Pittsburgh Oratory and Catholic Newman Center

FACES OF ADORATION Maria - Catechist, Fiancée, Italian Rapper, Adorer. What do you do during a typical holy hour? ... My holy hours are filled with spiritual reading, a Divine Mercy chaplet, and silent prayer. I find that my time in Adoration is one of the few times during the day that I can just sit in peaceful quietness. I usually begin with a Divine Mercy chaplet. I find that the repetitive nature of the reflective prayer helps me to separate myself from the noise of my day. It also helps me reflect upon those things God is calling me to bring to Him that day. I also try to spend at least ten to fifteen minutes in silent reflection, thanking God for the ways He has blessed me, acknowledging the ways I’ve failed, and asking for the grace to be a better example of His Love and Mercy. If you could tell people one thing about Adoration, what would it be? If I could tell people one thing about Adoration it would be that no time spent with the Lord is wasted! Even if you feel like you aren’t praying correctly or spending the hour in the most holy or productive way, simply by visiting Him you bring our Eucharistic Lord great comfort and joy. COMMIT TO CHRIST NOW: pghco.org/adore @pittsburghoratory #committochrist #pittsburghoratory #pghcatholic #perpetualeucharisticadoration #pittsburghadoration #pghoratoryadoration #facesofadoration

Holy Mass from the Oratory will be live on YouTube tomorrow morning at 7:30am. https://youtu.be/Q1jUlI6poy8

New Podcast This evening we continued to discuss the path of a virtuous life. Saint Theophan begins to instruct the young Anastasia and us about how we are to prepare ourselves to receive the Holy Eucharist: the period of time set aside for fasting, the confession of our sins, and the reception of holy communion. It becomes very clear that Saint Theophan is speaking about something that shapes the whole of our life. We are not to fast haphazardly, allowing our thoughts to st...ray or to linger in daydreams. Our attention is to be kept upon God especially when we are in Church. To let the thoughts stray is to lose sight of Who it is that we stand before. We must always remember that we come before God Our fear and love of Him should shape our actions. We are to do all in our power to warm our hearts with devotion. When necessary we must force ourselves to do everything that we can to make ourselves ready. In letter 33 he begins to speak to Anastasia about her conduct at home. When she returns from church it is not to dive back into distractions. Rather, she is to rush to her room, the place of solitude and silence and linger in the communion of love that she has just entered. Overwhelmed with the great Mystery in which God has privileged us to participate, we can only cry out Lord have mercy.

Holy Mass from the Oratory will be live on YouTube tomorrow morning at 7:30am. https://youtu.be/2xhujAX4Eyw

New podcast from this morning's Bible Study on the readings for Holy Mass for this coming Sunday! The Bible Study is currently held via Zoom on Wednesday morning's at 9:00am. If you would like information on how to participate, please contact Emily at [email protected].