Divine Mercy
Adoration Chapel

Yes! Once you register and have your key card you will be able to access the chapel at all times, day or night.

For a recurring commitment, you must sign up for a full hour (although it can be bi-weekly or monthly if you cannot do weekly). You are also able to sign up just to be a substitute and get alerted when someone needs coverage for their commitment.

Upon registering with We Adore Him, you will need to stop by the parish office (Monday to Friday, 8am - 11am | 1pm - 4pm) to pick up a key card and sign our chapel agreement.

If you are not able to pick up your card during regular business hours please call the parish office for assistance 212-741-1274.

You will use your keycard to enter through the rectory/parish office door and walk down the stairs. There is a kiosk right outside the chapel door where you will check in so that we know you made it to your commitment.

The Eucharist is Christ’s great gift to His Church: His very Body given to us. The Eucharist is the real Body of Christ, and during exposition He lies open before us to adore. Because of the Eucharist’s divine dignity, it is essential that if exposed people must be present. If no one is present to adore, then the Eucharist needs to be reposed into the tabernacle. If no one arrives to take the next adoration slot, please call the emergency number to let a friar know to come down and repose the Blessed Sacrament.

Exposition allows for a more personal experience with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Being able to see Jesus exposed before us, instead of hidden in the tabernacle, helps us to better contemplate the mystery of His Incarnation. Jesus waits for us, as a prisoner of love, in our chapel. He waits, in His most vulnerable state, and gives us a chance to see with our eyes, what generations have only dreamed of…God before us!

Turning to the disciples in private he said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” (Luke 10: 23-24)

Taking time to spend an hour adoring our Lord in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament has many fruits. Some prefer to spend the whole time in a contemplative silence conversing with our Lord. Others may begin with devotional prayers such as the rosary or the divine mercy chaplet and then settle into a time of peaceful prayer. Spiritual reading about the lives of the saints or books on Christian spirituality can also aid our prayer and meditation. However you choose to pray, the time spent in adoration is never a waste. It may feel a little restless at first if you’re new to the practice, but once you make it part of your daily or weekly prayer life, the graces and peace of prayer will greatly transform your life.

You are not allowed to share your personal access card with anyone - even your spouse or children. For security purposes, everyone that signs up for an hour needs their own unique card.

Yes, absolutely. Adoration is for kids and whole families too. Just make sure that they are old enough to understand how to be quiet. Kids under the legal age cannot be assigned an hour on their own, but they may adore with their family.

Whatever is comfortable, but be conscious of the presence of the Lord.