What do you do during adoration?

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There’s no “one” right way to pray during adoration.
Sometimes I praise and thank our Lord.
Sometimes I offer my contrition and seek His forgiveness.
Sometimes I’m just weak, or sad, or upset, and don’t pray much (mentally) but offer myself to Him and His mercy, asking Him to help me to more fully know His presence, His peace.
Sometimes I present my needs, and ask Him to help me.
Sometimes I pray for others.
I have contemplated Christ’s life – imagining myself being there with Him, wondering how I might react, how I fail and/or succeed now.
Sometimes I try to imagine what it must be like to be in heaven.
I have read scripture, or prescribed prayers.
Sometimes I sing (without using my voice).
So many ways to pray.
 
quiet52 said:
There’s no “one” right way to pray during adoration.
Sometimes I praise and thank our Lord.
Sometimes I offer my contrition and seek His forgiveness.
Sometimes I’m just weak, or sad, or upset, and don’t pray much (mentally) but offer myself to Him and His mercy, asking Him to help me to more fully know His presence, His peace.
Sometimes I present my needs, and ask Him to help me.
Sometimes I pray for others.
I have contemplated Christ’s life – imagining myself being there with Him, wondering how I might react, how I fail and/or succeed now.
Sometimes I try to imagine what it must be like to be in heaven.
I have read scripture, or prescribed prayers.
Sometimes I sing (without using my voice).
So many ways to pray.
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Me too, and although I never voice prayer when others might be distracted by it, I do sing on occasion when alone with Jesus – I can’t just sing in my head or somehow I get lost…
I can rarely complete a divine chaplet of Mercy attempted in silence.

There are also the times when I really need an answer, and I have no way to decide, so I randomly open the bible to a page while in his presence – not demanding that it be the Lord’s will, but at least making a decision which I can’t otherwise make.

I have also fallen asleep on a few occasions, where being with him in the Eucharistic chapel was the only place I received peace in days. (Not that I recommend falling asleep during the hour to be watched, but only that it happened as I am told it also happened with John Paul II. )

Mostly, though, I struggle by praying for those who have hurt me the most. It’s funny, after doing this for three years, I came face to face with a councilor who tritely told me – “You can’t hate someone you pray for.” And she was wrong, emotions are not logical.

But, I have found an intense satisfaction during Adoration when praying for “the Enemy”, not unlike pushing my body physically to its limit – and somehow finding the will to go one step further.

And sometimes I wonder about what the singing of the Angels must be like, or the cry of the prophet bringing scandal to the public ear:

“Oh Lord, why do you let your people go astray. …
I would that you could come and find us doing right” (paraphrased.)
 
I don’t “do” anything, any more than Mary and John and the holy women at the foot of the crucifix could do. I simply am with Him.
 
Since I go to Adoration in the late afternoon I usually pary Evening Prayer, sit and listen for awhile, and then write in my journal.
 
I go to adoration at an odd time so I am alone. I pray the rosary in Latin and just sit and listen the rest of the time.
 
I’ve been going to adoration frequently since November 16. Every time I’ve been there, I’ve prayed the Rosary, although I wish I had more Prayers to say directly to Jesus. Sometimes, I just sit there, in awe of his presence.

Once, I went over the words to a song that I was going to sing at the church I work at. I’m starting to learn how to listen to Jesus too. Yesterday, I had a brief conversation with him, which I can only describe as totally telepathic. I directed a question in my mind to Jesus in the Host, and I feel that my question may have immediately been answered. Last week, as I said in another thread, I prayed for healing from what was apparently a blatter infection, and my prayers were answered. Since then, Being in his presence has caused my faith to increase, even when I’m not in adoration, even though I still fall back sometimes.
 
I usually pray the divine mercy chaplet to quiet my thoughts. If I have something pressing that I want to talk to Him about then I do. Then I just kneel and listen.
 
I pray the prayers in a booklet called “An Hour With Jesus” . It has two parts. I started with part I, but now I usually use part II, then I pray 5 decades of the Rosary.

On First Friday, I pray from a booklet called “Holy Hour of Reparation”.
 
Sometimes I pray a rosary or divine mercy chaplet.

Sometimes I grab a book at random from the small reading library in the lobby and just let it fall open (and don’t you know it always fall open about something I need to talk to Him about?)

