The Adoration of the Holy Eucharist, or Eucharistic Adoration, is an opportunity for the faithful to pray to Jesus Christ before the Eucharist at our Parish. The term “the faithful” refers to Catholics who wish to express and deepen their love of Christ. Praying during Eucharistic Adoration is different than any prayers we say throughout our daily life.
We surely can pray to God anywhere. God is omnipresent, which means He is everywhere at all times. As the Word of God says in Proverbs 15:3, “The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.” God is always near, and thus, we can always enter into His presence in prayer.
Because Christ's presence in the Eucharist is real, true and substantial, not symbolic, any consecrated hosts not consumed at Mass are reposed in the Tabernacle. Eucharistic Adoration is a practice and devotion wherein a consecrated host-Jesus Himself-is brought out of the tabernacle and placed in a monstrance, exposed for the faithful to see, adore, venerate, and pray before.
The exposed Blessed Sacrament must never be left alone. Therefore, the members of our Parish who signed up to spend a quiet, holy hour of prayer to keep watch with Jesus in His Eucharistic Presence once a week, in our case, every Tuesday at the same time every week.
