With Eyes Wide Open

Encountering the Lord in Adoration

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Which of the following people actually encountered Jesus when they came to their church and sat before the Blessed Sacrament in adoration?

The young boy who stopped in on his way home from school just to say, “Hi,” to Jesus. The man who slipped into the back of the church and repented over and over again for the way he had sinned against the Lord. The teenager who said the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be three times. The woman who said four rosaries, one for each of the twenty mysteries. The married couple who spent a full hour gazing at Jesus together. The priest who did nothing but ask Jesus for guidance and wisdom as he tried to lead his parish.

If you answered all of the above, then you’re right. Any time that we go out of our way to visit Jesus, we will be blessed. Of course, not all of these kinds of visits are…

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