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zab
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Like I edited, what we have in our church is called Perpetual Adoration even when the Blessed Sacrament is not exposed.
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StarMaiden
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Thank for for this thread I have signed up for an hours adoration on Holy Saturday, so now I will take my rosary and my Divine Mercy chaplet with me.
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palmas85
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It usually takes me about 15- 20 minutes to say five full decades, so my estimate on saying the whole Roasry is based on that. 15 decades=about 45-55 minutes. As to Catholics being uncomfortable or opposed to saying the Rosary there is a thread currently ongoing about that very issue,There are Catholics who object to the rosary?I can’t imagine. Thankfully I am not one of them. I love the rosary… but it’s never taken me 45 minutes to say it so maybe I’m not saying it correctly?
I would not have trouble reading the Bible for 1 hour. And I’m not opposed to praying for 1 hour… it’s just I know me… and my mind wanders - and I didn’t want that.
After Vatican II a lot of Marian devotion went right out of the window and that included things like saying the Roosary. In fact, Marian devotions didn’t really make a comeback until after the assasination attempt on John Paul II. Unfortunately there are still many Catholics floating around who feel that any devotion that is not specifically and directly aimed at Christ is wrong, unscriptural and should be avoided. That includes most Marian devotions.
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agapewolf
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There should not be any hours of adoration on Holy Saturday, at least until after the vigil mass.
The only Eucharist that is still present is reserved for the dying, and it should not be in a place that can be adored.
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palmas85
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Exposition is when Christ is placed in the monstrance and exposed for lack of a better word for the faithful to adore… Most places that have perpetual adoration will have such a set up. The Monstrance will be set up in a place of honor, usually a small chapel dedicated to such an endeavor either inside or adjacent to the Church. In those instances you have to have someone there at all times as Christ must never be left alone. It is not the same thing as the tabernacle and is an entirely different set up. The tabernacle is situated on the Altar of Repose and is where the consecrated Hosts are kept between Masses. Expositions are handled completely differently.It is after Holy Thursday mass until midnight. I was told it was “adoration.”
I don’t know what you mean by exposition?
You can also have Adoration, with the above stated Monstrance for limited times in the Church usually following Mass and during certain special times of the year, . In many of these cases there is a ceremony of a sort in which someone will lead those present in prayers, hymns and possibly scriptural readings. This is often although not always followed by Benediction of the Blesssed Sacrament.
They don’t happen as much as they used to but they used to be very popular. .
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PhilotheaZ
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I think when they said the “whole rosary” they meant all 15 decades (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious) or all 20 the new way (adding Luminous).
If you love the Rosary and love reading the Bible, why not combine the two? Choose your favorite Mysteries, and before each decade read the passage in the Bible that tells about that Mystery, and spend several minutes praying about it: read the passage, think about what it means, ask God what He wants to tell you in that Mystery (perhaps some virtue He wants you to imitate, etc.), then respond to what you have read and what you think God is saying to you with an act of love, a new resolution, etc. Then go on to pray the Our Father and the Hail Marys as usual. Repeat with the next decade, etc. I love praying with Scripture, and the Rosary is very scriptural.
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yellowbird
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Thanks Philothea & all who gave such great suggestions. Now I’m soooo looking forward to going and I’m begining to realize that 1 hour is probably not going to be *enough *time!!!
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JohnPaul64
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I go to my churches adoration chapel twice a week at 2 AM because they are keeping it open for Lent. I got into saying my Rosary then praying a little and this last time I took my Bible with me and did my daily Bible reading. Sometimes I sit in silence and just be there…Its been a great experience. The more you do it the more comfortable you become. By the way, I read my Bible after praying to Jesus and he answered my prayer through the passage I read in the Bible. It was remarkable how the passage I read was like His answering me.
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JohnPaul64
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Your right…our chapel is closed from Thursday to Monday for Easter.
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maryj
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We have perpetual adoration all through lent. This year I chose two different hours one in the middle of the night, it has been a truly blessed experience. And to the OP if your mind wanders just bring it back in line, that’s all. I choose to go to an hour of Adoration each day during Holy Week, that has also been a huge Blessing. May the Graces of our Lord fill you up during your Holy Hour.
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StarMaiden
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Sorry, I think I have made a boo boo
What my church is doing is asking people to spend time in prayer before the tomb of Christ.
