Eucharistic Adoration
The Adoration Chapel
The Adoration Chapel is located at the southwest corner of the church (near Metcalf Ave.). Look for the statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus welcoming you at the door.
The Chapel is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For safety and security, a code is required to enter the chapel. Please call the Parish Office during business hours to receive the code.
During Adoration
As you open the door and enter our Marian Adoration Chapel, you will realize that you are in the peaceful Presence of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
This is the same Jesus in the Monstrance that suffered and died on the cross to redeem us. This is the same Jesus whose Passion is relived every day on the altar at Mass. He stays here to be with us at all hours of the day and night so that we can have the chance to be with Him whenever we need Him. What an opportunity - what a blessing!
Offering an hour of our time in His Presence allows us the opportunity to grow in our faith and holiness. During this time we can worship and adore Him, read psalms and prayers, give thanksgiving for all our blessings and crosses, ask for forgiveness and mercy and make reparation, petition for the spiritual and temporal needs of others, or we can just be with Him in silence. Whether we speak to Him or listen attentively we know Jesus loves us unconditionally and He is there to help us with whatever we need. He waits for us and showers us with graces when we come. Graces also flow out to our families, parish, community and world because of our visits with him.
Jesus is the Real, True, Living Presence, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, waiting for you in the Chapel.
To view available hours and to schedule your hour for Adoration, click the button below. You can also ask for a substitute or change your hour on that website.
For more information, or to receive the access code for the chapel, please call 913-432-4616.
The History of Adoration
Why is this a Catholic Tradition?
Adoration of the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist is authentic Catholic doctrine and it rests on the unchangeable truth of our revealed faith. As early as the Council of Nicea (325 A.D.) the Eucharist began to be reserved in the churches of monasteries and convents.
In the 13th Century, Pope Urban instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi. When establishing the feast, the Pope stressed the love of Christ who wished to remain physically with us until the end of time.
It was at the Council of Trent that belief in the Holy Eucharist was challenged by Reformers. The Council treated this subject exhaustively. Every aspect of the Sacrifice of the Mass, Holy Communion and the Real Presence was clarified and defined.
Four hundred years later, the Second Vatican Council affirmed that the essential deposit of faith has remained the same. The Eucharist is the Real Presence of Jesus Christ.
Adapted from “The History of Eucharistic Adoration” by John A. Hardon, S.J.
