Adoring or honouring the Presence of Christ in Holy Eucharistic Presence of Christ, when we remain "silent in prayer" in His Presence and open ourselves to His Graces which flow
from the Blessed Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Truly in the Holy Eucharist, we experience the divine and spirit of Jesus Christ is always presence through his Body and Blood.
During consecration at Holy Mass, the gifts we offer of bread and wine are transformed
(transubstantiated) into the actual Body and Blood of Christ, at the altar. It is the real and actual physical presence of Jesus Christ during every Holy Eucharist celebration, Benediction and Adoration. Due to these beliefs, the consecrated gifts are given the same adoration and devotion that Christians in traditions accord to Christ himself.
In the process of the solemn
exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament, a priest removes the sacred host from the tabernacle and places it
in the Monstrance on the altar for adoration by the faithful. When Sacred Host
is in the Monstrance, the priest does not touch it with his bare hands, but
instead, holds it with a humeral veil, a wide band of cloth that covers his
shoulders and has pleats on the inside in which he places his hands. Except
during Holy Eucharist celebration, Benediction and Adoration, the Holy
Sacrament is kept locked in the Tabernacle at all other times. Within churches of these traditions the reserved sacrament serves as a focal point of religious devotion. The faithful may
pray in the presence of the Sacrament at the Tabernacle.
There is 2 types of Adoration,
1. "Perpetual Adoration" is Eucharistic Adoration round the clock (24 hours a day).
2. "Holy Hour" is Eucharistic Adoration of Reparation which lasts for about an hour.
"Monstrance" is the vessel used by the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican churches to display the consecrated
Eucharistic Host, during Eucharistic Adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. In Latin the word "monstrare" means "to expose" or "to show".
The Holy Eucharist is perfect sacrifice manifested by the Son of God for each one of us. Jesus Christ descended from Heaven to become our heavenly food, changing the substance of simple elements of bread and wine into His Body and Blood to nourish us with food for our everyday journey that we currently live.
On the Cross, Jesus’ Heart burns in love for us and speaks, “I thirst” (John 19:28, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”) but He does not thirst for mere wine or water. Christ thirsts for us, for every part of our life and nothing less. Son of God thirsts for your true love. He thirsts for you to discover your true freedom in His holiness, your true freedom from every stain of sin, and your true freedom to love authentically! Christ thirsts for you to participate in His great salvific work on earth, by denying yourself as He has done, taking up your Cross of discipleship, and following Him wherever He may lead you, even to mounting the Cross with Him. Jesus thirsts for you to share in the greatest love that is God Himself, through which you are empowered to love your fellow man as He does (John 13:34, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another).
Jesus desires perfect communion with you, that your heart and His Sacred Heart may be one, as the Father and Son are One. When we find ourselves in true communion with Christ, made possible by Christ’s shedding of Blood in self-sacrifice, we gain that perfect communion with God which gives us entrance into the glorious Kingdom of God with the communion of saints in heaven. As fruit of this love, we realize deeper bonds of communion with each other even now in this life as brothers, true friendships bound by God’s love, brothers in arms whom we need in order to carry out the great apostolic work of our Faith. In the Eucharist, the gift of life that we’ve been given regardless of its trials and battles, is directed towards the reality of heaven of which we already partake.
1. "Perpetual Adoration" is Eucharistic Adoration round the clock (24 hours a day).
2. "Holy Hour" is Eucharistic Adoration of Reparation which lasts for about an hour.
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour always dwells in the Blessed Sacrament because of
His Infinite love for us!
"Monstrance" is the vessel used by the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican churches to display the consecrated
Eucharistic Host, during Eucharistic Adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. In Latin the word "monstrare" means "to expose" or "to show".The Holy Eucharist is perfect sacrifice manifested by the Son of God for each one of us. Jesus Christ descended from Heaven to become our heavenly food, changing the substance of simple elements of bread and wine into His Body and Blood to nourish us with food for our everyday journey that we currently live.
On the Cross, Jesus’ Heart burns in love for us and speaks, “I thirst” (John 19:28, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”) but He does not thirst for mere wine or water. Christ thirsts for us, for every part of our life and nothing less. Son of God thirsts for your true love. He thirsts for you to discover your true freedom in His holiness, your true freedom from every stain of sin, and your true freedom to love authentically! Christ thirsts for you to participate in His great salvific work on earth, by denying yourself as He has done, taking up your Cross of discipleship, and following Him wherever He may lead you, even to mounting the Cross with Him. Jesus thirsts for you to share in the greatest love that is God Himself, through which you are empowered to love your fellow man as He does (John 13:34, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another). Jesus desires perfect communion with you, that your heart and His Sacred Heart may be one, as the Father and Son are One. When we find ourselves in true communion with Christ, made possible by Christ’s shedding of Blood in self-sacrifice, we gain that perfect communion with God which gives us entrance into the glorious Kingdom of God with the communion of saints in heaven. As fruit of this love, we realize deeper bonds of communion with each other even now in this life as brothers, true friendships bound by God’s love, brothers in arms whom we need in order to carry out the great apostolic work of our Faith. In the Eucharist, the gift of life that we’ve been given regardless of its trials and battles, is directed towards the reality of heaven of which we already partake.
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