Saint
Teresa of Calcutta said “If people spend one hour per week in Eucharistic
Adoration, abortion would be ended”. Just think about that for a moment,
“abortion would be ended”. Somewhere in the region of 200,000 lives would be
saved every year in the UK alone.
Jesus
Christ is truly present in The Blessed Sacrament and we receive Him, Body,
Blood, Soul and Divinity at Mass and we can really Adore Him in the Monstrance
at Adoration. If we spend time praying in the physical presence of God is it
any wonder that Saint Teresa said “abortion would be ended”. Before the
lock-down started we would have Eucharistic Adoration five days a week in The
Good Counsel Network’s Chapel. We have now missed over 200 hours of Adoration.
Thousands, maybe tens of thousands of hours of Adoration have been missed in
Churches up and down the country. It is good that people are finding ways to
pray online, live streamed Masses, Adoration, retreats etc. But it is not the
same, it is a bit like the difference between going to visit your family and
talking to them on the phone or online. We need real contact; we need to Adore
God in the Blessed Sacrament.
We
all have things we are waiting to see re-open as lock-down is relaxed. My wife,
son and myself have spent a bit of time in the book shops now they have
re-opened. I will ‘waste’ some time watching football in due course, (according
to my wife). This is all good and well and I trust you can add to the list for
yourself. But let us remember that this will not end abortion. So let us be
clear with a plan now, such as. ‘Now churches are re-opening, I will go and
spend an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration and if no parish near me has
Adoration I will pray in front of the Tabernacle, knowing that Jesus Christ is
there.’ If you have been unable to get to Confession during lock-down, go
before public Masses start up again (many priests are now offering it on
request).
Abortion
centres have remained open during lock-down and the government have
unbelievably allowed D.I.Y. abortions at home, with the abortion centres
posting abortion pills to women they have never even met or examined. The abortion figures for last year are
the worst on record, the even easier availability of home abortions as well as
those in abortion centres during the difficult weeks of lock-down will be likely
to mean this year’s figures will be even higher. We really need to make
up for lost time with Our Lord as churches re-open and make up for lost ground
in the fight against abortion.
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