It means being in the presence of Jesus Himself. Really, actually—not just thinking about Him, or even praying to Him, which I can do anywhere. Jesus is really right there in the same place as I am—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.

I have had the privilege of being in His presence in a very small chapel, where it literally was just me and Him! Nothing extraordinary happened. No special feelings or revelations. Just Jesus and me.

There was, once, an occasion when I felt that Jesus actually spoke to me in words. It certainly seemed like that. I was on retreat and woke up in the middle of the night. I had a choice of going back to bed or getting up and going to the Eucharistic chapel where Jesus was, in the monstrance, waiting. I went there and that’s when I thought I heard Him tell me to go to a certain priest for spiritual direction. I followed through and have been blessed by this kind and understanding priest ever since.  

On another occasion when I was on retreat at the same place, the confessor gave me a penance: When he raised the Host at the consecration at Mass later that day, I was to look at Jesus and realize that there was everything I needed.

That has been an important lesson. When I am with Jesus in Adoration—just me and Him—I have everything I need.

 (Mr. Ray Proulx,O.P. Most Holy Rosary Fraternity, Middletown, NY from Godhead Here in Hiding Whom I Do Adore – Lay Dominicans Reflect on Eucharistic Adoration)