--- title: Come Closer description: Struggling with what to do during Eucharistic Adoration? Maria Morera Johnson shares a surprising moment in the Adoration Chapel. --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2018/10/30/come-closer/#) # Come Closer Oct 30, 2018 3:30:37 PM  |  by [Maria Morera Johnson](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/maria-morera-johnson) !["Come Closer" by Maria Morera Johnson (CatholicMom.com)](http://catholicmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/come-closer-mmjohnson-2018.jpg) Copyright 2018 Maria Morera Johnson. All rights reserved.[/caption] Years of keeping a regular weekly holy hour has made it clear to me that I still don’t know how to do this right. I’ve had a few very profound experiences in those opportunities for Adoration, but to be honest, it’s not a regular occurrence. The more common experience is that I just show up. I never have to worry about Jesus showing up; he’s waiting for me. The weak link in the relationship is me. Truth be told, I still, after all this time, struggle with what I think is the “proper” thing to do during Adoration. I teeter between going prepared with reading material, journals, and a list of prayers — things that I think are good and pleasing to the Lord — and showing up empty-handed ready to sit in silence and listen. More often than not, it’s a bit of a mix. I fear I am taking *my* agenda instead of being open to the Lord. I fidget and get distracted in the silence. I alternate between moments of sublime awe and spiritual desolation when I feel nothing at all. The latter would worry me if I didn’t also have moments of consolation like I experienced today. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at a cloister took me by surprise today. The monstrance faced the nuns in the cloister. I had a perfect view of the side of the monstrance, and couldn’t see Jesus no matter where I  moved. I felt like Zacchaeus hanging off the tree. I thought of the hemorrhaging woman who wanted to get close enough to Jesus to just touch his cloak. And in the silence I heard *come closer*. Closer to his Sacred Heart. Closer to his Love. 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