Eucharistic Adoration Etiquette... What should I do?

[odile53]

Coughing is usually involuntary, and if there’s someone at Adoration or even at Mass with a cough, I say a prayer for that person (and stay away from them just in case it’s contagious!) As far as the loudly praying woman is concerned, I think I would just try to catch her eye, and go “Ssshhh!”

 

[PJM]

=TempleofTheSoul;7759326]I try to go to Adoration every week and every once in a while I come across a woman who reads prayers from a prayer book VERY LOUDLY and will also sing VERY LOUDLY the hymns in her prayer book.

I know there are some people who will during Eucharistic Adoration cry spontaneously or prostrate themselves in front of the Blessed Sacrament and I have absolutely no problem with that at all and am often moved by it. BUT this one woman’s loud chirping of prayers and hymns from her prayer book distracts me so much that I can’t concentrate while I am trying to meditate on Our Lord in the chapel.

What would be a polite way to tell her tone it down without taking away from her how she expresses herself in prayer at the Blessed Sacrament Adoration chapel?

Thank you and God bless

The issue here [and everywhere] is WHO is in charge Only TWo possibilities exist. Me or my God.

We must know and accept others “failings” [our perspective of] as at least permitted by God. Everyone whom we meet, run into, pass by, speak with, listen too Ect. are placed in our Lives PATH by God for one of TWO REASONS:

For the Possibility of our spiritual growth OR for the POSSIBLE spiritual growth of the other person. Either way God is Glorified. This would seem like a very opportune time to in humility; proclaim: Lord NOT my will but THY Will be done. AMEN!

God Bless you my friend,

Pat

 

[po18guy]

I think it is alright to pray loudly if the prayer is coming from the heart

While disturbing or interrupting the prayers of others present?

 

[PJM]

=po18guy;7902058]While disturbing or interrupting the prayers of others present?

UNLESS you are 100% sure that their intent is disruption; YES!

Either God is in charge or you are in charge. Your pick

God Bless,
Pat

 

[TheMc]

I think it is alright to pray loudly if the prayer is coming from the heart

Really? At the expense of everyone else’s concentration? The whole praying out loud a lot and “speaking in tongues” is very protestant.

 

[agapewolf]

Really? At the expense of everyone else’s concentration? The whole praying out loud a lot and “speaking in tongues” is very protestant.

While I don’t agree that praying aloud in a chapel with others present is prudent, it is extremely irresponsible to label “speaking in tongues” and praying aloud as protestant. This is ridiculous. People pray rosaries aloud all the time. Speaking in tongues happened at pentacost, the beginning of the church.

And before we go on a hijack about speaking in tongues, let’s remember we don’t know when God will bestow charisms on people.

 

[po18guy]

UNLESS you are 100% sure that their intent is disruption; YES!

Either God is in charge or you are in charge. Your pick

God Bless,
Pat

This can’t be right! So, I can play my stereo, as long as my main intent is spiritual listening pleasure and not disruption of others? What happened to reverential silence and consideration of others? What happened to denying the self? We are a wicked and corrupt generation that satisfies the self before seeking the good of others, are we not?

 

[graceandglory]

In neither case that I have observed was a cough a problem. They simply had a drink along with them. Must we retain our worldly comforts while in the presence of the Comforter? Point is, this can lead only to further excesses or abuses. We are a faith of discipline and obedience. If we lack either, we need to address it, out of respect for God, and the others who are present.

First off, let me get this out of the way… I have never eaten or drank, even water, in the adoration chapel.
My question is this: why not? Let’s say that the Catholic Church was local enough to go there on a lunch hour… Couldn’t one “have a lunch date” with Jesus?
I know that He is the Bread of Life, but we also need sustenance…
I know it doesn’t seem completely appropriate bring food to eat in a private carpeted place, really, but…why not?

 

[po18guy]

First off, let me get this out of the way… I have never eaten or drank, even water, in the adoration chapel.
My question is this: why not? Let’s say that the Catholic Church was local enough to go there on a lunch hour… Couldn’t one “have a lunch date” with Jesus?
I know that He is the Bread of Life, but we also need sustenance…
I know it doesn’t seem completely appropriate bring food to eat in a private carpeted place, really, but…why not?

Maybe it’s just me, but I see Jesus as our Bread from heaven - as the “living water” that we need. It is all about what we define “reverence” as. Our modern culture has almost completely redefined it. Noise is replacing silence as a sign of worship. Silence has been the order of the day at Adoration for well, like forever. I think we profane the presence of Christ with the worldly, human-based sensory aspect overriding the spiritual aspects. Better to spend 1 min with our Lord in reverence, than an hour chewing, swallowing, drinking (and I dare not say what else) before him. Saint Paul speaks of such in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 regarding the mass, but it also applies to Adoration.

