing you back? Take a minute to ponder these questions. Allow the answers to flood over you, to fill you, to consume you. When your heart and mind are full of answers, pick up a phone or a pen and call someone or write an open letter to those you love telling him or her about what Jesus gives you in adoration. Don't know what to say? Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. Just ask your friend how they are, and when they ask you how you are tell them, "Oh I'm so full of the love of Jesus" or "Actually, I'm having a really peaceful day, I just spent an hour at adoration and it always seems to make my troubles dim and my blessings seem magnified."
Don't keep it to yourself. Don't be the cat that ate the canary. Once the cat eats the canary no one hears its song again, but after leaving the adoration chapel, the Holy Spirit should fly right out of your mouth telling everyone you meet about the love of Jesus! Remember to whom much is given, much will be required.
Another way to spread the love of Jesus is to plan to be somewhere where you are seeing people after your holy hour. They will notice the radiance on your face. Without saying a word you will affect those you meet. Some may comment on your glow. Tell them who put it there.
When you read a beautiful piece of literature or hear a tape or CD about adoration, pass it on. Some, and I'd venture to say most; people out there in the world don't know anything about adoration. Who will tell them if not those of us making holy hours?
A friend of mine is having a difficult time with financial circumstances. We talked for hours about how she had always been a generous woman and one who is led by God. Why, then was this happening to her? She wondered. Still thinking about her later at home, I sent her a copy of an adoration article via computer. I wasn't sure what her knowledge of adoration was, but I knew in my heart that Jesus would be her best comfort. The next day she sent a glowing email back explaining how she had never really understood about adoration, but the article make it clearer and she was going to sign up for a weekly hour at her church.
Whatever your method, share Jesus with someone. There are so many hurting people who need Him. Crystal Tyll
TODAY'S SPIRIT BUILDS TOMORROW!
A wise man once said, "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country." (John F. Kennedy) An even wiser man stated, "Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Luke 11:9) It should be encouraging to all of us to continually witness a God who serves His people with a faithful welcome and invitation. He doesn't ask us to serve Him, rather, He serves us by opening the door. All we need to do is KNOCK!
To live in the kingdom of God, the requirements are simply this, "Love God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself." We invite you to ask yourself if you are fulfilling the requirements. Do you want to love God more? Is your neighbor your friend or your foe? There is a journey that we can walk together which will nurture both responses.
We want to inform, inspire and motivate you to come to the Adoration Chapel. When you visit the Chapel, we are there, right next to you. Come, let us walk together into a spirit-filled tomorrow!
Jan Tighe, Worship Coordinator
WARMING THE HEART OF JESUS
The fabric of life in our Adoration Chapel is being woven every hour of every day. Each of our adorers brings their own threads and works them into a beautiful tapestry that warms the heart of Jesus. Currently, there are a few threadbare areas and holes in our tapestry. These are the hours that we need you to fill. Won't you join us in prayer and ask Jesus which hour He would have you commit to? Our most lovely work can only be wrought when we all join together to bring our threads and join them with the threads of others to form a tight weave. His laborers working together are the cross-weave that hold the tapestry together. Each one of our visits is precious to Him and pleases Him. When we work together it doubles and strengthens our efforts creating an exquisite celestial pattern, the beauty of which none of us can imagine. Every one of us have a prayer of thanksgiving to offer Our Lord. Won't you bring it in and weave it into our tapestry? Crystal Tyll
HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION
My summer vacation was awesome. I spent a lot of my time at the John Paull II Adoration Chapel at Church of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church in Highland. It was very restful because I could sleep as late as I wanted. No matter what time I arrived the Son was always shining. The surf--the surf was amazing. I just knelt down and let the waves of His love wash over me for hours. Each one was more refreshing than the last. There was never a dull moment with all the things to do there. There was a wonderful spiritual library, comfortable chairs, friends who shared my interests and even a book where I could write down my needs and the needs of those I love and the Host would see that they were taken care of. The Host was so compassionate that he even provided a bowl of rosaries so that I could stay in touch with my Blessed Mother. I must confess that no one had ever made me feel the way the Host did. He seemed to anticipate my every need and fulfill my deepest desires. I found myself spending more and more time in His Presence. Before long I had fallen deeply in love with Him. Such an all-consuming love grew in me each time I visited Him that I found that He was the most important part of my life. Every thing and everyone paled in comparison to Him. I surrendered to His holy will heart and soul. He has promised to go with me whenever I cannot stay with Him and to always be at my side. When I'm weary and I can't go on, he carries me. He will never leave me or forsake me. My Host has become the love of my life. Now what did you do on your summer vacation, again? Crystal Tyll
Speak Lord, Your Servant Is Listening
There was a documentary on TV recently that told the story of a man who travels across the United States searching the mountains valleys, meadows and woodlands for a place that has no noise that is man made such as trains, airplanes or car noise. Even though his destinations are beautiful, remote and for the most part tranquil, almost everywhere he goes, the sounds of nature are interfered with by the inventions of modern man. His conclusion; It’s getting harder and harder to find a quiet place.
