Kindle at adoration

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If you saw someone at adoration reading from a kindle or other reader, what would you think first?
 
I might wonder if you had a nice app with some good Catholic prayers but hopefully, I’d be deep in prayer and notice you. 🙂
 
I’d want to know what the person was reading. 🙂 I have downloaded some amazing stuff already. I love my kindle (although I am not a fan of such things normally) because it is so convenient. I definitely plan to take it to adoration too.
 
I’ve actually done this myself and it’s actually handy to have a Kindle as it means being able to flick back and forth between prayer books, Bible and also now the Catchecism as I need it.

Hey, if the person is reading the Bible, at least they’re reading it in some way.
 
I was at adoration once and really wanted to do an exam of my sins…so I googled it on my phone and did one right there in front of Jesus. Hopefully no one judged me. People read in adoration all the time.
 
I have used my iPod touch and now my android phone. I did first tell the priest and a few friends that go to adoration about what I was using and showed them.
 
I’d think they had it open to iPieta or iBreviary or another app like that. I use my phone for those in adoration all the time. I just hope they remember to turn the brightness down, the glow can be a bit distracting.
 
Thanks! I’ve heard of ppl being chewed out at mass over this sort of thing, so I’m glad to see most ppl are more reasonable, haha.

Unfortunately I haven’t got one yet, but I’ve been dropping many not-so-subtle hints to hubby. 😉
 
I’d think they were either reading an e-text of the brievary/liturgy of the hours, or maybe they’d downloaded an e-book of the lives of the saints/some spiritual classic. Some of us like bound books, others prefer the convenience of an e-reader. Me, I’m in the former category, but I’d be the last person to come down on someone who prefers to use electronic means. It’s like debating whether scrolls or sewn books qualify as “books”.
 
Some years ago someone came to me and asked me why I was holding a rosary at church…my priest heard and commented that they should keep their minds on their own habits at church. I give several hours at our chapel which is 24/7…often I write in my journal. No one has ever asked me what I was writing…it has helped me so much to focus on my study and prayer life…I read many books on saints and church history. In fact we have a small library that has grown over the years…WHAT DOES NOT GROW DIES…constant study and prayer!
 
I lost my Blackberry at Sunday Mass a couple of weeks ago, and the sacristan found it. He turned it in to the pastor, who checked the owner information on it and called me. He told me that when he was trying to find who it belonged to he noticed that iBreviary was on it, and checked it out. He was impressed enough to download it on his own iPhone.

There is so much available in terms of apps, I really wouldn’t think twice about anyone using a Kindle at Adoration. If you don’t want to feel self-conscious, you might want to get one of the Kindle covers that makes it look like any other leather-bound book.
 
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Thanks! I’ve heard of ppl being chewed out at mass over this sort of thing, so I’m glad to see most ppl are more reasonable, haha.

Unfortunately I haven’t got one yet, but I’ve been dropping many not-so-subtle hints to hubby. 😉
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Well, Mass is different, we need to be following the liturgy there; Adoration is between you and our LORD:)

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I often bring my Kindle to my committed weekly hour of Adoration. I’ve occasionally gotten a curious look, but I think most people assume I’m reading something appropriate for the occasion.

Which, of course, I am ;).

Some of the things I’ve read while at Adoration include Holy Scripture, the Catechism of the Council of Trent, St. Therese’s ‘Story of a Soul’, St. Teresa’s ‘The Way of Perfection’, and meditations from St. Alphonsus Ligouri’s 'Visits to the Most Holy Sacrament."

I usually spend part of the time reading to get myself into a good spiritual mindset and help put ‘the world’ aside…then I spend most of the rest of the time in prayer and contemplation.

God bless!
 
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:angel1:Blessings on your day:) :harp:
I’m just wondering, how can one actively be practicing Adoration while simultaneously reading? What are the rules? Whether reading the Bible or other good works, I would hope that Adoration meant full, undivided attention to God in the most spiritual sense. But I would personally never be looking around to judge anyone else. If I happened to notice someone with a Kindle, I would feel it was none of my business and I would refocus my spirit on Christ.** :angel1::gopray::signofcross:
 
Well, I have a new iPhone and there are lots of great Catholic apps on it. Unfortunately I have seen one or two youngsters pull out their phones during Mass and start what looked very much like texting.

In charity, they may have been looking up the Mass readings or whatnot
but it was enough of a bad look to me that I wouldn’t consider using my iPhone in church, much as I use it almost everywhere else 🙂
 
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