Several years ago, in the midst of a cultural moment marked by various “occupy” movements, we introduced an initiative called Occupy Adoration. Our hope was to take a phrase associated with massive, united protest and redirect it toward something far greater: a massive, united presence before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
Though the language of that moment has faded, the deeper call remains. To “occupy” not just a single, personal Holy Hour, but to unite in ensuring that Adoration chapels are always occupied—through a shared effort to give time, attention, and love to Christ truly present—is a mission that never goes out of date.
The phrase may belong to a particular time, but the purpose does not. And so, we preserve this page as a reminder of that enduring call.
What does "Occupy" mean?
Webster Dictionary Definition: 1. to take possession of by settlement or seizure 2. to hold possession of; specific., a) to dwell in b) to hold (a position or office) 3. to take up (space, time, etc.) 4. to employ (oneself, one's mind, etc.)
If 262 people got together to "Occupy" Wall Street or Washington D.C. or Los Angeles City Hall or anyplace else would it be news?
If the occupiers said, "OK we have to have at least one person here all the time. Hopefully some others will show up every so often" would that be news?
If one person "occupied" a location and over the 3 hours he was there another 30-50 people passed in and out of that same location, was there 1 occupier or 30-50?
Is Perpetual Adoration the same as Occupy Adoration?
When the Lord said to Joshua "You shall march around the city, all the men of war . . . then all the people shall shout"
would it be OK if just a few of the men of war marched, or if instead of all the men of war marching, two or three took shifts?
Instead of all the people shouting, maybe just those who felt like it?
Blessed Mother Teresa told a prominent Catholic theologian that "if every parish in the United States offered three hours of Eucharistic adoration each day, abortion would end."
Did she really mean
every parish?
Every day? How many parishioners? One? Two?
When Blessed John Paul II hoped that "establishment of perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in all parishes and
Christian communities throughout the world", did he really mean all parishes?
OBVIOUSLY THE OCCUPY ADORATION MOVEMENT HAS A LONG WAY TO GO. THE MOVEMENT NEEDS YOU!
Prayfully consider organizing Adoration at your parish. You will have crosses but the blessings will outweigh it.
Prayfully consider staging an Occupy Adoration event. The world needs our organized, united, persistent
petitions to God!
Next Occupy Adoration Event
You tell us!
We propose 40 Daily Holy Hours in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament and/or 40 Daily Masses praying that the institution of marriage remains a holy institution.
The Supreme Court heard arguments March 26th & 27th on a pair of cases challenging state and federal laws that define marriage to include only unions of a man and a woman.
The first case, Proposition 8 from California, was passed in 2008 and subsequently rejected by the California State Supreme Court. The second case from New York challenges the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman law and requires the federal government to deny benefits to gay and lesbian couples married in states that allow such unions.
In November 2012 four state proposals all voted against the traditional Catholic Christian Biblical definition of marriage. Millions of dollars have been spent on both sides of the issue.
Now, only prayer can work. We need to unite in Eucharistic Adoration and petition our Lord, who instituted the Sacrament of Marriage, to influence the Supreme Court.
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Adoration Servants can cite tangible evindence that over the past few years Perpetual Adoration is in decline! This must be considered an unacceptable situation in our time. Beginning on the Feast of the Mother of God (Tuesday January 1st) until the Epiphany (Sunday January 6th) we propose the First National Eucharistic Signup Sunday Week. We begin praying on New Year's day that Eucharistic Adoration Signup Sundays conducted by Eucharistic Adoration Chapels throughout the country and world will be fruitful in bringing more adorers.
This is perfect timing for Adoration Signups as during Advent and Christmas most parishes do not want much activity after the Sunday Masses and, in addition, the business of the season does not bode well for many signups. But after New Years people are ready to wind down from the season, are hopefully closer to God after Advent, and will be ready for the perfect New Year Resolution, a weekly holy hour with God.
In addition January 6th is the feast day of St. Andre Bessette, friend of St Joseph and dedicated Eucharistic Adorer. We take St Andre as our special patron for this event which we pray will become standard in the years to come.
Adoration Servants has been told by good Catholics that prayer is not as important as political activity. We don't agree but here is what we propose. October 3rd is the first U.S. Presidential debate between Obama and Romney. Many Catholics already know who they are going to vote for no matter who "wins" the debate.
  If you know who you are going to vote for and you want that person to win the debate as yourself: How can I better help the candidate of my choice during the time when the debate is taking place? |
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 We propose that INSTEAD OF SITTING IN FRONT OF YOUR TELEVISION WATCHING THE DEBATE GO BEFORE OUR LORD IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT AND PRAY!!!
Jesus tells us in John 15:5, without Him we can do nothing. So make this sacrifice for the presidential candidate of your choice and for good of the United States and the world. You will do more good there than just watching the debate both by your prayers and by the sacrifice of not watching an event you really want to watch.
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The first Occupy Adoration event under the auspices of
http://www.occupyadoration.org/ was really an over-the-shoulder, spur-of-the-moment event. We had only aquired the domain name a day or two before and had to be in downtown Los Angeles in chaffuer capacities. So with about 24 hours notice we put out the call to our seven Twitter followers, our dozen or so Facebook friends, and went.
