This beautiful Adoration chapel is assessable to all who come, and is open 24-7 at the Stone Church on the Hill in Lake Orion, Michigan. Better known as Saint Joseph Church off M 24 between Oxford and Lake Orion on the west side of the road. I have been told this Adoration Chapel has been going continual for 14 years. What a blessing it is to step into this well kept place of Adoration to experience the Presence of Jesus in the Host.
I live just northeast of this Chapel in Leonard about 10 miles away. After reading on the website ZENIT The World Seen From Rome Daily dispatch and read of the encouragement of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to the Church in devoting an hour a week in adoration and contemplative prayer. I took the challenge to heart personally and am so thankful for the graces of healing and direction the Lord Jesus has given me. My life is now being directed by His voice calling me daily to His presence in this school of the Eucharist where He is our teacher.
I would like to encourage all peoples who are able to spend even a few minutes out of your day to stop listen and be Loved on by Jesus. I believe parishes in this area that need to put action to their steps in having adoration time can learn from this wonderful place of adoration at Saint Joseph Chapel. All parishes can set aside a place for their people to grow through experiencing the real presence of Jesus in the Host.
The following is the introduction of the Encyclical Letter Ecclesia De Eucharistia of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church. In a variety of ways she joyfully experiences the constant fulfilment of the promise: "Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age" (Mt 28:20), but in the Holy Eucharist, through the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of the Lord, she rejoices in this presence with unique intensity. Ever since Pentecost, when the Church, the People of the New Covenant, began her pilgrim journey towards her heavenly homeland, the Divine Sacrament has continued to mark the passing of her days, filling them with confident hope.”
“The Second Vatican Council rightly proclaimed that the Eucharistic sacrifice is "the source and summit of the Christian life".1 "For the most holy Eucharist contains the Church's entire spiritual wealth: Christ himself, our passover and living bread. Through his own flesh, now made living and life-giving by the Holy Spirit, he offers life to men".2 Consequently the gaze of the Church is constantly turned to her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, in which she discovers the full manifestation of his boundless love.”
During my hour in front of the Blessed Sacrament of our Lord Jesus these words came from the depths of my heart:
Jesus,
You speak through the depths of my soul,
which you made for Your Glory.
Who am I that I should hold back from
You any portion of my life and say it is mine?
No longer will I ignore the working of Your Holy Spirit
making real Your Presence in the Host.
You, the Risen Christ has given me new Life
through Your body, blood, soul and divinity.
You call me by a new name by inviting me into Your family
through the Holy Spirit sent forth from Our Father.
Let us come and Adore You in the Host as the angels
adore in Awe the wonders of Your Love.
Your Love Who made the heavens and the earth
speaking them into existence.
By the same Love birthed through our Mother the Virgin Mary,
Your Son Jesus as the Bread of heaven sent to nourish,
and fill the earth by the gift of the Holy Spirit.
