Adoration

Amid a wide range of spiritualities and charisms, the saints shared two consistent devotions: love for the Holy Eucharist and love for Our Lady. Here is the book that will immerse you deeply in both and inflame your heart with love for Jesus' Eucharistic Heart through the heart of His Mother. The relational reflections contained in this volume will restore or increase your faith in the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. They will help you enter into meditation with Jesus and Mary as never before and will open your heart to receive the graces available from the Sacred Mysteries.

Each Marian Eucharistic Visit presented in these pages, similar in format to Lectio Divina, guides you through four parts: ponder (a short prayer or quote from a saint or spiritual writer), reflect (a meditation on the grace you are seeking from your visit), pray (a guided reflection with traditional Marian Eucharistic prayers), and savor

The Eucharist is the source and summit of our Catholic Faith. Every time Mass is celebrated, the bread and wine on the altar are consecrated and truly become the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.

Adoration grows out of the impulse of the heart to worship Christ's true presence, and Catholics of all ages, including and especially young people, are encouraged to participate. In this adoration treasury, written by two Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration -- a religious order dedicated to perpetual adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament -- young Catholics will find a multitude of prayers, hymns, meditations, and ways to pray before the Eucharist, accompanied by beautiful illustrations.

Perfect to take with you to Mass or Eucharistic adoration, this book is sure to become a treasured keepsake that helps inspire young Catholics to fall in love with the Real Presence of Jesus Christ.

Jesus counted many women among his closest followers during his earthly ministry. He encountered, forgave, and healed women, including the woman at the well, the hemorrhaging woman, and the woman caught in adultery. And their lives were changed forever.

Our lives are also changed when we spend time with Jesus in Eucharistic adoration. In Draw Close to Jesus: A Woman's Guide to Eucharistic Adoration, Merridith Frediani offers women heartfelt, practical guidance for meeting Jesus in adoration and allowing him to transform us.

Containing reflections, encouragement, passages from Sacred Scripture and the Catechism, as well as stories from the saints, this book is divided into five helpful sections that can be read in any order:

An introduction to Eucharistic adoration for beginners

Going deeper in understanding God's greatness, his mercy, and his abundant love

The fruits received from a closer relationship with Jesus

Facing obstacles in our prayer life

The richness of the Catholic Faith

God calls to us in the depths of our hearts. He wants us to come to him and rest. We do not need to bring anything; we just need to show up. He knows the world is pulling us in many directions, and our many responsibilities can be overwhelming. He knows we make mistakes, yet he keeps inviting us. When we come to him, we open ourselves to the one who loves us most deeply. We bring him our empty vessel, and he fills it. We adore him, and he loves us back -- wholly and completely -- for no other reason than that we are his.

"Only authentic love can heal our hearts. In this book, you will encounter the love of Jesus who so graciously and tenderly meets us in the Eucharist. These beautiful reflections are a breath of fresh air for every woman who desires to draw close to Jesus and allow His gaze to heal, bless and transform her heart."
-- Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, Catholic speaker, podcaster, and author of Loved As I Am

"Merridith Frediani provides women with the perfect companion for the journey into Eucharistic adoration and a deepened interior life. A roadmap to growth in holiness, Draw Close to Jesus is warmly approachable and theologically substantial, woven delightfully with anecdotes and personality. Both challenging and charming, I am certain this book will bless all who pray with it."
-- Father John Burns, speaker and author of Lift Up Your Heart: A 10-Day Personal Retreat

"Through Scripture, the Saints, beautiful devotions, and a true desire for women to stay plugged into the Sacraments -- especially the most Blessed Sacrament -- Merridith has given us a real gift! May this companion to Eucharistic adoration bring everyone who reads it closer to His Sacred Heart!"
-- Sarah Swafford, speaker and author of Emotional Virtue

