Question about Adoration and Foot Washing

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I have a friend that went on a retreat recently and she had a question about Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. On this retreat, while the Blessed Sacrament was exposed in the chapel, the small group leaders washed the feet of their group members while giving them affirmations. She said it felt odd that the focus was not on Jesus in the Monstrance but on the foot washing and affirmations.

Is there any justification for this “feeling”? I can’t find anything but I may be looking in the wrong places.

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Rick
 
rickh925 said:
I have a friend that went on a retreat recently and she had a question about Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. On this retreat, while the Blessed Sacrament was exposed in the chapel, the small group leaders washed the feet of their group members while giving them affirmations. She said it felt odd that the focus was not on Jesus in the Monstrance but on the foot washing and affirmations.

Is there any justification for this “feeling”? I can’t find anything but I may be looking in the wrong places.

Thanks,
Rick
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Yeah, I think the feeling is justified. When I was a LifeTeen Core member, during Adoration, we had 30 teens on their knees.
 
Yeah, that’s my experience as a former core member too. I was looking for something like a GIRM reference or something from the CDWS or the USCCB.

Rick
 
rickh925 said:
I have a friend that went on a retreat recently and she had a question about Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. On this retreat, while the Blessed Sacrament was exposed in the chapel, the small group leaders washed the feet of their group members while giving them affirmations. She said it felt odd that the focus was not on Jesus in the Monstrance but on the foot washing and affirmations.

Is there any justification for this “feeling”? I can’t find anything but I may be looking in the wrong places.

Thanks,
Rick
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Odd would be a term that comes to my mind also!
 
I relayed this information to my friend and she responded with the question about the Blessed Sacrament being present in the monstrance on the altar during mass or in her specific case, a communion service led by a deacon.

I was at St. Francis of Assisi in New York City many years ago and they had adoration 24/7 in the lower church but also had some of their many daily masses in the lower church. The Blessed Sacrament was removed prior to the start of mass and then returned by the celebrating priest just before the priest left the sanctuary at the end of mass.

Should the Blessed Sacrament be exposed during mass?

Rick
 
rickh925 said:
I relayed this information to my friend and she responded with the question about the Blessed Sacrament being present in the monstrance on the altar during mass or in her specific case, a communion service led by a deacon.

I was at St. Francis of Assisi in New York City many years ago and they had adoration 24/7 in the lower church but also had some of their many daily masses in the lower church. The Blessed Sacrament was removed prior to the start of mass and then returned by the celebrating priest just before the priest left the sanctuary at the end of mass.

Should the Blessed Sacrament be exposed during mass?

Rick
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The Blessed Sacrament should not be exposed during Mass. I would assume the same for a Communion Service, but less clear on that.
 
I was looking for something like a GIRM reference or something from the CDWS or the USCCB.

Since GIRM means General Instruction on the Roman Missal, I really doubt it would say too much about what’s permitted during Exposition and Adoration, except in passing.
 
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The Blessed Sacrament should not be exposed during Mass. I would assume the same for a Communion Service, but less clear on that.
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No. It should not be exposed when the Mass (let alone a Communion Service) should be happening. The Blessed Sacrament needs to be reposed. After Mass (or the CS), the Blessed Sacrament can be exposed, but, not during.

There is a Rite of Exposition and Benediction that clearly spells out what can and cannot happen. It is not some sort of free-form service where anything goes.
 
benedictgal said:
There is a Rite of Exposition and Benediction that clearly spells out what can and cannot happen. It is not some sort of free-form service where anything goes.
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Does it say what can happen in between the Exposition and the Benediction?
 
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