Our world is hurting. We all need healing, yet many of us are separated from the very source of our strength. Jesus Christ invites us to return to — or encounter for the first time — the very source and summit of our faith — His Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist (National Eucharistic Revival).

As we did tonight during Adoration, let us bravely approach Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament anytime we need His strength, peace, joy, and love. “There is no place He’d rather be. He’s for us. He’s for you. He delights in you. We believe in Your love for us, Jesus,” Fr. Joe Freedy reassures us.

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Jesus, Your scars tell our story. Your victory is our victory. Your life is our abundance of life.

Jesus tells us that in His name we have authority over the brokenness and lies of our lives, so we reject them and announce the truth of Jesus Christ. Proclaim them. Believe them. Say them again and again.

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What makes a “successful” night of Adoration? It’s you giving praise to Jesus. It’s you looking at Jesus and saying, “You’re the point.”

Love is a decision. God left Heaven for you. Jesus picked up a cross for you. He died for you. He descended into hell for you. He shows up at every single Mass, and He makes Himself so vulnerable that we can drop Him to the floor. What more can He do to prove His love for you?

Jesus is asking you to follow Him – to be His friend.

Are you willing to place your hope in Jesus?
Are you willing to stand for Him?
Are you willing to walk with Him?

Saturday night Adoration – easily considered by many to be the “culminating” event of each Steubenville conference. The time when Christ speaks directly into our hearts; all of our wounds, our fears, our struggles, along with our joys, celebrations and hopes. God is good. He moves in big ways and does big things. But what if you don’t feel Him moving? What if you don’t feel Him doing big things? Is He still there? Do I still belong to Him?

Fr. Martin processed in with Jesus and knelt before Him on the altar. He led us in praying the Litany of Trust and one line stood out to me, “From the lie that I don’t belong, deliver me Jesus.” As I sat and adored our Lord, I found myself repeating this line over and over and offering up all of you as I did. “From the lie that I don’t belong…from the lie that I don’t belong… Lord, help your children know they are loved. Help them to know they belong!”

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