If not, find a nearby parish or chapel that does. Find out if your parish has a scheduled time for public Adoration. Some parishes periodically hold “Forty Hours” devotions or have perpetual adoration chapels where you can visit and adore Our Lord Jesus Christ at any time. It can be a tremendous source of grace for you and those you love! One of the most important life changes you can make is finding one hour each week to leave work or school or friends aside and just be present in adoration before Jesus. Each of us can consider Our Lord issuing those heartfelt words to us which He directed to His Apostles during His Agony in the Garden of Olives: “Could you not watch one hour with me?” (Mt 26:40). Many saints would adore Jesus in the Eucharist for one hour a day. This is called Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. After this, there is often a period of silence during which we have the opportunity to adore and pray before Our Lord.
Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament traditionally begins with the singing of the hymn, O Salutaris Hostia. But sometimes the Blessed Sacrament is taken out of the tabernacle by a priest and placed in a monstrance for adoration. We can always pray to Our Lord present in the tabernacle. What Is Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament? Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868), a great champion of Eucharistic Adoration, spend some time to print and save the prayers he recommends. If you are not familiar with the method and prayers of St. Can we not give Jesus a few minutes of love and adoration in return?” He loves us without limit, and offers Himself to us in the Holy sacrament of the Eucharist. Christ’s great love for us was shown when He was crucified on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins and give us eternal life. In the many churches that have this adoration, the Eucharist is displayed in a special holder called a monstrance, and people come to pray and worship Jesus continually throughout the day and often the night. “Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is the adoration of Jesus Christ present in the Holy Eucharist. Also, when one enters or leaves a church with the Blessed Sacrament exposed, one should kneel on both knees. Unless any of these devotions are formally organized, one should pray silently so as to render respect to His Divine Majesty and out of consideration for others who are adoring Our Lord. One should make the effort to include prayers of adoration and praise, of thanksgiving, of reparation, and of intercession. People can pray the Rosary, the Stations of the Cross, the Litany of the Sacred Heart, practice mental prayer, follow prayers from the traditional ‘Forty Hours’ Devotion, offer an Hour or Reparation or even render their own personal prayers. There are no set prayers during Adoration. Thus, when we pray before the Eucharistic Host during Eucharistic Adoration, either in a monstrance or in the tabernacle, we are praying before Our Lord Himself. It is our pious and devout adoration of Our Savior, Who is truly present in the Eucharistic Host.Īs Catholics know, it is the infallible teaching of Holy Mother Church that the bread and wine consecrated at Mass each become and remain the Sacred Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Eucharistic Adoration is time devoted to intimate and deep prayer before Our Lord in His real sacramental Presence.
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