What is the purpose of adoration?

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Can anyone go including adults who haven’t recieved their commmunion or confirmation?
 
To be in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. You go there to pray and feel more intimately connected to God as you are physically in His presence. Also your being there is a form of worship of course hence ‘adoration’, adoring the Blessed Sacrament. As far as I know anyone can go.
 
I liken adoration to sitting in quiet companionship with my spouse. Sometimes we talk; sometimes we cry; sometimes we just sit in quiet and enjoy the closeness of one another.

The same things happen in adoration.

There is no restriction on who can visit the Lord. I went maybe a half dozen times during the 3 months I was in RCIA.
 
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I find I get really ‘clear line’ to Jesus, sitting in His presence. He brings to mind all sorts of things that, in the ordinary busyness of the day, I don’t get a chance to listen out for. Just last night at Adoration I was consumed with a feeling of my own sinfulness, and the words ‘Even for you’ kept coming to mind as I looked at the monstrance. By the end of the Mass that followed, with readings about forgiveness of sinners, I finally got the message that even knowing all my sins and failings, He still died, even for me. It was very powerful. I am not yet a Catholic, and God still welcomes me into His presence. This is a truly beautiful thing.
 
For Catholics I think one aspect of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is an extension of receiving our Lord in the Eucharist. Maybe think of it as a supplement to the Grace recieved in Holy Communion? It helps live better the Catholic life. Now for the non Catholic perhaps it can be an enhancement of the desire to receive Christ in the Eucharist. In fact what better evangelization than to sit with Christ as He desires all to be in the Catholic Church.
 
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Adoration is a time for us to be in the presence of the Lord. So often the hustle and bustle of daily life causes so much distraction and noise that we don’t take the time to stop and contemplate Jesus and His role as our Savior.

Many times when we pray, we can be tempted to spend the entire time speaking to the Lord, yet we don’t take the time to give Him a chance to respond. We just fire off our list of wants, needs, complaints, frustrations, etc… and then we move on with our days. Adoration is a wonderful opportunity to pause and listen to God in the silence; to give Him a chance to speak to our hearts in the quiet.

There is a story about adoration from St. John Vianney that I love:
"…This was an old peasant who every day went into
the church before going to his labour in the fields,
and again when he returned. There he used to
remain for a long while quite motionless and mute,
with his eyes fixed on the Tabernacle.

" Pere Chaffangeon, what do you say to Our
Lord during your visits ? " M. Vianney asked him
one day, surprised at never seeing his lips move.

" Nothing. I look at Him, and He looks at me."
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Like receiving the Eucharist, Adoration is an encounter with Christ that transcends words.

Picture a married couple who have been together for years. They can go out for dinner and sit at the table looking at each other in silence; not because they have nothing left to say to each other or their love has grown cold, but because what they DO have to say to each other is beyond the reach of words. The exchange that occurs between them in their loving gaze, the knowing smiles, the utter peace of being with someone who completely understands you and loves you endlessly… it conveys more than words ever possibly could.

This is Adoration; time to gaze with love upon our Beloved, who loves us infinitely.

I will close with this wonderful prayer from St. Francis of Assisi:
I beg you, Lord,
let the glowing force of Your love
draw my mind away from all things
that are below heaven,
that I may die for love of Your Love,
who thought me worthy to die for love of my love.
Amen.
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It’s just paying some extra attention to Jesus, one on one, to tell him you love him and you’re sorry you hurt him and thank him for giving his life for You, stuff like that. It’s like spending quality time with a beloved relative or friend.
 
Anyone can go, including non-baptized persons and protestants. All are welcome to pray silently in the presence of our Lord and King.

Be at peace.
 
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Anyone can go, including non-baptized persons and protestants.
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When I was an unbaptized person, I went to adoration to pray for my mother, who was in the hospital at the time. It was a lovely experience.
 
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