Adoration: Jesus Sees You

In the New Testament, crossing paths with Jesus, being “seen” by Him, was always life-changing and transformative. Everything changed in the lives of Peter, James, John, Matthew, and all the apostles, because, one day, at a certain point in their lives, they crossed paths with Jesus, and were “seen” by Him.

I wish every Christian could have this experience. There is nothing more powerful in this life than those moments when we feel God’s loving gaze upon us. It could happen anywhere, but a privileged place for this encounter is Eucharistic adoration.

Perhaps this is why so many Catholics love to enter into quiet adoration chapels around the world and sit before the Eucharist. There, they know they are “seen” by God.

I remember being quite moved by a passage from the Song of Songs. I had read it while in an adoration chapel. Mystically, one of the layers of meaning in this Old Testament book is to read the entire book as a love poem between God and the human soul. The passage speaks of the Beloved, Jesus, looking at us “through the window”…

My beloved is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, there he stands
behind our wall,
gazing in at the windows,
looking through the lattice.
Song of Songs 2:9

Yes, Jesus is mystically “looking” at us through the window of the Eucharist. The monstrance on the altar holds the Eucharistic host, often behind a small pane of glass, a window from heaven into our world.

If you need God’s mercy, if you need God’s love, if you find yourself wanting more in life, go to Jesus. Let Him “see” you in adoration. You will be changed. In a good way.

About the Author

M.T. Mitchell is the managing editor at Spirit of Wisdom Press.  He is a Catholic author and speaker who holds humanistic, philosophical, and theological degrees, specializing in Spiritual Theology.

He has written Generations of Grace, Sanctity Simplified, By Mercy’s Light, and Volumes I & II of the All Things New commentary on the Catholic lectionary.  

An avid oil painter and writer, he lives with his wife and son in North Carolina. Follow him on Substack at M.T. Mitchell.