Silent Eucharistic Adoration

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After the Holy Thursday Mass was concluded, there was a time of silent adoration. I was expecting a monstrance with the host to be set up, but there wasn’t one, and some people just sat in their pews quietly after the Mass.

I sat there for a minute, and then I went up in front of the tabernacle and sat down on the floor in a kneeling position and whispered an Our Father and a Hail Holy Queen, then I got up and left. Was this inappropriate?
 
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After the Holy Thursday Mass was concluded, there was a time of silent adoration. I was expecting a monstrance with the host to be set up, but there wasn’t one, and some people just sat in their pews quietly after the Mass.

I sat there for a minute, and then I went up in front of the tabernacle and sat down on the floor in a kneeling position and whispered an Our Father and a Hail Holy Queen, then I got up and left. Was this inappropriate?
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The Blessed Sacrament is not exposed after The Mass of the Lord’s Supper. It is reposed in a closed Tabernacle.

I don’t think what you did was inappropriate, it might have been unconventional depending on your parish. We have so many cultures in ours that no devotion surprises me any more. The thurifer tonight removed his shoes before the procession to the Altar of Repose. Not the norm for us but quite normal in his culture.
 
We had some people go up pretty close to the tabernacle and kneel and pray after the Mass today. I honestly see nothing wrong with this.
 
What a deep meditation this can be on the empty Tabernacle.

The tomb, empty, is still a sacred space.

The Risen one is waiting in the wings, but for our yearly commemoration, has yet to die today.
 
Phemie said:
The Blessed Sacrament is not exposed after The Mass of the Lord’s Supper. It is reposed in a closed Tabernacle.

I don’t think what you did was inappropriate, it might have been unconventional depending on your parish. We have so many cultures in ours that no devotion surprises me any more. The thurifer tonight removed his shoes before the procession to the Altar of Repose. Not the norm for us but quite normal in his culture.
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I was wondering why my parish just put the Blessed Sacrament in another Tabernacle yesterday for Adoration. 😊 Thank you for explaining!

OP: I don’t think what you did was inappropriate at all. Several people went up after our service, knelt at the altar rail, and prayed.
 
I always found that praying at the alter of repose on Mandy Thursday mass is really moving and is a great way to pray
 
Phemie said:
We have so many cultures in ours that no devotion surprises me any more. The thurifer tonight removed his shoes before the procession to the Altar of Repose. Not the norm for us but quite normal in his culture.
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Back in the '50s the priests and all of the altar servers removed their shoes before approaching the cross for veneration. I assume the rubrics of the time called for that. Likewise I assume that it was Pius XII’s New Rite of Holy Week (1955) that did away with this requirement.
 
felsguy said:
Back in the '50s the priests and all of the altar servers removed their shoes before approaching the cross for veneration. I assume the rubrics of the time called for that. Likewise I assume that it was Pius XII’s New Rite of Holy Week (1955) that did away with this requirement.
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😊 I mispoke. (that’s twice today :D). My apologies. The rubrics still call for the celebrant to remove his shoes “if circumstances suggest” (according to one source) or "if appropriate "according to another. I do not have access to the actual translation at the moment to be more precise.
 
felsguy said:
Back in the '50s the priests and all of the altar servers removed their shoes before approaching the cross for veneration. I assume the rubrics of the time called for that. Likewise I assume that it was Pius XII’s New Rite of Holy Week (1955) that did away with this requirement.
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The rubric is still there (#18) but it’s optional.
 
felsguy said:
😊 I mispoke. (that’s twice today :D). My apologies. The rubrics still call for the celebrant to remove his shoes “if circumstances suggest” (according to one source) or "if appropriate "according to another. I do not have access to the actual translation at the moment to be more precise.
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I just checked. Yes, it’s optional, so your sources are right. It’s in rubric #18 for Good Friday.
 
“18. For the Adoration of the Cross, first the Priest Celebrant alone approaches, with the chasuble and his shoes removed, if appropriate.”

From the end of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on the Thursday of Holy Week, the Roman Missal’s rubrics have a section with the heading “The Transfer of the Most Blessed Sacrament”. It includes:

"Then the Deacon or the Priest himself places the Sacrament in the tabernacle and closes the door.
  1. After a period of adoration in silence, the Priest and the ministers genuflect and return to the sacristy. …
  2. The faithful are invited to continue adoration before the Blessed Sacrament for a suitable length of time during the night, according to local circumstances, but after midnight the adoration should take place without solemnity."
 
felsguy said:
Back in the '50s the priests and all of the altar servers removed their shoes before approaching the cross for veneration. I assume the rubrics of the time called for that. Likewise I assume that it was Pius XII’s New Rite of Holy Week (1955) that did away with this requirement.
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No. It’s still in the 1962 Good Friday liturgy.
 
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