How often (if ever) do you visit the tabernacle and kneel in adoration?

[ProVobis]

Not as often as I should.

 

[otjm]

Our parish has had 24 Hour Perpetual Adoration for something like 10 or 15 years ( I don’t keep count too well - that was not the purpose). I get 1 hour a week unless someone (usually my brother) asks me to substitute - then 2. Being that my hour is 8 to 9 pm Friday, and his is 4 to 5 am Saturday, back to back makes for a short night of sleep. On occasion I will stop in after RCIA for LOTH so 15 - 20 minutes more.

 

[Rv_Cain_Spencer]

In 7 of the 8 parishes in my city, it’s a miracle if one can even find the Tabernacle.

Are you serious? Are you Anglican? Why don’t they have tabernacles?

 

[CradleCath]

Are you serious? Are you Anglican? Why don’t they have tabernacles?

I’m a Catholic. After they took the high altars out & substituted them with tables, there was no room for the Tabernacles. Actually there was, they could have been placed on the side altars. Since the statues of St Joseph & the Blessed Mother were also removed, the Tabernacles could have been left on the pedestals that once held them. They weren’t. Most in our city were moved to the Sacristy, crying room, or ???
[SIGN]
From the GIRM:
315. “It is more in keeping with the meaning of the sign that the tabernacle in which the Most Holy Eucharist is reserved not be on an altar on which Mass is celebrated. Consequently, it is preferable that the tabernacle be located, **according to the judgement of the Diocesan Bishop, **either in the sanctuary, apart from the altar of celebration, in a form and place more appropriate, not excluding on an old altar no longer used for celebration.”

The Vatican II document which addresses this issue is** “Sacrosanctum Concilium” (The Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy). **Issued December 4th 1963, it emphasizes the nobility of the tabernacle in determining its place in a church.

1. **Along with the revision of the liturgical books, as laid down in Art. 25, there is to be an early revision of the canons and ecclesiastical statutes which govern the provision of material things involved in sacred worship. **These laws refer especially to the worthy and well planned construction of sacred buildings, the shape and construction of altars, the nobility, placing, and safety of the Eucharistic tabernacle, the dignity and suitability of the baptistery, the proper ordering of sacred images, embellishments, and vestments. Laws which seem less suited to the reformed liturgy are to be brought into harmony with it, or else abolished; and any which are helpful are to be retained if already in use, or introduced where they are lacking.

According to the norm of Art. 22 of this Constitution, the territorial bodies of bishops are empowered to adapt such things to the needs and customs of their different regions; this applies especially to the materials and form of sacred furnishings and vestments.[/SIGN]

Luckily, we found a small (& old) parish close to the river (over 150 yrs. ago, this Church was built to serve those who worked in the meat- packing plants that once provided the principle earnings in my city & railroad worders.) It’s certainly not fancy, but it is true to the Catholic faith. It offers the only TLM. in our city & it’s Novus Ordo Masses are, while not inspiring, free from abuse. Somehow, this parish was saved from the wreckovation of the late 60’s & early 70’s & the main, high altar remains. The Tabernacle is always on that altar.

 

[QuisutDeus]

Here in Phoenix, I’m fortunate to have two parishes on my drive to and from work that have perpetual adoration. I’ve made a commitment this Lenten season to spend 3 hours a week with the Blessed Sacrament.

 

[Malleus_01]

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Once I started taking COTT, to be more respectful, I could never hold the Eucharist in my hand again. It’s sort of a “Lord I am not worthy” thing.

I mean, what if some pieces are left in our hand? And we brush Him off onto the floor? I can only imagine how many little pieces of the Eucharist are scattered around our churches. That’s kind of horrifying >>>>>>

Mal: I completely agree with you on this. At the TLM if you watch the Priest during Mass - he is very careful to make certain every single speck is treated with reverence and this includes washing of the Fingers and of course when Holy Communion is distributed at the communion rail not only is there a communion linen but the Altar Boy uses the Paten under the chin of each Communicant and having been an Altar boy myself in my youth I can personally attest that during distribution of Holy Communion to the Faithful even on the Tongue that particles sometimes wind up on the paten. The Priest Cleans the Paten after communion by making certain all the specks are removed into the Chalice which is then Purified with wine and consumed by the Priest. With the advent of Communion in the hand - no one can tell me that no matter how careful they are these same particles dont end up on the floor and that is indeed horrifying. I completely agree and refuse to recieve Our Lord in my hand . I never have and I never will. I am not judging those who do. But I just know what I have seen with my own eyes.

Pax

 

[SBH]

Times as of late in my parish have shown to me that less and less people kneel before our tabernacles. Now I am not here to complain but to simply ask whether you yourself have done this recently? Have you, or do you kneel and adore?

I do so on an average of twice a week

 

[CradleCath]

Here in Phoenix, I’m fortunate to have two parishes on my drive to and from work that have perpetual adoration. I’ve made a commitment this Lenten season to spend 3 hours a week with the Blessed Sacrament.

Yes, you’re fortunate. Since I’m very fortunate, also…I can sign up for times in my own parish, or just stop by for a visit. However, I thank God for the adoration chapel (it used to be a Protestant Church, that’s located outside the city. My son went through a bad time last year, & he went to that chapel about 3 times a week. He told me, he felt such peace there & I love his remark, “Sometimes I kneel, sometimes I just sit…but I listen to God there”. Now, you must remember this is from a 42 yr. old man raised in the Novus Ordo Church, with parents who **mistakenly **believed that by sending their children to Catholic schools, they could be sure that they were learning their faith. We always set a good example…Mass every Sunday & Holy Day, special Lenten devotions, etc. & left the rest to the lay teachers at school. BAD idea.

I’m sorry to say that they didn’t “learn the faith” that I learned… & much of that is my fault. I should have been checking more carefully re their education in Catholicism. My son, 42 yrs. old had never heard of Eucharistic Adoration, until one of his friends told him. I had no idea.