Oct 6 Mon
What can I do during adoration of the Blessed Sacrament?
Why adoration? What is the difference between going to Mass and adoring the Blessed Sacrament?
The Church is a community, a family, and the Eucharist brings us together as a family. Adoration prepares our hearts to better experience the Mass. It would make no sense to go to Eucharistic adoration and not go to Mass.
Obstacles: “I don't feel anything. I get distracted a lot.”
The Lord awaits us in the Tabernacle. He is happy that you come and give him that little bit of time. And even if you are distracted, you are with Him. How often do we like it when our children or family come home, even if they are not doing anything special?
"I don't have time."
A visit can take from 15 seconds to even 15 minutes. When St. Josemaría was travelling and saw a church tower, he would greet Jesus from the vehicle.
“It’s boring.”
Try to maintain presence of God; be aware of who is there.
Try to make up for the offenses He receives in the Sacrament of the Altar.
Be a Eucharistic soul; treat Christ as the family of Bethany treated him. The Tabernacle should be the center of your thoughts and hopes.
Don’t be afraid to draw near to the Lord, especially when you realize you are a sinner.
Even after a fall, we must kiss Christ, look at him, and say: “Lord, from the mud of my sin, I know that You still love me." Then is when the change begins.
We do not go to the Blessed Sacrament to show that we are perfect, but to recognize that God is very good. Jesus always waits for us, even in the midst of our failures.
Adoration enlivens love.
When a man meets his future spouse, he falls in love with her. Once he is married, he must keep the relationship alive instead of neglecting it. Similarly, we enliven our love during the Eucharistic visitation and adoration.
This love must be reflected in our daily conduct. Christ has remained in the Eucharist to strengthen us in our efforts to make divine the paths of the earth. To extend the kingdom of Christ, the recipe is only one: personal holiness. It is lived in love and fidelity to the Church and union with the Roman Pontiff.
Can I read?
You can read a passage of Scripture to meditate on, and listen to what God is telling you there.
Spiritual reading is also highly recommended.
Can I ask God?
You don’t go to inform God, but rather it is like opening a bag to put something inside, to receive the graces that God wants to give you, appropriate to your needs. God always answers our prayers, but He grants us what is best.
Can I be silent?
Once, the priest of Ars was in the parish when a farmer came in to pray at the church. The priest asked him what prayer he used. The farmer replied, "I don't know how to pray. So, I look at Him, He looks at me, and we understand each other." Try it.