I hope that this form of Perpetual Adoration, with
permanent exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will continue
into the future. Specifically, I hope
that the fruit of this Congress results in the establishment
of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in all parishes and Christian
communities throughout the world, (June 1993 homily
at the 45th International Eucharistic Congress in Seville,
Spain).
"Your faith will help you realize that it is Jesus
Himself Who is present in the Blessed Sacrament, waiting for
you and calling you to spend one special specific hour with
Him each week."
"The best the surest and the most effective way of establishing
everlasting peace on the face of the earth is through the
great power of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament."
(Prayer beginning Perpetual Adoration on December 8, 1982
at St. Peter's in Rome).
"Since Christ is the only way to the Father, in order
to highlight His living and saving presence in the Church
and the world, the International Eucharistic Congress will
take place in Rome, on the occasion of the Great Jubilee.
The Year 2000 will be intensely Eucharistic: in the Sacrament
of the Eucharist the Savior, who took flesh in Mary's womb
twenty centuries ago, continues to offer
Himself to humanity as the source of Divine Life," (Tertio
Millennio Adveniente).
"It is most fitting that my first stop among the Korean
people should be in a Church such as this, where the minds
and hearts of the faithful are
constantly raised up in adoration before Christ in the Most
Holy Eucharist, Pope John Paul II at Good Shepherd Church
in Seoul, one of the 75
parishes in Korea with Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration."
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