Saturday, July 12, 2008

Holy Hour (Eucharistic Adoration)

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, the patron saint of OLGC Young Adult Ministry, prayed daily, offering, among other prayers, a daily rosary on his knees by his bedside. Often his agnostic father would find him asleep in this position. "He gave his whole self, both in prayer and in action, in service to Christ," Luciana Frassati writes. After Pier Giorgio began to attend Jesuit school as a boy, he received a rare permission in those days to take communion daily. "Sometimes he passed whole nights in Eucharistic adoration." For Pier Giorgio, Christ was the answer. Therefore, all of his action was oriented toward Christ and began first in contemplation of Him.

As ministers and young adults of Our Lady of Good Counsel, we spend an hour of Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM, with the exception of days when we have Homeless Ministry. We invite all to join us in Eucharistic Adoration, to pray before our Lord Jesus Christ.