Your time spent with our Lord in a Holy Hour can be more important than you imagine, as discussed here. A good way to spend an hour with our Lord in this manner is to divide your time into 15-minute segments each devoted to meditation in a spirit first of adoration, then contrition, thanksgiving, and, finally, supplication. More often it is a time just for silent adoration. Many people also spend time with Jesus in what we call a “holy hour,” which can include the liturgical elements mentioned above. It can include homilies by a priest, readings from Scripture, hymns such as O Salutaris Hostia and Tantum Ergo, and time for quiet adoration, after which the priest blesses the congregation in a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by The Divine Praises. This devotion is also known as the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction. ![]() Many churches have specific times during the day for adoration of our Lord exposed in the monstrance, often in the afternoons, as shown here for the United States, and here for world-wide listings. Those consecrated hosts not used in Holy Communion at Mass are also the Blessed Sacrament and are placed in a special box known as the tabernacle to be given out later to the sick or the dying who cannot attend Mass.Ī host can also be exposed on the altar in what is known as a monstrance, an ornate vessel similar to the one shown above, for public worship in what is called Eucharistic adoration. (After all, could He be present to us in His body without His blood?) Note also that, although Our Lord’s blood is given out as wine during Communion, we consider that the consecrated Host comprises both our Lord’s Body and blood, as mentioned above. Yet, as we believe following the doctrine of what is called the Real Presence, our Lord is as present to us here as He was to his apostles in Palestine 2000 years ago! Jesus appears to us at that point in the form of bread and wine. The consecrated bread, the Eucharist, in the form of wafers we call hosts, becomes what is known as the Blessed Sacrament. We Catholics believe that at Mass bread and wine truly become the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, during the Consecration by the priest. You can ask Him for graces for yourself or for loved ones, reflect on His Word, or just keep Him company! And it’s no bother for Jesus. ![]() ![]() Some religious monasteries and convents with special permission have the Sacred Host perpetually exposed for special honor and devotion with someone in attendance night and day.Prayer and meditation before our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament are great ways to spend some special time with Him. The ceremony was introduced in the fourteenth century under the influence of the newly established feast of Corpus Christi. Definite days for public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament are no longer specified for the universal Church now any days may be chosen for good reasons and for regular exposition permissions are granted by the local ordinary. Public exposition of the Blessed Sacrament requires a period of adoration, in private or public with prescribed hymns and prayers, as well as the blessing with the monstrance. Any good cause is reason for private adoration. In private expositions the tabernacle door is opened and the ciborium containing consecrated Hosts is brought forward. ![]() In public exposition the Sacred Host is placed in the lunette of the monstrance and elevated so that all adorers can see it. The ceremony in which a priest or deacon removes the Sacred Host from the tabernacle and places it on the altar for adoration. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations).
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