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allhers
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This is different than any other time, as on Holy Thursday/Maundy Thursday, the procession from the altar to the place of repose is to represent our Lord leaving and going to the Mount of Olives/garden of Gethsemane.Sorry, I think I have made a boo boo
As it says in the Gospel… Then, after singing a hymn,they went out to the Mount of Olives.
We remain to spend one hour with Him, "Could you not keep watch for one hour "? We recall the Lord’s agony in the garden. It was suggested on the site that I will place below to read some parts of the Gospel of St. John Chapters 13-17. To pray and meditate.
As others have already pointed out, exposition with a monstrance is never permitted on that night, but rather taken, to a place of repose.
“Paschales Solemnitatis,” No. 55, reflecting the liturgical reform, specifies:** “The place where the tabernacle or pyx is situated must not be made to resemble a tomb, and the expression ‘tomb’ is to be avoided.** The chapel of repose is not prepared so as to represent the ‘Lord’s burial’ but for the custody of the eucharistic bread that will be distributed in Communion on Good Friday.”
ewtn.com/library/Liturgy/zlitur73.htm
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agapewolf
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Actually, star maiden was talking about Holy Saturday.
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allhers
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OH,
, well then I guess I made a boo boo too.
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JohnPaul64
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As a side note to this topic if your church ever keeps an Adoration chapel open 24/7 during Lent I highly recommended taking a hour shift at the Chapel. I did this Lent and its been a great experience. I will definitely do it again.
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Miraluna
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I usually start with a Rosary which takes about 20-25 minutes. I read scripture and meditate on my reading which is another 20 minutes. I might journal (or talk) to God which helps me enter into a greater intimacy, this is another 10-15 minutes. For the last 10 minutes I sit quietly. I struggle with being quiet long enough to hear God. I always feel like prayer needs to be active. So I am working on just being quiet and still I just stare at the cross or the Blessed Sacrament and show love with my silence. The hour goes by rather quickly the more you do this. One of these days I want to spend several hours in adortation. I am a mom so it might have to be late at night. When I finish my dissertation, I will do that…I will need to…inThanksgiving for helping me with that cross. (Which I need to get back to now…CAF is my break when I am writing).
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yellowbird
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Hello! It’s me… the OP. Just wanted to tell you that I went last night and it was WONDERFUL. I signed up to go because they said that time slot was empty but there were actually about 40 people there, including our Priest. I was a bit uncomfortable at first because it was just so quiet… I had forgotten what total silence was like. So I started reading my Bible and then I just sat and try to contemplate the love Jesus has for us… all he went through, for us… and I thought of the empty tabernacle and how truly “empty” the world would be without Him… then I prayed the rosary, … and when I looked at my watch I was to see that 75 minutes had gone by. It was getting so late and I knew my husband was excpecting me so I had to leave, but honestly, I could’ve stayed there all night.
If anyone reading this has never been to adoration, I would encourage you to go… even if you are nervous or feel you don’t know what to do. You’ll be so very blessed.
to see that 75 minutes had gone by. It was getting so late and I knew my husband was excpecting me so I had to leave, but honestly, I could’ve stayed there all night.If anyone reading this has never been to adoration, I would encourage you to go… even if you are nervous or feel you don’t know what to do. You’ll be so very blessed.
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Kolbelover
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God Bless you for signing up to adore Our Lord…
there have been many excellent suggestions…I would add to bring a journal. As thoughts are placed upon your heart, jot them down for reflection later. As for a “mind clearing technique”, I sometimes use one that I borrow from our Byzantine Rite brethren…it’s called “the Jesus Prayer”
you can use a rosary to count, or, just simply repeat… this prayer is said almost inaudibly, and slowly and deliberately. As you breath in, you pray:
“Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Living God…”
and as you exhale, you pray:
“have mercy on me, a sinner…”
I find this method to be very helpful…
Gof Bless you~
there have been many excellent suggestions…I would add to bring a journal. As thoughts are placed upon your heart, jot them down for reflection later. As for a “mind clearing technique”, I sometimes use one that I borrow from our Byzantine Rite brethren…it’s called “the Jesus Prayer”
you can use a rosary to count, or, just simply repeat… this prayer is said almost inaudibly, and slowly and deliberately. As you breath in, you pray:
“Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Living God…”
and as you exhale, you pray:
“have mercy on me, a sinner…”
I find this method to be very helpful…
Gof Bless you~
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