It would be difficult to disagree with our researcher’s findings. We are so conditioned to the noise of everyday life that we sometimes get nervous when we find ourselves in a situation where it is “too quiet”. Yet with all of this activity we wonder how we can find God, that is if we can find the time. God is not the author of confusion, but peace. We condense a week’s worth of activity into each day and wonder why we can’t hear the voice of Jesus.
He speaks to you every moment of everyday. Why do you think scripture tells us to pray without ceasing? Would Jesus ask you to do more for Him than He is willing to do for you? If you have been seeking his voice, consider turning down the volume of your life. Plan some quiet time in your schedule that is completely dedicated to Him. It will need to be in a place where you will not be interrupted. You know, the perfect place for you to hear his voice is the adoration chapel. Why not make a commitment to spend an hour a week with Him. Consider what part of your busy schedule you could sacrifice for Our Lord. He honors every sacrifice made in His name and He will speak to your heart. Spend some time with Him and listen to what He has to say to you. Aren’t you curious? Call the Worship Office to sign up for an hour of Adoration. Crystal Tyll
TESTIMONY!
My deepened faith came from the adoration chapel. Have you ever felt like you were getting closer to Jesus but there had been something that stopped you? Maybe a fear of what he may ask of you? I was that person. I decided that I wanted to remove that block from my heart and signed up for an hour at the Adoration Chapel. I didn't know how much that one hour would change my life. My love for Jesus has grown to new heights. I have conquered my fear of surrendering myself to Jesus by his help from the Holy Spirit. I hope all of you take a look deep within your heart and ask, "What is stopping me?" Sign up for an hour and see how your life will change. Chris Hatmaker
In Gratitude For A Fruitful Harvest
How exciting it was to see the testimony in our church paper from our parishioner, Chris Hatmaker, about how her time in adoration had made an impact on her life! Her heart was so filled by her experience that she could not help from shouting it out loud. This tells us that our chapel is having the effect that it was intended to in the lives of our people. And this is only the beginning. The fire that is so brightly burning here at Holy Spirit cannot be contained and is spreading with great intensity throughout both Michigan and the many far-flung destinations to which our parishioners travel. The many prayers that we have sent up while building and opening our adoration chapel are yielding the fruits, which we requested. God bless Chris for writing and submitting her testimony. We know that it is not the only one. One way you were asked to evangelize a few weeks ago was to write down or call someone to tell them what is happening to you in adoration. Because of her voice, I hope many more of you will share your stories with us about the blessings you receive from your time at adoration. Submissions can be directed to the Worship Office. Thank you so much for being the faithful brothers and sisters that you are and for being part of this parish, which creates such a nurturing atmosphere to increase our faith. A thank you is also due to Father Leo whose great love and understanding of the great power of The Real Presence of Jesus in The Blessed Sacrament has allowed this awesome treasure to come here to Holy Spirit. Crystal Tyll
Oh how the holidays sneak up on us some years. Before you know it, we have sailed through Thanksgiving and are shopping double-time to finish by Christmas. Because of the panic that seems to get more intense every year, we've put up our outside Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving so that we could spend more time shopping. After all, we don't want to disappoint the children, Aunt Suzie, Grandma or even the postman. We've got a short time and a lot of stuff to get and it better be the good stuff or we'll hear the complaints. For the really popular stuff we'll have to camp out overnight and stand in long lines in the bitter cold. It'll be tough, but we've got to please our family & friends, right?
NOTHING IS AS SWEET AS A BIRTHDAY VISIT
A dear friend of mine left a message for me on my answering machine on my birthday one year. She said, "I just wanted to tell you how important and special this day is because it is the day you were born. The world is a much better place because you were born. I hope you are having a wonderful day." When I heard that message, the tears overtook me immediately. What a lovely thing for her to have done. Later, she came by and had tea with me and brought me a beautiful gift. Really, it was three gifts. There was the gift of her call, the gift of her time and the gift of a mirror surrounded by angels. She made me feel as if I were a great treasure to her and she, who was always precious to me, became even more so by her kindness to me. As I pondered my friend's love for me, I realized that she had put a lot of preparation into making my birthday special because I was important to her.
