Prayer & Faith ResourcesCommon Prayers Liturgy of the Hours Friday Adoration How to Pray the Rosary Stations of the Cross Mary & the Saints Novenas Reading the Bible The WORD Among Us Adoration is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a
creature before his Creator. It exalts the greatness of the Lord who made us and the almighty power of the Savior who sets us free from evil. Adoration is homage of the spirit to the "King of Glory," respectful silence in the presence of the "ever greater" God. Adoration of the thrice-holy and sovereign God of love blends with humility and gives assurance to our supplications. —Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2628 |
Friday Eucharistic AdorationCome to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
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The excerpts below are from a talk Pope John Paul II gave in Ireland in 1979
These words ring true for America, 30 years later... When the moral fiber of a nation is weakened, when the sense of personal responsibility is diminished, then the door is open for the justification of injustices, for violence in all its forms, and for the manipulation of the many by the few. . . And so, it becomes all the more urgent to steep ourselves in the truth that comes from Christ, who is "the way, the truth and the life" and in the strength that he himself offers us through his Spirit. It is especially in the Eucharist that the power and the love of the Lord are given to us. Read more... |
World Youth Day Madrid 2011
Over 1,000,000 young people pray during Eucharistic adoration being led by Pope Benedict XVI at the World Youth Day prayer vigil in Madrid Aug. 20, 2011. Pilgrims endured 30 minutes of heavy rain during the vigil.
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Blessed John Paul II
“The Church and the world have a great need of Eucharistic worship. Jesus
waits for us in this Sacrament of Love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith and ready to make reparation for the great faults and crimes of the world. May our adoration never cease.” "Of all devotions, that of Eucharistic Adoration is the greatest after the sacraments." |
Blessed Mother Theresa, Calcutta
"When the Sisters are exhausted, up to their eyes in work; when all seems to go awry, they spend an hour in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. This practice has never failed to bear fruit: they experience peace and strength."
"The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth." |
For my flesh is real food
"In a world where there is
so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of
Jesus concealed in the Host. Be assiduous in the prayer of adoration and teach
it to the faithful. It is a source of comfort and light, particularly to those
who are suffering."
-Pope Benedict XVI
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Prayers for Adoration
Sanctity of Life
My God, we adore You here in the Blessed Sacrament.
As we kneel before You, we recognize You as the Creator of all Life.
We thank You and praise You for the lives you have given to us and to those we love.
Give us a true and lasting respect for all life, for we recognize it as coming from You.
We pray for all who have suffered or died as a result of disrespect
whether that suffering and death has come as a result of abuse, war, gossip or abortion.
We pray for an end for all disrespect of life.
As we kneel before You, we ask You to forgive all those who do not respect the sanctity of life.
We repeat the words you spoke as you hung on the cross,
'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'
Prayer to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist, I adore You.
Sweet Companion of our exile, I seek You.
Holy God become man, I beat with Your Heart.
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus,
solitary, abandoned, humiliated, cursed,
despised, outraged, ignored by men,
have mercy on us.
Lover of our hearts, pleading for Your beloved,
patiently waiting for us, eager to hear our confidences,
desirous of our devotion,
have mercy on us.
Heart of grace, silent and wishing to speak,
Refuge of the hidden life,
Sharer of the secrets of union with God,
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, Victim, I want to comfort You.
I unite myself with You.
I offer myself in union with You.
I count myself as nothing before You.
I desire to forget myself and think only of You,
to be forgotten and rejected for love of You,
not to be understood, not to be
loved, except by You.
I will hold my peace that I may listen to You.
I will forsake myself in order to be lost in You.
Grant that I may quench Your thirst for my salvation,
Your burning thirst for my sanctification,
and that, being purged, I may give You a true and pure love.
I no longer want to deny Your expectations.
Take me. I give myself to You.
I entrust to You all my actions and thoughts --
my mind, that You may enlighten it,
my heart, that You may fill it,
my will, that You may establish it,
my soul and body, that You may feed and sustain them.
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
Whose Blood is the life of my soul,
may it no longer be I who live,
but You alone Who lives in me.
