Adoration Etiquette

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I just have a few questions about the etiquette in an adoration chapel. I’ve been to Mass where afterwards there is a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, every Thursday the ICKSP church near me has a Holy Hour which I’ve attended a lot, and now I just found a church not far from me where they have a 24/7 chapel.

I’ve read several threads on here over the past year where some make it sounds like it’s only one person allowed per hour in the chapel at a time and it’s considered rude to impinge on someone else’s time. In short, if you want to spend time with our Lord you have to sign up for your own hour.

I’ve also heard others make it sound much more lax where anyone can drop in for any amount of time.

So which one is right? Is it okay for me to walk in any time and spend as much time as I want no matter who else is there or do I have to sign up for my own personal time?

Thanks in advance for your guidance and experience,

AJ
 
as many as want, can attend, for as long as they want, never heard about intruding on someone else’s time. it sounds like it is confusing the issue that one person must always be present when the blessed host is exposed.
 
Yes, everyone is permitted at any hour at an adoration chapel. What you might be confused with is that there must be someone present to adore at all times so that the Lord is adored and that the chapel/Lord is protected.

That individual is there so the chapel can stay open so good souls like you can come at anytime day or night as they wish.

God bless!

p.s. …when I started going to be with Jesus at a chapel like that, i began having a true conversion and growth experience like none other!
 
Being a single lady who has a scheduled weekly Hour of Adoration late at night, it would be really nice to have another adorer … more people … in the chapel with me. There are supposed to be two people assigned to one hour in my parish to make sure we always have coverage without needing to call an emergency substitute, but the other person who was with me changed hours and nobody has taken his place.

Anyway God would love to see the chapel filled with people! Please feel welcome to drop in any time.

:blessyou:
 
At our chapel, it is always allowed for drop-ins. But some adorers, especially those who have hours at night, don’t like it when another person is there. But IMO that’s their problem.

That said, some adorers will not let anybody they don’t know in after dark when the doors are locked for safety reasons.
 
AJB328 said:
I just have a few questions about the etiquette in an adoration chapel. I’ve been to Mass where afterwards there is a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, every Thursday the ICKSP church near me has a Holy Hour which I’ve attended a lot, and now I just found a church not far from me where they have a 24/7 chapel.

I’ve read several threads on here over the past year where some make it sounds like it’s only one person allowed per hour in the chapel at a time and it’s considered rude to impinge on someone else’s time. In short, if you want to spend time with our Lord you have to sign up for your own hour.

I’ve also heard others make it sound much more lax where anyone can drop in for any amount of time.

So which one is right? Is it okay for me to walk in any time and spend as much time as I want no matter who else is there or do I have to sign up for my own personal time?

Thanks in advance for your guidance and experience,

AJ
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AJB328 said:
I just have a few questions about the etiquette in an adoration chapel. I’ve been to Mass where afterwards there is a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, every Thursday the ICKSP church near me has a Holy Hour which I’ve attended a lot, and now I just found a church not far from me where they have a 24/7 chapel.

I’ve read several threads on here over the past year where some make it sounds like it’s only one person allowed per hour in the chapel at a time and it’s considered rude to impinge on someone else’s time. In short, if you want to spend time with our Lord you have to sign up for your own hour.

I’ve also heard others make it sound much more lax where anyone can drop in for any amount of time.

So which one is right? Is it okay for me to walk in any time and spend as much time as I want no matter who else is there or do I have to sign up for my own personal time?

Thanks in advance for your guidance and experience,

AJ
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You can go anytime you want. This is true everywhere. No one “owns” time in front of the Blessed Sacrament.

I also think that there may be some confusion here about practical things:
  1. It’s necessary to have at least one person in the chapel at any given time, or most parishes cover the Blessed Sacrament. The Blessed Sacrament is not supposed to be left exposed alone.
  2. Sometimes in some places people get nervous when they have to let someone in the Church at night. This may well be what the confusion is. But if you let it be known when you come that you just want to pray, then they should let you in. Particularly if you come at a regular time and whoever’s there starts to recognize you.
 
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St_Hilary:
More tha one person can attend Adoration.

Theren is not a limit.

Feel free to stay ann hour or a half of an hour, Christ will be happy to have you visit with him.

In His Divine Mercy
 
I have heard of a “Personal Lord and Savior” and even “Your own private Idaho”, but never an exclusive audience with Christ. I am not certain that even Nicodemus had that. In my opinion, adoration should be as full as the mass is. Yet, I have been told that it is a grace to fall in love with our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. May we all have that grace!

Many rubrics call for a minimum of two present, for both safety and practical reasons. The clock has always been my enemy, so I tend to drop in unannounced. Haven’t been turned away yet.
 
I believe in having good planning along with dedicated and devoted parishioners giving time for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Over the decades I’ve seen success and failures in keeping parishioners devoted for this most cherished and privileged time of worshiping our Blessed Lord.

As being one amongst a number of the organizers of special 24 hour and/or 48 hour Adoration Weekends a list a names was traditionally compilied at the back of the Church on bullitin boards getting people motivated to sign and give their time comittments.

The hardest time slot to fill naturally were after midnight. That was the time slot which most organisers made the commitment to come in and adore. Every once and a while, sometimes too frequently, even those committments sadly fell by the way side. I had seen myself on a number of occasions being alone with the Blessed Lord for five hours before being relieved as the morning sun was just cresting the horizon. Being alone didn’t bother me. For safety reasons everyone who signed in for the evening and night has key access. Sadly though; Adoration Weekends fell into disarray as more and more parishioners were “not” able to keep committments. Very Sad. :sad_yes:
Now I go to the French Parish for Adoration.
 
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