Bishop John Magee of Cloyne in Eire, Ireland reports that vocations to the priesthood in his diocese have tripled since he started Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. In 1990 there were 16 seminarians and by 1993 the number had risen to 45.
Bishop Seamus Hegarty of Derry says that when he was Bishop of Raphoe, there were 20 vocations in 1990, and 19 came from parishes that had Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. He believes that Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is the greatest contribution he made as Bishop.
Msgr. Anthony Wassel of St. Joseph’s Parish in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania believes that a late vocation to the priesthood and a contemplative order of nuns are the result of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in his parish. He says, “the power is in the Eucharist.” Allentown Bishop Thomas Welsh lauded St. Joseph’s PEA program for its large number of adorers.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta says: “It was not until 1973, when we began our daily Holy Hour that our community started to grow and blossom.”
Fr. Robert D. Wenzinger of St. Joseph’s Church in Bakersfield, California has also seen many blessings and miracles from PEA, “I firmly believe that [Perpetual] Eucharistic Adoration is the best deal I’ve encountered during my life as a Priest. The benefits are numerous and the effort on my behalf is minimal.”
Fr. Edward Wilk of St. Claudes Church writes of the PEA in his parish: “The very best I can do for the people in the parish is to help them grow spiritually... Perpetual Adoration makes Jesus available all the time for everyone and anyone. He is the one Person who is really there for all of us.”
PEA helps people to be more personally involved with Christ. This is the way to have a truly personal relationship with Jesus.
Our Eucharistic Lord Jesus, our Companion, our Divine Physician, our Good Shepherd, is made available all the time, day and night, for anyone to come to Him to praise Him, to pour out one’s heart to Him, to ask for inspiration, to be consoled and comforted in afflictions, to express sorrow for sin, to ask favors, to ask guidance, to get encouragement, to get strength, to give thanks, to be healed of spiritual and physical infirmities.
Love for love: Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is an expression of our love for Jesus, Who loves us so much that He never wants to leave us and so stays with us night and day in the Blessed Sacrament. Through Perpetual Adoration we answer Jesus - love for Love. This is the ongoing mission of St. Therese who said that her mission is “to make God loved.”
Affirmation: Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is an appreciation of our faith, of the gift of the Living Presence of Christ among us, and acknowledgement of our total dependency on Him Who says: I am the vine and you are the branches; whoever remains in union with Me will bear much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing (Jn 15:5).
Our vocation: St. Therese said, “My vocation is love,” and this is the vocation of all adorers. Through Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration we respond to the call of Jesus to “watch one hour” with Him. Each Holy Hour we make touches Christ’s Heart and releases a new outpouring of His Love upon the world.
