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Do we receive the same grace during adoration if Blessed Sacrament is exposed ?
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YankeeRC
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Isnt the consecrated Host always exposed in a monstrance in Adoration?
Are you asking does one recieve more grace when the Host is visible versus when it is hidden inside a tabernacle? Which to me is rather like asking if we get more grace if we sit in the front row versus sitting in the back row in Adoration.
As Fr. William Casey elegantly puts it, there is real power in the Eucharist. I supposed, based on faith, getting as close as possible to the Eucharist is much like the woman who snuck through the crowd and touched Jesus and He asked “Who touched my cloak? I felt power going out of me”
So I would think being close to the physical Host would eminate more power and grace.
Are you asking does one recieve more grace when the Host is visible versus when it is hidden inside a tabernacle? Which to me is rather like asking if we get more grace if we sit in the front row versus sitting in the back row in Adoration.
As Fr. William Casey elegantly puts it, there is real power in the Eucharist. I supposed, based on faith, getting as close as possible to the Eucharist is much like the woman who snuck through the crowd and touched Jesus and He asked “Who touched my cloak? I felt power going out of me”
So I would think being close to the physical Host would eminate more power and grace.
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smichhertz
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If we can adore the Eucharistic presence of Christ when reposed in a tabernacle, why do we then need to expose the Blessed Sacrament on an altar? It is not essential for exposition to take place to have Eucharistic adoration, yet people report experiencing a greater sense of intimacy with Jesus and attentiveness of mind and heart to prayer when they are able to actually “see” our Eucharistic Lord. Moreover, according to Church regulations exposing the Blessed Sacrament for a period of time requires the presence of a sufficient number of people to be there and therefore fosters the commitment needed to establish and sustain a meaningful parish Eucharistic adoration program. But the best reason for having exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is simply that God wills it. During His Eucharistic discourse, Jesus made this unmistakably clear: “Indeed, this is the will of My Heavenly Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son, and believes in Him, shall have eternal life. Him I will raise up on the last day” (John 6:40).
I would add that because it is a greater sign and a rarer occurrence that there is probably more grace involved.
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