This isn’t an Adoration Chapel, it is a chapel where the tabernacle is located and where we have Daily Mass. It is at the front of the church with its own door. I am not one of the parishioners who know where the light switch is, the nearby restroom, or the key to the tabernacle is. Some of the Daily Massers do know these things.
I sleep on the floor between the first pew and the Communion rail (old church). It is a “rest-full” sleep, but not a deep sleep. I can hear the floor when someone comes in.How do you keep the Host protected? Someone could take the Host while you are sleeping. Is there someone else watching it?
That church is not easy to get to and if you are there it is because you are lost or you want to be there.but what is the point it you are asleep. you will never know if someone who quietly walked in and took. you hate yourself forever just because you were asleepthe sleep ?
That church building is old and very small. Of its two doors, only one door is left unlocked. If you want to get to the Most Holy you have to go by me. I am usually not alone, but I am “blocking” access to the Most Holy. The Pastor has given the rules as to how close any one may get to Him (not very) and the big “spot light” is shining on the Monstrance. Most importantly, we (Pastor and those staying at overnight Adoration), all pray together for protection for the Priests at the Rectory and for us praying for them. We must have Faith. Believe me, the :angel1:s protect us! However, if I do not “feel” safe :frighten:, I simply lock the door.
Usually if it is an exposed Adoration, there has to be a sign up sheet where each hour is covered by two committed adorers. It is not right to have the Host exposed on the altar and there is no commitment to guard the Host for every hour. You can ask the priest who is the adoration coordinator and go from there. If there is a coordinator, you can find out how to sign up and let him know the situation you have encountered. If there is no coordinator, you have to address it to the priest. It is never right to leave the Host unguarded. If you were alone with Jesus, you are not supposed to leave until some one comes in. And talk to that person, make sure that person knows to do the same.
I am an hourly coordinator for Perpetual Adoration and a committed adorer. Your question is good and it is not you who are confused but others.
Hi Tim,
This just doesn’t sound right. If exposed, the Host should be properly guarded all the time.
Just seems that there is not much point if you are asleep and the advice Jesus gave in the Bible when the discples fell asleep and was not ready for Him spring to my mind here and I hate quoting the Bible to bring attention to the issue but if u cannot keep watch just but one hour… on those lines wasn’t it. Seems like you have their difficulty in keeping watch but just one hour, prefering to fall to sleep in Church instead rather than in your own bed with the image of the monstrance in your head. It mounts to the same isn’t it. If you are going to go and keep watch then keep watch. Falling asleep and it seems like you like to make a habit of falling asleep there, is not keeping watch. Nah, okay am anglican but this does nothing for me. no brownie points for going to sleep in a church when u meant to be keeping watch. i suspect that u don’t know what u meant to be watching in essence if youre happy to fall to sleep there. U are not asking for brownie points i know but even then certainly not the idea of the whole schema to fall asleep rather than keep watch. might as well have a photo of it on your bedside and fall asleep for and please don’t misunderstand me by assuming i do not care etc in this… i just wonder how much u see what is important here. How much the going to sleep in church is more important to u than the keeping watch over the Monstrance and what does that do for you spiritually. Does it do more than falling asleep in Church ?That church building is old and very small. Of its two doors, only one door is left unlocked. If you want to get to the Most Holy you have to go by me. I am usually not alone, but I am “blocking” access to the Most Holy. The Pastor has given the rules as to how close any one may get to Him (not very) and the big “spot light” is shining on the Monstrance. Most importantly, we (Pastor and those staying at overnight Adoration), all pray together for protection for the Priests at the Rectory and for us praying for them. We must have Faith. Believe me, the :angel1:s protect us! However, if I do not “feel” safe :frighten:, I simply lock the door.
You must be in a big city at a big church building. I would not do this in a big city or at a big church building.