915 North Central Ave., Flagler Beach, Florida 32136
Adoration
(At Santa Maria del Mar: 24-hour adoration each First Friday through Saturday)
Adoration
(At Santa Maria del Mar: 24-hour adoration each First Friday through Saturday)
To be held at SMDM on the First Friday of each month. It will start at 9:30 AM on the First Friday of each month after the daily Mass and end on Saturday with Benediction at 8:45 AM, followed by Mass at 9:00 AM.Parishioners who would like to spend one hour a month in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in thanksgiving for all the good things the Lord has done for our parish, to pray for the "restoration of universal peace" and for our special intentions, please contact the coordinator or use the sign up sheet in the gathering area or chapel. Help spread the word about this new devotional tradition at Santa Maria del Mar.
POPE: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
MUST BECOME EVER MORE WIDESPREAD
9-November-2006 -- Vatican Information ServiceVATICAN CITY, NOV 9, 2006 (VIS) - This morning, the Holy Father received participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.
In his address to the delegates, the Pope first recalled how they are currently preparing the 49th International Eucharistic Congress, due to be held in Quebec, Canada, in June 2008. Eucharistic congresses, he went on, "are always a source of spiritual renewal, an occasion to make better known the Blessed Eucharist, which was the most valuable treasure Jesus left us. They also constitute an encouragement for the Church to spread the love of Christ at all levels of society, and to testify to it without hesitation."
The presence at the gathering of a number of representatives of the Adorers of the Eucharist, said Benedict XVI, gave him the opportunity to recall "just how beneficial the rediscovery of Eucharistic adoration by many Christians is. ... How much need modern humanity has to rediscover the source of its hope in the Sacrament of the Eucharist! I thank the Lord because many parishes, alongside the devout celebration of Mass, are educating the faithful in Eucharistic adoration. And it is my hope that - also in view of the next International Eucharistic Congress - this practice will become ever more widespread."
Referring to the forthcoming post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist, which will bring together the indications that arose during the October 2005 Synod on that Sacrament, the Pope concluded by giving assurances that the document "will help the Church to prepare and celebrate ... the Eucharistic congress to be held in June 2008."