A really good read is Francis Cardinal Arinze’s book Celebrating the Holy Eucharist. In it, he explains why our Lord is due all reverence, both inside and outsiide of the mass.

Can we really not deny ourselves (Matthew 26:40, Mark 14:37, Luke 9:23) for a single hour with Him? Instead of lunch, how about an hour fast with our Lord?

 

[graceandglory]

Saint Paul speaks of such in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 regarding the mass, but it also applies to Adoration.

A really good read is Francis Cardinal Arinze’s book Celebrating the Holy Eucharist. In it, he explains why our Lord is due all reverence, both inside and outsiide of the mass.

Can we really not deny ourselves (Matthew 26:40, Mark 14:37, Luke 9:23) for a single hour with Him? Instead of lunch, how about an hour fast with our Lord?

See, I work at the Church, and because it’s my work, adoration isn’t scheduled in. Usually I work through all my lunch hours. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the idea that it would be better to leave Jesus by Himself in the Adoration room, than to join Him for lunch in His presence…

I will check out the book, and look up the scripture, thanks)

 

[po18guy]

See, I work at the Church, and because it’s my work, adoration isn’t scheduled in. Usually I work through all my lunch hours. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the idea that it would be better to leave Jesus by Himself in the Adoration room, than to join Him for lunch in His presence…

I will check out the book, and look up the scripture, thanks)

If our Lord is being left alone, something may have gone wrong in the scheduling. We all agree that this should not occur, correct? If the monstrance is not protected by human presence, then some sort of physical barrier should be placed around it, especially because desecration of the Blessed Sacrament is on the rise.

Consider: Food and drink are prohibited in most public libraries. Have they become holier places than adoration chapels?

 

[po18guy]

Here is a link to the Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association. It has references from the heavyweights of Eucharistic adoration, including the Rev. John A. Hardon, S.J. (R.I.P.), Francis Cardinal George, Raymond Cardinal Burke, and many other good, holy Church leaders.

Here is a set of adoration guidelines. Note that in exercising them, reverence is the primary focus. It must be.

 

[PJM]

=TheMc;7906928]Really? At the expense of everyone else’s concentration? The whole praying out loud a lot and “speaking in tongues” is very protestant.

I must have missed the part of S I T…

Without someone to TRanslate I would agree with you!

God Bless,

Pat

 

[TheMc]

I must have missed the part of S I T…

Without someone to TRanslate I would agree with you!

God Bless,

Pat

I should have clarified. When I say “speaking in tongues” (note the quotation marks), I’m talking about these people who walk around babbling, claiming they spoke in tongues. Correct me if I’m wrong, but when you speak in tongues the bible way (note the lack of quotation marks), people can understand you. Not just some people, but everyone. That’s the whole point. That is speaking in tongues, not this nonsensical babbling. That’s what I meant when I said “speaking in tongues”.

 

[OnBendedKnee]

I would recommend talking to one of the Co-coordinators for Eucharistic Adoration - hopefully their names are listed on the sign in sheet or posted somewhere. They have probably had to charitably deal with situations before where someone may be talking out loud and would know the best way to approach someone. At my parish we have a small leaflet that was prepared by the parish priest when we first started adoration that mentions that the holy hour is a time of quiet prayer. We make these available from time to time.

God Bless,
Lauralee

 

[debraran]

I think a lot is intent…if you are talking to Jesus, telling him your problems, thanking him for your blessings, praying for others, I really don’t think a sip of water is an issue. It’s common sense, in church you shouldn’t have a meal, it’s messy and not necessary, and not the place, it’s a church not a diner. You don’t have to suffer with a cough to be wtih him. He loves you, you love him, for many he’s their friend. I can’t imagine him telling a friend to step outside to have a cough drop and then come back…it is just over analyzing it.
What I don’t understand is Jesus is everywhere, he’s in the consecrated Eucharist, in the tabernacle or out of it…he’s not locked in there (not trying to be flip) Exposing it is a way to help others be reverent and spend time with him, but as any priest will tell you (as on this site) he’s there whether it’s exposed or not, you can sit with him even if your church doesn’t have adoration. He’s also at home with you, kneeling in front of a crucifix, in your car, not any more or less, so making adoration different is because it’s in a church and you should abide by your church’s rules. Anything that helps us grow in faith and love is good, but I hate to hear some lament not having it, it’s wonderful, but he is with you always, not just in the host, but in spirit.