Soon our Lord will have his birthday. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we prepared for his birthday with the same or greater love that my friend showed me? After all, His birth was of infinitely greater consequence than mine. Yet if we can love one another with all of our human faults, how much greater should our love be shown to our Savior? Just as my friend called me, you can call on Jesus in prayer and thank Him for His sacrifice of being born into this world. You can clear your schedule to make time to visit Jesus in the adoration chapel. And during this preparation time of advent, you can examine your reflection with the Holy Spirit surrounded by the angels in the sacrament of reconciliation. Offer Jesus the gift of a pure and clean heart on the occasion of His birth. Order your priorities so that He comes first in all things. Show Him what a great treasure He is to you and then marvel at the friendship that develops between you. Crystal Tyll
What would happen if we weren't enslaved by the Season? Remember the wise men? They already had everything-plenty of stuff. Yet they spent their time preparing their hearts and seeking the Son of God. They listened to the voice of God and sought to kneel at the feet of Jesus. They found Jesus to be the greatest treasure in their lives. You can too. During advent this year why not trade the credit card shackles and in suing debt that enslaves us for the freedom of a trip to reconciliation and the peace you'll find at the feet of Jesus in the adoration chapel? Camp out in the adoration chapel instead! Give everyone on your list a card that tells them you have been on your knees for them making a holy hour on their behalf. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving! This gift blesses not only the receiver, but the giver as well. Crystal Tyll.
ADORATION HESITATION?
"What would I do for a whole hour of adoration?" some of you are wondering. My dear friends, your thinking is backward. Adoration is not about what you have on your agenda to do. It is about what Jesus has in store for you. You see, there is no one more intimately aquainted with sacrifice than Jesus. The fact that you would make a sacrifice of your time and will to honor Him is of great importance to Him and he has a wealth of blessings and miracles to grace you with. Indescribable personal treasured moments await you in front of the monstrance. Some of you may need peace. Others may need healing. Still others may just need to know that they are truly loved. Each of us has ourown personal needs an desires. Many of us don't even know what our real needs are...but Jesus knows. He is waiting for you to come by so that He can supply all of your needs. He extends an open invitation. Won't you stop in and see Him so that He can give you your gifts? Once you experience Jesus' generousity, maybe you'll become so spoiled that you'll be showing up everyday asking for more! Crystal Tyll
MY DAILY PLANNER IS DRIPPING WITH PIE!
A brand new shiny year is upon us. It's time to get organized and prioritize our schedules.
Let's see, where is that new daily planner I got for Christmas? Here it is all clear and blank. It reminds me of what my father would say when someone told him that they didn't have enough time for a certain activity. He'd always say, "I don't know why, you've got 24 hours, just like everyone else." His meaning was immediately clear to the quick witted folk; others stared blankly or didn't respond at all. What he meant was that if an activity was important enough to them, they would have made it a priority. He was a great people watcher and made a habit of filing people into categories by how they spent their time. He would say this one or that one has a "good heart". This meant that they were a charitable person who cooked for older folks or repaired things for others without expecting repayment. All of the children in our household as well as various people with problems who stayed with us were taught to care for our neighbors and sacrifice our time with a cheerful attitude. My parents would say, "You'll get your reward in Heaven."
This year as we make our schedules and think about how busy we are while we try to fit in that new exercise routine. Let's scrutinize that agenda. Look at where you spend the majority of your time. Split it up into percentages and make a pie graph. What slice of pie are you serving the Lord? I hope it is a big juicy piece, dripping with love. If it's just a sliver, consider increasing His portion. One great way would be to sign up for an hour of adoration in the adoration chapel. Put it on your schedule. Make Jesus a priority in your life and serve Him a portion of your year. Call the worship office and make it official. Be sure that Jesus gets a slice of your time and not just the crumbs that fall from your table. You'll get your reward in Heaven! Crystal Tyll
This is the time of year when we as Catholics take stock of our walk with Jesus. We enter into a time of fasting and abstinence in order to peel away the layers of self indulgence that oft times envelope and stifle our true mission as Christians, which is to love and serve God. The trouble sometimes comes when we don't replace the things we have sacrificed with holy pursuits in order to give our spiritual life stability. It is this mistake that causes our sacrifices to lose their meaning and become a frustration to us. Just as when you take off dirty clothes and bathe and the put on clean clothes, spiritual renewal must involve both the discarding of what is unclean, the cleansing of the heart and putting on the mantle of the holier pursuits that will bring you closer to Jesus. Otherwise our sacrifices leave us rather cold.
