Perpetual Adoration   (updated /3/1)
During the Covid 19 quarantine, scheduled Adoration continues in the church with Jesus in the Tabernacle for the protection of our adorers.  

Adorers may continue to attend their holy hour in the church and until we are once again in the chapel for exposed adoration, it is not necessary to have a sub if you are unable to make it.   We hope that you will chose to continue this devotion.  

We continue to hold adoration fro 4pm on Sunday through 5pm on Thursdays.  We currently have the following openings:
Monday at 11 am and Tuesday at 2pm.

We still would like to extend continuous adoration until mid afternoon on Fridays but need the following times filled to do so.
 
Thursday -    5, 7 and 10 pm
Friday - 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 am and Noon;

If you can not sign up for a regular hour, please prayerfully consider being a substitute adorer especially anyone who lives close enough to help cover in the event an adorer does not show up or has an emergency and can't make it.   

Thank you and God Bless you!

You can now sign up for a weekly holy hour, become a substitute adorer or  find a substitute adorer by clicking on the adoration pro link above. 

• To sign up for a weekly holy hour, click on the link and then select "weekly commitment" then follow the instructions.
• To become a sub, click on the link and select "become a sub" and then follow the instructions.
• To find a sub in the event you are unable to meet your weekely commitment click on the link and then  select "find a sub" , use password subpass and follow the instructions.

You may also sign up or find a sub,by contacting one of the Divisional captains listed to the right.

Easter - the celebration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead leading up to His Ascension to the Father and
the sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. Easter represents the fulfillment of God's promises to mankind,
His new covenant, and it is the most important holiday on the Christian calendar.
 
The word "Easter" comes from Old English, meaning simply the "East." The sun which rises in the East,
bringing light, warmth and hope, is a symbol for the Christian of the rising Christ, who is the true Light of the
world. ¹  Easter is the celebration of Christ's triumph of good over evil and of sin and death.   It fulfills Christ’s
promise that those who trust in God and believe in Him, will be raised from the dead.
 
Easter Sunday marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday), and is the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year.  Easter is the
highest Sunday and Easter Week the greatest week of the entire Church year.  The Easter season or
“Eastertide”, covers the 50 days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost.  St. Athanasius said “[t]he fifty days from
the Sunday of the Resurrection to Pentecost Sunday are celebrated in joy and exultation as one feast day,
indeed as one ‘great Sunday’“ (General Norms of the Liturgical Calendar), but the first eight days or octave
specifically celebrate the solemnity of Easter every day..  ²
 
The octave of Easter begins on Easter Sunday and continues to the following Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday
(see note below).  The comprehension and joy of this amazing gift of Christ conquering sin and death by His
death and resurrection cannot be confined to just one day. The Easter Octave gives us time to reflect and
ponder in our souls the mysteries, joys and graces of the greatest feast of the Church.
 
Throughout the Easter season, the first reading of the liturgy of the Word at Mass is from the book of the Acts
of the Apostles. As we end the Triduum, we see Peter sad, repentant and afraid because he denied Christ.  
We hear that “he wept bitterly” and yet now and throughout the Easter Octave we see and hear about his
transformation in Christ—Peter is now strong and unafraid. He cannot be kept from preaching about Christ and sharing the Good News. We hear other stories of the early Church as well during this week: Philip the Deacon with the
eunuch from Ethiopia, and Peter and John curing the cripple. We see how the Jesus’ Resurrection changes
lives and that the story and of the Risen Jesus cannot be contained.³
 
Within our lifetime we cannot begin to comprehend the great mystery of Easter, but within the Church calendar
we are given the Easter Octave for deeper reflection on the Paschal Mystery and on the marvelous works of
God!
 
All faith flows from faith in the resurrection: "If Christ has not been raised, then empty is our preaching; empty,
too, is your faith." (1 Cor 15:14)
 
Let us then Rejoice: “This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it” (Psalm 118:24)
 
Divine Mercy Sunday:
 
Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter.  It is originally based on the Catholic
devotion to the Divine Mercy that Faustina Kowalska reported as part of her encounter with Jesus, and is
associated with special promises from Jesus and indulgences issued by the Catholic Church. 
 
Divine Mercy Sunday was widely promoted and encouraged by Pope John Paul II and was formally instituted
by the Vatican on May 5, 2000, five days after the canonization of St. Faustina.  What a great devotion and a 
a wonderful opportunity to adore our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.  Even though we do not currently have 
Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament, he is no less present to us in the tabernacle and desires that we 
come to visit him.
 
Divine Mercy Sunday is a very special Sunday when the Divine Floodgates from Heaven are wide-opened and
Jesus offers us the total forgiveness of all sins and punishment to any soul, who goes to Confession and
receives Him in Holy Communion, on that day.⁴
 
1.  USCCB http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/easter/
2.  Jennifer Gregory Miller, “The Easter Octave” (Apr 24, 2019)
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/easter-octave/?repos=6&subrepos=0&searchid=2006472
3.  Miller, “The Easter Octave”
4.  The Apostles of Divine Mercy
 http://www.divinemercysunday.com