“Oh Sweet Jesus who, hidden under the Eucharistic veil, piously listen to our humble pleadings, and present them to the Highest’s throne, receive now the ardent desires of our hearts. It can be spontaneously made by yourself or taken from some prayer book. Prayer of preparationĪfter settling down on one of the pews or prayer stool, kneel and make a prayer to prepare your heart. Remember that it is God who is substantially present in that piece of bread. Kneel down on both knees before Him and make the sign of the Cross.
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A Visual Guide To How To Go To AdorationĮnter in silence and reverence to the Church or the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. We recommend you bring a Bible with you, or get a prayer book, or any saint’s spiritual book. Thus, today we want to provide you a brief guide to visiting and adoring the Blessed Sacrament.
He taught us so, through Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (with whom this devotion started): “Every night, between Thursday and Friday, I will make you a partaker of that sorrow unto death which it was My will to suffer in the Garden of Olives.” To adore the Blessed Sacrament is to accompany Jesus Himself in the moment of His sacrifice for humanity. If we only knew the enormous grace of Eucharistic Adoration, we would spend entire days on our knees before the altar. We don’t understand, we get bored, we don’t know what to say, we go in briefly, we make a quick sign of the Cross and we go back out. To go and adore the Blessed Sacrament, especially before you’ve made it a habit, might not be that simple. Trying to understand that a piece (almost insignificant) of bread is the very body of Christ isn’t an easy leap and, at the same time, is something which leaves you astonished. Imagine my disappointment when I saw the closed Tabernacle with a consecrated host inside. At eight, I took this explanation literally and I thought that when I opened that small door I could cross into a marvelous world: Heaven. The sister who was preparing us told us with much reverence and passion that inside the tabernacle was the door to Heaven. I did it in the context of the preparation for my First Communion. The first time I visited the Blessed Sacrament, I was eight years old.