Night Adoration in the Home

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In researching Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the home, I saw that it’s highly suggested that families who have enthroned Him have one night per month right in the home. Not Eucharistic adoration, of course, but just spending an hour in prayer before the enthroned statue or picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Anyway, for those of you who are familiar with enthronement and stuff, would a person spend such an hour of prayer as they might with any holy hour done in the church, with the only real difference being that the Blessed Sacrament isn’t there? Thus, are they free to spend it however they want for the most part (e. g. rosary, Bible or other spiritual reading, silence, etc.)? Thanks in advance.
 
My family did this when I was a kid every 29th(Mom & Dad’s anniversary day) day of the month the whole family would get up at 4 a.m. and use the Sacred Heart Enthronement Holy Hour booklet. It was the Rosary with readings,prayers and meditations before each decade.
 
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Lorik:
My family did this when I was a kid every 29th(Mom & Dad’s anniversary day) day of the month the whole family would get up at 4 a.m. and use the Sacred Heart Enthronement Holy Hour booklet. It was the Rosary with readings,prayers and meditations before each decade.
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Ugh, why 4am though??? The sun doesn’t even come up until like 6:00…
 
B/c to get up and pray at that hour was a sacrifice. My Mom said it was so we could help make reparation for sins commited in the middle of the night. I remember before going bed on the 28th of the month hoping my parents would oversleep so we wouldn’t have to get up. Then, in one of the first readings we read about Jesus in the garden asking the disciples “Could you not spend one hour with me?” That usually was enough to get me at least to try to make a decent effort at it.
 
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B/c to get up and pray at that hour was a sacrifice. My Mom said it was so we could help make reparation for sins commited in the middle of the night. I remember before going bed on the 28th of the month hoping my parents would oversleep so we wouldn’t have to get up. Then, in one of the first readings we read about Jesus in the garden asking the disciples “Could you not spend one hour with me?” That usually was enough to get me at least to try to make a decent effort at it.
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That is wonderful. I am sure you were and are all very blessed by that sacrifice for the Lord. If more families did that, or something similar, what blessings they would get! (some may need to do that in the evening, before bedtime.)
 
So then, must night adoration in the home be done with that book mentioned earlier in the thread, or can it be done like any holy hour?
 
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So then, must night adoration in the home be done with that book mentioned earlier in the thread, or can it be done like any holy hour?
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It can be done any way you feel led to do it. The suggestions given, Rosary with meditations, litanies, interspersed with some quiet times, sing a hymn, Divine Mercy chaplet, – and you can vary it somewhat from time to time. Prayer is the main thing…and there are so many wonderful choices.
 
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DavidJoseph:
So then, must night adoration in the home be done with that book mentioned earlier in the thread, or can it be done like any holy hour?
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DavidJoseph,
Are you fairly new to Catholicism, or are you just new to devotion to the Sacred Heart?

Either way, I believe there is a ‘particular’ devotion (set of prayers) to be said to the Sacred Heart – I would definitely start with those prayers first. After that, you may want to sit in silence before the Lord and “listen” to any response He may have for you or just enjoy His Peace.

Another very beneficial thing to do after reciting the litany to the Sacred Heart is to ask the Lord for pardon by others or yourself regarding offenses against the Sacred Heart – such as a lack of charity or compassion.

If you come to your regularly scheduled time to pray and don’t feel inclined to do anything in particular, the Rosary is always a good prayer to pray before the Sacred Heart.

Hope I was helpful.
 
…oh and one more thing, DavidJoseph,…I feel like the Lord wanted me to mention this to you…

At your holy hour in the home, Jesus is there spiritually. He may not be physically present like he is with Eucharistic adoration, but He is spiritually present to you.

Your efforts alone to please Him are source of great joy to Him 😉
 
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seabird3579:
DavidJoseph,
Are you fairly new to Catholicism, or are you just new to devotion to the Sacred Heart?
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No and no. I’m just new to enthronement. I mean, I’ve actually known almost all about it for a long time. Note the “almost,” though, hence my question about night adoration. Besides, I’m currently single and living at home with my non-Catholic parents, so I can’t very well have our home enthroned to the Sacred Heart.
Either way, I believe there is a ‘particular’ devotion (set of prayers) to be said to the Sacred Heart – I would definitely start with those prayers first. After that, you may want to sit in silence before the Lord and “listen” to any response He may have for you or just enjoy His Peace.

Another very beneficial thing to do after reciting the litany to the Sacred Heart is to ask the Lord for pardon by others or yourself regarding offenses against the Sacred Heart – such as a lack of charity or compassion.

If you come to your regularly scheduled time to pray and don’t feel inclined to do anything in particular, the Rosary is always a good prayer to pray before the Sacred Heart.

Hope I was helpful.
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So in other words I can do it just like a holy hour in the church before the tabernacle or before the exposed Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance.
 
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Dorothy:
DavidJoseph,

In case you don’t have a copy of the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, here it is:

miraclerosarymission.org/litshj.htm
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Thanks, but I already have it in a prayer book and also in my Tridentine missal (I happen to attend a lot of indult Tridentine Latin Masses). And I pray it at least on first Fridays.
 
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seabird3579:
…oh and one more thing, DavidJoseph,…I feel like the Lord wanted me to mention this to you…

At your holy hour in the home, Jesus is there spiritually. He may not be physically present like he is with Eucharistic adoration, but He is spiritually present to you.

Your efforts alone to please Him are source of great joy to Him 😉
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I hope you know you’re preaching to the choir. 😉
 
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DavidJoseph:
I hope you know you’re preaching to the choir. 😉
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…so you’re basically saying,…I knew that already!

sort of like my kids, mom, you already told us that… :rolleyes:
 
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