Eucharistic Adoration Species

[CatholicCid]

Hey, I was just thinking about this…
I’ve always seen Eucharistic Adoration done using the Host (I’m going by accidents here otherwise I never know how to split the words)
But can Adoration be done using the Wine?

 

[Anima_Christi]

CatholicCid:

Hey, I was just thinking about this…
I’ve always seen Eucharistic Adoration done using the Host (I’m going by accidents here otherwise I never know how to split the words)
But can Adoration be done using the Wine?

You mean the Precious Blood? (“Bread”=Sacred Host, “Wine”=Precious Blood).
I have never heard of this being done. It would be difficult to find a way to do it where you would not have the possibility of spilling it. I can’t imagine how you could put the precious Blood in a monstrance, and it is forbidden to put it in common glass chalices. (The only place I could see this being done at is at some Newman centers and dissident parishes, but these usually don’t have Adoration in the first place.)
When we adore the Host, we are adoring the Body and Blood of Jesus, it is complete under either species.

 

[Michael_Welter]

As Anima Christi points out, we never adore wine, and more than we adore bread.

I’ve never seen Prescious Blood used for adoration. I suppose it could be done if you had some kind of sealable, see through, contained that would fit the opening in the Monstrance. However, the threat of spillage makes it not worth the effort.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

CatholicCid:

Hey, I was just thinking about this…
I’ve always seen Eucharistic Adoration done using the Host (I’m going by accidents here otherwise I never know how to split the words)
But can Adoration be done using the Wine?

I don’t have a reference at hand, However I am 99% sure that I saw something a couple of years ago which forbid it. I think it was the opinion of a priest with good credibility.

 

[CatholicCid]

You mean the Precious Blood? (“Bread”=Sacred Host, “Wine”=Precious Blood).​

When we adore the Host, we are adoring the Body and Blood of Jesus, it is complete under either species.

That is why I can’t go to labeling each species like that… While you might say the “Precious Blood” it is still both Body and Blood… and and :explode: … I should start a poll on that

Main reason I am asking is that I have a Prayer Card of “The Eucharistic Miracle - Lanciano” which has a type of Adoration ‘container’ That is holding both Body and Blood in each species… The Blood is kept in what looks like a Crystal Cup sealed in a silver lining type thing…
I wasn’t sure if this was actually used for Adoration or was just built to house this specific Miracle, so I was just curious.

 

[Anima_Christi]

Concerning the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, Italy, it is dried pellets of blood, it isn’t liquid. I was thinking about mentioning this miracle in my first post, this is the only case I have heard of exposing the precious blood for adoration. Also, the species actually have the accidents of flesh and blood (which is why it’s a miracle).

 

[CatholicCid]

Anima Christi:

Concerning the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, Italy, it is dried pellets of blood, it isn’t liquid. I was thinking about mentioning this miracle in my first post, this is the only case I have heard of exposing the precious blood for adoration. Also, the species actually have the accidents of flesh and blood (which is why it’s a miracle).

I know, this is the only time I’ve heard/seen it so I was just wondering if there was any teaching on it… Though I heard when they tested the blood it showed as still living blood (As in, it un-dried)
I wish I had a scanner so I could scan the picture of it I have

 

[HagiaSophia]

Anima Christi:

Concerning the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, Italy, it is dried pellets of blood, it isn’t liquid. I was thinking about mentioning this miracle in my first post, this is the only case I have heard of exposing the precious blood for adoration. Also, the species actually have the accidents of flesh and blood (which is why it’s a miracle).

There is another “blood” miracle although not Eucharistic:

Actually there is the annual miracle of St. Januarius, the patron of Naples. This is a huge event and is reported in the papers and everyone waits to see what happens as it is now considered an “omen” for its home city, Naples.

The blood is solidly caked inside its reliquary and once a year on the festa day of St. Januarius it is brought out and according to popular belief, if it liquifies it means Naples will have a good or normal year; if it doesn’t it is considered a year of foreboding for the Neapolitans.

For additional information see: newadvent.org/cathen/08295a.htm