For those of us seeking 'A Closer Walk,' Church of the Holy Spirit is extending a personal invitation to draw closer to Jesus in The Blessed Sacrament for short commitment of six weeks. There will be a sign up held in the next few weeks for those who wish to devote one hour a week of their own choosing for the next six weeks, to spend with Jesus in the adoration chapel. This time of parish-wide commitment will be known as 'A Closer Walk'. It is our hope that as many of you as possibly can will take advantage of this opportunity to deepen your relationship with Our Lord and develop a 'Closer Walk' with Him.
Crystal Tyll
SPRING CLEANING!
Have you gotten all of your spring cleaning done? If Easter was at your house, you may think you have gotten it done. We didn't want the family to see your clutter, so we worked hard to clear it out. Everything looked great. Now we can relax, right? Well yes, let's relax. While we do, let's close our eyes and get quiet. Now we can think about our spiritual clutter. Spiritual clutter, nobody sees that, do they? Well, yes, they do. It shows up in our attitude, in our anxiety, in our impatience. Our spiritual clutter is quite evident to our spouse and our children. They may not label it the same way, but certainly, they will be the first to get tripped up by your clutter. There's a pile of obstacles that have kept us from seeking the Lord the way that we know we need to. It's time to attack that pile and clear our path. Let's see, there's that TV and the X box. We can just turn those off and that will clear out hours in our schedule. We can do the same with the radio in the car (just till we get things straightened out). Good. There is shopping at the mall. Hey, if we wear our clothes from last spring, we can cut that out. That clears more obstacles out of our schedule. What's next? Worry. Goodness gracious, there's worry all over the place. There's bill worry, worry about the kids, worry about grandma's health, worry about the yard work, worry about world peace, worry about the belated birthday present you forgot to send to Aunt Susie....Just think , if all that worry was bundled together and disposed of, you'd have a lot of time to spend seeking Jesus. I'll tell you what, why don't we sweep all of that worry and clutter into our great big spiritual sack (aka our heart) and take it over to the adoration chapel. This is the place to take care of everything at once. We'll just take our sack in and empty it right there at the feet of Jesus. He will recycle it for us. He melts anxiety into peace and worry into joy. He'll mend our sacks and reshape them into fresh clean hearts and while he's at it, He will renew our minds. All of a sudden there will be no obstacles between each one of us and Our Lord. Just the two of us face to face. It is then that we'll feel the well spring of His love within us wash over us. After this experience how could we ever accept less of our "spring cleaning'. Crystal Tyll
Oasis
Once again, Dear Jesus, I find myself immersed in Your peace and Your love. Like an Oasis, this adoration chapel allows me to escape from the dessert of the outside world where it is difficult to find You and dive into your refreshing love. As I open the door, I feel your love wash over me and I float and rest in Your peace and Your love just relishing my holy hour. Time in the world seems to drain my hope and energy from me, leaving me dry and dusty, but You fill me to overflowing with Yourliving water. You renew my strength and supply me afresh with Your peace. Oh how I long to remain in Your Presence! Ah, but You have other plans for me on this earth and I must be about the work you have given me to do. So until I may return to You here, Dear Jesus, to gaze upon Your radiance, accommpany me out into the world and protect me from every evil therein. Thank you for this and every hour You remain with me. Amen. Crystal Tyll
Happy Hour
What does this phrase conjure up for you? Low cost alcoholic beverages in a dark smoky atmosphere? --- A decompression from your work day? Allow me to propose another alternative to this common perception of "Happy Hour". There is a place where the "happiness" is not so fleeting, a place where the light from the Son illuminates the darkest corners of your heart. There is a place where you can leave your burdens behind instead of just suspending them for a while or perhaps compounding them. It is the adoration chapel. Jesus waits each day for you to visit Him. He provides a never ending supply of His living water and bids you to drink your fill. The peace that you receive from this hour does not dim your view of this world, but sharpens it. Your priorities become clearer durin this hour as your heart is imprinted with who Jesus is and who you are in Him and who He would have you to be. After spending this hour with Him you feel ready to face the world, to engage it, to love those who are in it and to draw them in to Jesus. Your hour spent with Jesus leaves you not with the stale wrenching stench of stale liquor and cirarette smoke, but the sweet odor of sanctity that remains in your nostrils and prolongs your sense of peace. I urge you to make a visit to the adoration chapel and experience this genuine "Happy Hour" for yourself. Crystal Tyll