Hail Mary, Full of Grace

(Gesu Church in Miami, FL)

One of the things I did this year in furthering my spiritual formation is sign up for Adoration once a week. To put it simply, I go and sit in silence to pray, read or journal in the silence of the Adoration Chapel.  Because there is always supposed to be 2 (or even more!) Adorers present at all times, our Parish has us signed up for shifts. Guess what time my shift is? 

Nope. It's 11pm -12am every Tuesday.  

Tonight will be longer as I am filling in for the person after me. I am really patting myself on the back for this sacrifice, y'all! I think that might negate any extra blessings I might receive in exchange. But, anyway.

My husband has graciously accompanied me for at least the first hour tonight (and every other regularly scheduled Tuesdays!) and while I think that having him here is a distraction to me, I am also inspired by his holy worship. 

There is another person who has the same shift as me, and his snoring has become something I look forward to as it brings some humaness to this spiritual endeavor. I don't think he knows that he snores- he may not even know that I know that he is asleep! 

I am saying a prayer for you, for me, for all of us tonight. Amen.