Adoration

[jcian12]

Hello! I’ve planned before doing a holy hour a couple of times before, but my problem is I just pray shortly. It’s like, before I go to the chapel, I tell myself to pour out everything I want to pray and then I find out that I just prayed for like five minutes. I also pray the rosary and sometimes the chaplet of the Divine Mercy.

I have no problem about the time bit, I just want to keep company with Jesus. But then, when I don’t know what else to do and just stare at the tabernacle or monstrance, I find myself being distracted and thinking of other things.

Okay, so here are my questions:

1. I’ve been thinking, since you can read the Bible while at adoration, can you also read other spiritual books like St. Therese’s Story of A Soul or Life of Prayer?
2. What do I actually do on Lectio Divina?
3. Is it alright if I write my thoughts while adoration? I just feel it’s inspiring.

Thank you!

 

[grasscutter]

I personally think spiritual reading and journaling are excellent ways to spend adoration. Our chapel actually has quite a bit of reading material. My holy hour is at 5:00 a.m. so if I’m alert enough to read, I ask the Holy Spirit to guide me in my reading.

 

[MtGargano]

Hello! I’ve planned before doing a holy hour a couple of times before, but my problem is I just pray shortly. It’s like, before I go to the chapel, I tell myself to pour out everything I want to pray and then I find out that I just prayed for like five minutes. I also pray the rosary and sometimes the chaplet of the Divine Mercy.

I have no problem about the time bit, I just want to keep company with Jesus. But then, when I don’t know what else to do and just stare at the tabernacle or monstrance, I find myself being distracted and thinking of other things.

Okay, so here are my questions:

1. I’ve been thinking, since you can read the Bible while at adoration, can you also read other spiritual books like St. Therese’s Story of A Soul or Life of Prayer?
2. What do I actually do on Lectio Divina?
3. Is it alright if I write my thoughts while adoration? I just feel it’s inspiring.

Thank you!

i have found that my prayer isnt just all about me doing the talking, telling God i want to do His will, pouring everything out, and reciting prayers… thats all fine, but if i would just stop talking for 5 minutes, i can also quietly listen for His answer…

i have found this makes my prayer more complete…

God Bless

 

[Apollos]

Hello! I’ve planned before doing a holy hour a couple of times before, but my problem is I just pray shortly. It’s like, before I go to the chapel, I tell myself to pour out everything I want to pray and then I find out that I just prayed for like five minutes. I also pray the rosary and sometimes the chaplet of the Divine Mercy.

I have no problem about the time bit, I just want to keep company with Jesus. But then, when I don’t know what else to do and just stare at the tabernacle or monstrance, I find myself being distracted and thinking of other things.

Okay, so here are my questions:

1. I’ve been thinking, since you can read the Bible while at adoration, can you also read other spiritual books like St. Therese’s Story of A Soul or Life of Prayer?
2. What do I actually do on Lectio Divina?
3. Is it alright if I write my thoughts while adoration? I just feel it’s inspiring.

Thank you!

You have the Curse of Conciseness. Scholars surmise that St Mark, the author of the second Gospel, also suffered from this debilitating lack of verbiage, so much so, that the Holy Spirit had to hire three other evangelists to finish the work.

Next time fire off your prayers and crack open a good book, the Bible or anything else you can justify, it doesn’t have to be explicitly religious. I am a math teacher and sometimes I bring a math book. After all, if Christ is the Teacher extraordinaire, why can’t he teach me math? It’s an investigation into God’s unchangeable nature, isn’t it? Also bring a diary. So many times people try to discredit the Gospels by saying that Jesus or his hearers never brought a notepad to the Sermon on the Mount…

 

[jcian12]

Thanks for the responses! Seriously, it helped me a lot. I can’t wait 'til I go to Adoration. Looking forward to it. God bless you!