Meditation of St. Francis of Assisi
Let everyone be struck with fear,
the whole world tremble,
and the heavens exult
when Christ, the Son of the living God,
is present on the altar in
the hands of a priest!
O wonderful loftiness
and stupendous dignity!
O sublime humility!
O humble sublimity!
The Lord of the universe,
God and the Son of God,
so humbles Himself
that He hides Himself
for our salvation
under and ordinary piece of bread!
See the humility of God, brothers,
and pour out your hearts before Him!
Humble yourselves that you may be exalted by Him!
Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves,
that He Who gives Himself totally to you
may receive you totally!
Meditation of Archbishop Goodier
You loved me from all eternity,
therefore you created me.
You loved me after
you had made me,
therefore you became man for me.
You loved me after you
became man for me,
therefore you lived and died for me.
You loved me after
you had died for me,
therefore you rose again for me.
You loved me after
you had risen for me,
therefore you went to prepare a place for me.
You loved me after you had gone to prepare a place for me,
therefore you came back to me.
You loved me after you came back to me,
therefore you desired
to enter into me and be united to me.
This is the meaning of the Blessed Sacrament.
The mystery of love.
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My God, we adore You here in the Blessed Sacrament.
As we kneel before You, we recognize You as the Creator of all Life.
We thank You and praise You for the lives you have given to us and to those we love.
Give us a true and lasting respect for all life, for we recognize it as coming from You.
We pray for all who have suffered or died as a result of disrespect
whether that suffering and death has come as a result of abuse, war, gossip or abortion.
We pray for an end for all disrespect of life.
As we kneel before You, we ask You to forgive all those who do not respect the sanctity of life.
We repeat the words you spoke as you hung on the cross,
'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'
Prayer to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist, I adore You.
Sweet Companion of our exile, I seek You.
Holy God become man, I beat with Your Heart.
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus,
solitary, abandoned, humiliated, cursed,
despised, outraged, ignored by men,
have mercy on us.
Lover of our hearts, pleading for Your beloved,
patiently waiting for us, eager to hear our confidences,
desirous of our devotion,
have mercy on us.
Heart of grace, silent and wishing to speak,
Refuge of the hidden life,
Sharer of the secrets of union with God,
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, Victim, I want to comfort You.
I unite myself with You.
I offer myself in union with You.
I count myself as nothing before You.
I desire to forget myself and think only of You,
to be forgotten and rejected for love of You,
not to be understood, not to be
loved, except by You.
I will hold my peace that I may listen to You.
I will forsake myself in order to be lost in You.
Grant that I may quench Your thirst for my salvation,
Your burning thirst for my sanctification,
and that, being purged, I may give You a true and pure love.
I no longer want to deny Your expectations.
Take me. I give myself to You.
I entrust to You all my actions and thoughts --
my mind, that You may enlighten it,
my heart, that You may fill it,
my will, that You may establish it,
my soul and body, that You may feed and sustain them.
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
Whose Blood is the life of my soul,
may it no longer be I who live,
but You alone Who lives in me.
Meditation of St. Francis of Assisi
Let everyone be struck with fear,
the whole world tremble,
and the heavens exult
when Christ, the Son of the living God,
is present on the altar in
the hands of a priest!
O wonderful loftiness
and stupendous dignity!
O sublime humility!
O humble sublimity!
The Lord of the universe,
God and the Son of God,
so humbles Himself
that He hides Himself
for our salvation
under and ordinary piece of bread!
See the humility of God, brothers,
and pour out your hearts before Him!
Humble yourselves that you may be exalted by Him!
Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves,
that He Who gives Himself totally to you
may receive you totally!
Meditation of Archbishop Goodier
You loved me from all eternity,
therefore you created me.
You loved me after
you had made me,
therefore you became man for me.
You loved me after you
became man for me,
therefore you lived and died for me.
You loved me after
you had died for me,
therefore you rose again for me.
You loved me after
you had risen for me,
therefore you went to prepare a place for me.
You loved me after you had gone to prepare a place for me,
therefore you came back to me.
You loved me after you came back to me,
therefore you desired
to enter into me and be united to me.
This is the meaning of the Blessed Sacrament.
The mystery of love.
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