"In this beautiful work, Merridith Frediani provides women with all the means needed to pursue holiness! The book's use of Scripture is endearing and uplifting, making the Lord's presence more richly felt and experienced by those in Adoration. Draw Close to Jesus: A Woman's Guide to Eucharistic Adoration takes the feminine genius to a whole new level in the spiritual life."
-- Father Jeffrey Kirby, STD, author of Way of the Cross for Loved Ones Who Have Left the Faith

"Whether you are new to Eucharistic Adoration, or an 'adoration pro, ' this book is for you. In a style accessible to all, Merridith Frediani does a beautiful job weaving together the basics of how to enter into the practice of adoring Jesus in the tabernacle, with her profound Scripture reflections, ending with a treasure trove of Catholic prayers. It is a true gift to the Church, and it should be in the back of every Adoration Chapel."
-- Terry Polakovic, author of Life and Love: Opening Your Heart to God's Design and Women of Hope: Doctors of the Church

With Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at the forefront of her vocation, Mother Angelica treasured her beloved Spouse in the Eucharist. She brought Him her joys, sufferings, and all the contents of her heart in Adoration.

In twenty-nine brief and brilliant chapters, she guides us to do the same, with Scripture references and Mother's personal prayers, meditations, and intentions.

An ever-faithful disciple of the Church and Her Tradition, Mother Angelica saved her most precious words for her viewers. The fruit of her years of prayerful reflections as a Poor Clare Nun of Perpetual Adoration, this book is a beautiful accompaniment to prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament or at home.

A Holy Hour with Mother Angelica also presents litanies and novenas as well as Mother's teachings on topics such as:

Resisting Temptation

Love and Reparation

Repentance

An Hour of Healing

An Hour of Joy

An Hour of Trusting i

Mother Teresa once said: "The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth." Take this great saint's words to heart. Then take the Manual for Eucharistic Adoration when you go to meet Him, and keep it with you Spiritual Communions and other moments of spontaneous adoration throughout the day.

This beautiful Premium UltraSoft gift edition features sewn binding, ribbon marker and gold edges.

This pious book is especially suited for use any time before the Blessed Sacrament. Each of the 30 chapters contain true stories, various prayers, an Act of Contrition, Sacred Heart reading, Spiritual Communion and so much more. Newly released in a simulated leather binding, it will enrich any devotional collection and inspire greater love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. 338pp, Impr.

Originally published in 1935, this volume offers a variety of spiritual counsels and reflections; these are arranged on a framework of the phrases of the Our Father, giving special attention to the sufferings of Our Lord in His Passion.

A wide-ranging treatment, perfect for visits to the Blessed Sacrament, prayers after Mass and daily meditation. This book touches on the topics of sin, divine love, suffering, justice, forgiveness, and many more, concluding each topic with an original prayer. Plus, it is embellished with a generous selection of pious verses and traditional Catholic prayers.

Also included here is John Cardinal Newman's powerful meditation on the Mental Sufferings of Our Lord in His Passion, as well as a paraphrase of the Our Father by St. Francis of Assisi and another paraphrase from the Divine Comedy of Dante.

THE OUR FATHER IN GETHSEMANE is a book that can be picked up and read on any page to provide a spirit of devotion in visits to the Blessed Sacrament, at Mass and in our daily life.

The practice of Eucharistic Adoration is growing in popularity across the country, but knowing exactly what to do and what to say during the hour you keep watch can be difficult.

Now Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, author of In the Presence of Our Lord, the best-selling examination of the practice of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, has created a prayer book just for Eucharistic Adoration. Combining traditional prayers with modern ones, this compact volume is ideal for Perpetual Adoration, as well as private meditation and personal reflection.

With his deep love for the Blessed Sacrament and his profound sense of the sacred, Fr. Groeschel has assembled a book that is sure to enrich your prayer life and strengthen your faith.

This book was conceived and written by the great St. Alphonsus Liguori to help us grow in the knowledge and love of God and in appreciation for what He has done for us. Designed to be prayed in front the Blessed Sacrament each day over the course of a month, users of this powerful book cannot help but grow closer to Christ."