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Eucharistic Adoration Pope Benedict XVI on Eucharistic Devotion Where to Go for More Information Fr P64_Adoration 10on12_3 10/12/07 3:59 PM Page 1 Things to Do During Eucharistic Adoration Pope Benedict XVI on Eucharistic Devotion Where to Go for More Information Fr. Benedict Groeschel points out in In the Presence of “Adoration means entering the depths of our hearts in Our Lord: The History, Theology, and Psychology of communion with the Lord, who makes Himself bodily The Church and the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II, Eucharistic Devotion that there are “four kinds of prayer present in the Eucharist. In the mon- 2003 encyclical most appropriate in the presence of the Eucharist, strance, He always entrusts Himself In the Presence of Our Lord: The History, Theology, and namely adoration and praise, thanksgiving, repentance, to us and asks us to be united with Psychology of Eucharistic Devotion, by Father Benedict J. and trusting intercession.” Here are suggestions for His Presence, with His risen Groeschel, C.F.R., and James Monti what to do during private Eucharistic adoration. Body.” Praying in the Presence of Our Lord,by Fr.Benedict J. — Pope Benedict XVI in Groeschel 1. Pray the Psalms or the Liturgy of the Hours Questions and Answers Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with the Saints,by Whether you are praising, giving thanks, asking for Images Agnus Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R., and James Monti forgiveness, or seeking an answer, you’ll find an appro- Catherine of Siena, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Praying in the Presence of Our Lord with Fulton J. priate psalm. The ancient prayer of the Church called Aquinas, Peter Julian Eymard, Dorothy Day, Mother Sheen, by Michael Dubruiel the Liturgy of the Hours presents an excellent way to Teresa of Calcutta, and Baroness Catherine de Hueck Praying in the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls, pray through the Book of Psalms throughout the year. are just a few. Read about them and pray their by Susan Tassone prayers before the Blessed Sacrament. Questions and Answers, by Pope Benedict XVI 2. Recite the “Jesus Prayer” Inc. Say “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner,” repeat- 5. Pour out your heart to Christ and adore Him To find a site for adoration near you, go to: edly as you quiet your heart and mind. Speak to Jesus, aware that you are in His presence, www.therealpresence.org and tell Him all that comes to your mind. Listen for 3. Meditate using Scripture His response. Pray the prayer that St. Francis Choose a passage from the Bible. Read the words and instructed his brothers to pray whenever they were Only.Visitor, ask God to let the passage speak to you. Pay special before the Blessed Sacrament: “I adore you, O Christ, attention to anything that strikes you and ask God present here and in all the churches of the world, for what He wishes for you to draw from that passage. by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.” 4. Read the life of a saint and pray with him or her 6. Ask for forgiveness and intercede for others ReviewSunday Most holy men and women have had a great devo- Think of those who have hurt you and request a spe- tion to Our Lord in the Eucharist. Thérèse of Lisieux, cial blessing for them. Ask God to forgive you for all the times you have neglected or hurt someone else. For Our Bring before the Blessed Sacrament all those who Also see www.osv.com INCENSE Granulated or have asked you to pray for them. Ask the Lord to address their concerns. for additional Catholic resources powdered aromatic resin or to order bulk copies of this pamphlet. that, when sprinkled on glowing coals in a censer 7. Pray the Rosary (thurible), becomes a Pope John Paul II reminds us, “. is not the enraptured Adoration is essentially an fragrant cloud of smoke to gaze of Mary as she contemplated the face of the new- Copyright embrace with Jesus in which I born Christ and cradled him in her arms that unparal- 200 Noll Plaza • Huntington, IN 46750 say to him: "I am yours, and I symbolize prayer rising 1-800-348-2440 • Fax: 1-800-498-6709 • www.osv.com to God. 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Ways to Celebrate Eucharistic Adoration over a white alb and a stole by clergy at Eucharistic adoration is the act of worshiping God as Mass — The congregation kneels as the priest lifts Benediction and processions. He is present in the consecrated Eucharist. Since the the Sacrament, declaring: “This is the Lamb of God, HUMERAL VEIL Scarf-like liturgical Last Supper, when Jesus broke the bread and distrib- who takes away the sins of the world.”At garment about eight or nine feet long uted the wine, saying, “This is my Body” and “This is Communion, each individual bows in and two or three feet wide, worn over my Blood,” Catholics have believed that the bread and front of the Blessed Sacrament before the shoulders. The minister covers his wine are no longer merely baked wheat and fermented receiving Our Lord under the appear- hands with the ends of the veil so that it, grape juice, but the actual living presence of the ance of bread and wine. not his hands, touches the monstrance Second Person of the Trinity. Spending time before Exposition — In some parishes, at Benediction or during procession of the Blessed Sacrament, in prayer and devotion, is the Blessed Sacrament is exposed the Blessed Sacrament. exactly the same as spending time before the living for adoration one day a week. God. Adoration occurs whenever someone kneels in People sign up for a specific hour front of a tabernacle that contains the Blessed or simply drop by whenever con- Sacrament, genuflects toward a tabernacle, bows venient for personal prayer before before receiving the Blessed Sacrament at LUNA Glass enclosure the Blessed Sacrament. Mass, or, in a more focused way, when the that holds the Blessed Forty Hours Devotion — Forty Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration. Sacrament in the semi-continuous hours of adora- monstrance tion of the Eucharist, held annual- OSV file photo OSV file photo Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament ly in some parishes. “We have come to do him homage.” The devotion begins with exposition of the Perpetual Adoration — Continuous exposition of the Those words, spoken by the Magi Blessed Sacrament. A priest or deacon Blessed Sacrament for the purpose of uninterrupted from the East as they searched for removes the sacred host from the adoration, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. the infant Jesus, resound tabernacle and places it on the Church Visit — A short visit to a church for the pur- altar for adoration. The pur- pose of greeting the Blessed Sacrament reserved in the through the centuries to be pose of adoration is to tabernacle. echoed in the heart of highlight the presence of Benediction — After a period of exposition and ado- every person who makes Our Lord in the ration, the Blessed Sacrament is used to bless the con- a visit to the Blessed Eucharist. When a con- gregation. Eucharistic hymns, most often O Salutaris secrated host is placed Hostia and Tantum Ergo, are traditionally sung. Sacrament. The pres- in the monstrance, it is Procession — A sacred parade in which clergy and ence of Our Lord in said to be a solemn faithful walk from one place to another, giving praise, the Blessed Sacrament exposition. Adoration thanks, and worship to God, especially by adoring the is as real today as the ceremonies traditional- Blessed Sacrament. ly include Scripture infant Jesus was to the readings, hymns, Wise Men who sought prayers, and time for History of Perpetual Adoration Him by following a star silent adoration. Although the Real Presence has been recognized since rising in the East. As Pope the time of the apostles, evidence shows perpetual ado- “Of all devotions, that of ration may have begun in the sixth century in the John Paul II affirms in his adoring Jesus in the Blessed Cathedral of Lugo, Spain. By the twelfth century, St. encyclical on the relationship of Sacrament is the greatest after Thomas á Becket is known to have prayed for King the Eucharist to the Church, “… the the sacraments, the one dearest to Henry II before the “majesty of the Body of Christ,” and gaze of the Church is constantly turned to God and the one most helpful to us.” — by the sixteenth century, the devotion known as Forty Hours had developed. In nineteenth-century France, St. Alphonsus Liguori her Lord, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, perpetual adoration developed in communities of con- in which she discovers the full manifestation of his templative nuns.
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