adoration

[billcu1]

What are the graces that come with the adoration. My priest says there’s some but I’ve never really read about adoration. The internet can be questionable with info sometimes. My current priest is leaving next month and he’s the first one that has used adoration on a continual basis.

 

[Dorothy]

What are the graces that come with the adoration. My priest says there’s some but I’ve never really read about adoration. The internet can be questionable with info sometimes. My current priest is leaving next month and he’s the first one that has used adoration on a continual basis.

At Eucharistic adoration I have never thought of what graces the Lord is giving me. I do know that if I focus on adoring Him, that He will bestow what He wills.

 

[R_C]

What are the graces that come with the adoration.

The same that Mary sister of Martha received when she knelt for a long time before the Lord. Thus the Lord speaks about her:

Mary has chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.

There is no more wonderful time besides Holy Communion than Adoration. Read what the saints write on this topic, and you will be greatly astonished.

I think it’s worth mentioning that in Adoration I received a grace that lead to my conversion, which I describe as a “falling in love” with Christ - and many more, only a few of which I am aware of. Even before I knew about Adoration (or the Eucharist), I used to pray in my heart: “if only I could see Him and be there next to Him in the manner of those who lived in those days…”. I did not know, back then, that the Lord did not leave us orphans, and He did say: “* I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. In that day you will not need to ask me for anything.*”. No time better fulfills this than Adoration, especially when we pray the kind of prayer that is called contemplative, in which - as s. Therese of Lisieux once wrote - “we do not tell Him anything…we simply love Him”.

 

[billcu1]

The same that Mary sister of Martha received when she knelt for a long time before the Lord. Thus the Lord speaks about her:

There is no more wonderful time besides Holy Communion than Adoration. Read what the saints write on this topic, and you will be greatly astonished.

I think it’s worth mentioning that in Adoration I received a grace that lead to my conversion, which I describe as a “falling in love” with Christ - and many more, only a few of which I am aware of. Even before I knew about Adoration (or the Eucharist), I used to pray in my heart: “if only I could see Him and be there next to Him in the manner of those who lived in those days…”. I did not know, back then, that the Lord did not leave us orphans, and He did say: “* I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. In that day you will not need to ask me for anything.*”. No time better fulfills this than Adoration, especially when we pray the kind of prayer that is called contemplative, in which - as s. Therese of Lisieux once wrote - “we do not tell Him anything…we simply love Him”.

I know comtemplative prayer is taught by Teresa of Avila. I haven’t finished “The way of perfection” or “Interior castle” yet.

 

[john78]

What are the graces that come with the adoration.

If you are looking for specific graces, there are none that are promised perse, and the graces one is given during adoration would be individual to each person, for me spending time with our Lord is a time of peace that brings healing to my depression and anxiety, among other benefits as well.

 

[R_C]

I know comtemplative prayer is taught by Teresa of Avila. I haven’t finished “The way of perfection” or “Interior castle” yet.

Contemplative prayer is in and of itself a mystical experience. It cannot be learned nor taught. Only God can lift us towards contemplation of His face, and this He can do with anyone, be it a poor, wretched sinner or a soul very advanced in the path of perfection. Thus it is not unusual for very holy souls to experience harsh trials, and for very simple and imperfect souls to experience contemplation (at least to some low degree)…st. John of the Cross (whose works I have only begun to read) underscores (and he isn’t alone in this) that God often gives some sweetness at the beginning (“taste and see that the Lord is good”) as the soul is not ready to taste the Chalice of Sorrows and look for a more perfect union, which is found solely on the dry wood of the cross).

Every time something wonderful happens (be it a miracle or a very minor event in our life) and we “lift up our hearts” in a feeling of thanksgiving without uttering a single word whether by mouth or heart, we are tasting contemplative prayer…when John the Beloved Disciple rested his head on the Lord’s heart, he experienced contemplative prayer…when the Blessed Virgin held in her arms the sleeping Child Jesus, she experienced contemplative prayer…every time we see God’s wonder shine through His creation (be it by a majestic natural view or by the most tiny flower amidst a large field of grass) we are experiencing contemplative prayer…when the priest lifts up high the Lamb of God and the bells ring and we fix our eyes upon the Living Bread, we are experiencing contemplative prayer…and if we go to Adoration, kneel, and simply look at the Blessed Sacrament acknowledging the real presence of the Lord and offer Him love, we are experiencing contemplative prayer…not so different than when we look into the eyes our father or mother or spouse and the sole look suffices to convey a myriad of emotions, as if in those eyes we could see more than a man or a woman, but a soul…as if in that soul we saw more than a soul, but a reflection of the All Holy…this is contemplation, and I believe we are all called to experience it, whether it be in this life or in the next one.

If we desire to become better men and women and walk after Christ towards the house of the Father, He will take care that each of us, individually, according to our own special vocations, receive the specific graces and gifts that we need. I believe He also makes sure that we learn the things that each of us needs to learn the most to fulfill our vocation…otherwise it would be impossible for each of us to read everything that has been written in twenty centuries!

 

[clem456]

The first “task” at adoration is to -not- have a task or goal in mind. If you are like me, it will take you 20 minutes just to get your brain to quiet down. Adoration was difficult for me the first few times, the quiet was disruptive for my busy life. Now I love the silence. I have received lots of graces, but don’t ask me to describe them for you or tell what kind or how much, I can’t really define it. Just go and you will know when you receive them.