Excellent! This is so true and GOOD. Thank you.
The people I know who spend much time in front of the Blessed Sacrament at adoration seem so very balanced and loving in what they say and do. We know why that takes place. Spending much time with HE, WHO is HOLY has a profound effect.
We can also consecrate ourselves to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I wish to encourage everyone on this thread to do so via the book, 33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration by Fr. Michael E. Gaitley. One will see a wonderful growth in spiritual life after doing this...and that is something VERY good for all of us. ;-)
It can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Days-Morning-Glory-Do-—Yourself/dp/1596142448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415482047&sr=8-1&keywords=33+days+to+morning+glory
Thank you for the book tip; Amazon is actually one of our favorite places to shop because we can say, "charge it." :)
I've been reading Fr. Kirby's posts (do you know of him?), and he participates in adoration every day (several hours a day actually; it's his
job), and he very much is a proponent of nocturnal adoration as well. This from one of his posts (and I believe he is the author of the following):
The prayer of adoration at night
has the power and efficacy of that prayer made with fasting
that I recommended to My apostles
as the means of expelling demons
from the souls whom they torture and oppress.
For this reason, the demons fear and hate adoration made at night,
while the Angels rejoice over it,
and place themselves at the service of the soul who desires to do it.
http://vultus.stblogs.org/index.php/2014/01/visit-me-by-night/
I would like nothing more than to adore Our Jesus in the night, but I could use a couple of prayers to get me over whatever hump I've created for myself to keep this from happening right now. I will answer with prayers for you, too......on my first 'night' of adoration. :)