Sometimes the best thing is to just be with him, so I shut-up and listen as I work on my "Son"tan.
 
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Many times I just don’t have the strength to pray formal prayers for some reason. I just look at Jesus in the Eucharist and I just start pouring out my heart to Him, sobbing and then I feel better so I just sit in the quiet and listen. I also like to read from the “Imitation of Christ” because it makes me realize how prideful I am.
 
TBolt1000T said:
I’ve been going to adoration frequently since November 16. Every time I’ve been there, I’ve prayed the Rosary, although I wish I had more Prayers to say directly to Jesus. Sometimes, I just sit there, in awe of his presence.

Once, I went over the words to a song that I was going to sing at the church I work at. I’m starting to learn how to listen to Jesus too. Yesterday, I had a brief conversation with him, which I can only describe as totally telepathic. I directed a question in my mind to Jesus in the Host, and I feel that my question may have immediately been answered. Last week, as I said in another thread, I prayed for healing from what was apparently a blatter infection, and my prayers were answered. Since then, Being in his presence has caused my faith to increase, even when I’m not in adoration, even though I still fall back sometimes.
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I had a litany of prayers, love, reparation, petition, and adoration that I pray. But just recently I misplaced them. I got them online someplace and have never been able to find them again. Thing is I know they are someplace around here. 🤷

I will pray the Office Daytime Prayer, and Office of Readings on occasion. And I’ll read from Divine Intimacy.

I also say the Divine Mercy as well as the Rosary.

And just sit in silence to be with Him.
 
I pray for a while when I arrive, usually a rosary, and then I just sit there. When I leave, I say a few more prayers.
 
We just started doing Adoration again in my parish this past September and I’m so stoked!!! (Sorry, needed to get that out.) 😃

I’m scheduled in the first hour, right after daily Mass, so after Exposition, we’ll pray the Rosary, then I spend some time writing in my prayer journal. The rest of the time (which is FAR too short!) I just sort of sit with Him. It’s the only time in my whole week when I’m truly quiet and at peace. Fortunately for me, our chairs are really uncomfortable, so I don’t have to worry too much about falling asleep! :sleep:
 
I will kneel in prayer for a while. Sometimes it’s tempting just to bombard Jesus with my prayer list - as long as he’s right there. But I have to remind myself that he knows my list better than I do. I have to work at being quiet and listening. I have to remember prayers of praise, adoration and contrition in addition to my [many] petitions.

After a while I will sit. Sometimes I will just be. Sometimes I will write in my journal, sometimes alternating listening with writing. Sometimes I will read some kind of reflection and reflect. Sometimes I will examine my conscience - while he’s right there to help. The time always goes entirely too fast, but it is a peace unmatched by any other experience.
 
To all the Posters,

Good posts.

I need to add one thing. It is very important to stop in for short five or ten minute visits whenever one can.

The following is a favorite story.

On the way home from work, Sam would stop into Church for a few minutes. He’d look at the altar and say, “Hi, Jesus. It’s me, Sam.” This went on for many years.

When Sam was dying, he saw the door to his room open. As the person entered, he heard a voice saying,”
Hi, Sam. It’s Me, Jesus.”

Blessings,
grannymh
 
To all Posters,

Good posts 😃

One additional thought for those who can’t do an hour of Adoration. It is very important to make short-- five or ten
minutes–visits to Our Lord.

The following is a favorite story.

On the way home from work, Sam would stop into Church for a few minutes. He’d look at the altar and say, “Hi, Jesus. It’s me, Sam.” This went on for many years. When Sam was dying, he saw the door to his room open. As the person entered, he heard a voice saying,”
Hi, Sam. It’s Me, Jesus.”
 
To all Posters,

Good posts 😃

One additional thought for those who can’t do an hour of Adoration. It is very important to make short-- five or ten
minutes-- visits to Our Lord.

The following is a favorite story.

On the way home from work, Sam would stop into Church for a few minutes. He’d look at the altar and say, “Hi, Jesus. It’s me, Sam.” This went on for many years. When Sam was dying, he saw the door to his room open. As the person entered, he heard a voice saying,”
Hi, Sam. It’s Me, Jesus.”
 
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