Where may Eucharistic Adoration take place?

[zab]

Give our much maligned priests the benefit of the doubt in a case of this nature.

 

[Student09]

I stand by my post. You are incorrect in your assumptions.

Fr. David didn’t make any assumptions, he only said that we don’t know the situation. But I agree that we should assume the best until we know otherwise.

 

[The_Reginator]

I presumed that our Holy Thursday Adoration was licit:
After Mass there was a procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the parish hall. There we had a special table set up with candles and chairs and pews (with kneelers).
It was very reverent.
Anything not right about this?

 

[cordula]

Thank God that eucharistic Adoration is taking place. The more the better. Ilike to have it in a large place or in the main church not in some small side church where everybody i s on top of each other.
God bless

 

[benedictgal]

I presumed that our Holy Thursday Adoration was licit:
After Mass there was a procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the parish hall. There we had a special table set up with candles and chairs and pews (with kneelers).
It was very reverent.
Anything not right about this?

There is one major caveat to “adoration” on Holy Thursday. The Blessed Sacrament is not to be exposed in the monstrance during that time.

1. The Blessed Sacrament should be reserved in a closed tabernacle or pyx. Under no circumstances may it be exposed in a monstrance

Now, regarding the actual location of the place of reservation (for Holy Thursday), this is what Paschalis Sollemnitatis notes:

1. For the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, a place should be prepared and adorned in such a way as to be conducive to prayer and meditation; that sobriety appropriate to the liturgy of these days is enjoined, to the avoidance or suppression of all abuses. [55]

When the tabernacle is in a chapel separated from the central part of the church, it is appropriate to prepare the place of repose and adoration there.

I hope this helps to clarify things, at least as far as Holy Thursday is concerned.

 

[The_Reginator]

There is one major caveat to “adoration” on Holy Thursday. The Blessed Sacrament is not to be exposed in the monstrance during that time.

Now, regarding the actual location of the place of reservation (for Holy Thursday), this is what Paschalis Sollemnitatis notes:

I hope this helps to clarify things, at least as far as Holy Thursday is concerned.

Yes, thank-you, that does clarify things. It may even clarify my memory – I think I was mistaken about the monstrance.
They did prepare “a place … adorned in such a way as to be conducive to prayer and meditation; that sobriety appropriate to the liturgy of these days is enjoined”.

 

[KEVIN_WILCOX]

On Wednesday we have Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. It takes place following Holy Mass during a time called Holy Hour (then what has just been witnessed at Holy Mass?) To me it appears wrong. Reason given, it’s time management.
The movement is from Imminent to Transcendant. The whole point of Holy Mass is God made Imminent in Christ and going out in missionary movement. What we have is a denial of our own bodies having become a living monstrance. Christ buried in the tomb awaiting the Resurrection in our Christian service.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in monstance up on the altar away from or prior to Holy Mass times would be more meaningful.

 

[seanflynn]

do you mean reservation of the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle in a location where it is accessible to the faithful, or do you mean exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for perpetual or time limited adoration. No that question was not answered because OP did not give enough information.

The original post says:

I’ve only ever seen exposition of the Eucharist in churches and chapels, but today I was looking at the website of a parish that said they have Eucharistic adoration in a room in the religious education building. Is that licit?

I’m pretty sure the question and use of the word “adoration” is referencing exposition, as in a monstrance, not reservation in a tabernacle.

I’m pretty sure thomas jd is right on all accounts.

 

[KEVIN_WILCOX]

if the bishop has given them permission to use that room, and it is dedicated to that purpose, yes. No the Blessed Sacrament may not be reserved, much less exposed for Adoration, in a room that is being used for another purpose, for instance, a classroom while class is going on. Perhaps they have permission, if there is no other suitable space (why they are not in church I can’t imagine) to have Adoration in a large classroom or gathering area, but the tabernacle cannot remain there unless the space has been dedicated and reserved for that use. Maybe there is ongoing construction or another reason for the use of this space, as at a neighboring parish.

At a Religious Community in New Zealand it was decided to celebrate Holy Mass in the dining room, on the dining room table, theory being “it would be more suitable.” (Agreeably one Priest was hostile to this happening, there being a Chapel with consecrated altar in the same house.)

At our church (and I notice at several other Catholic churches throughout the year) an alternative table is set up for the purpose of Holy Mass in preference to a consecrated altar.

 

[nannyma]

At a Religious Community in New Zealand it was decided to celebrate Holy Mass in the dining room, on the dining room table, theory being “it would be more suitable.” (Agreeably one Priest was hostile to this happening, there being a Chapel with consecrated altar in the same house.)

At our church (and I notice at several other Catholic churches throughout the year) an alternative table is set up for the purpose of Holy Mass in preference to a consecrated altar.

This is the second page of this response and I have not seen any response toward the internet. There is a site called <Savior.org> where you can adore Our Lord’s live image in the Chapel of a convent where the nuns are dedicated to the Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. This was begun because of all those in Nursing Homes or at home and unable to get to a Church for Adoration or even to Mass. I am happy to be able to share this information to the Catholic Answers Forum. God Bless

 

[KEVIN_WILCOX]

This is the second page of this response and I have not seen any response toward the internet. There is a site called <Savior.org> where you can adore Our Lord’s live image in the Chapel of a convent where the nuns are dedicated to the Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. This was begun because of all those in Nursing Homes or at home and unable to get to a Church for Adoration or even to Mass. I am happy to be able to share this information to the Catholic Answers Forum. God Bless

Brave new world of ekkonomia. Where should the PC be located? Special/consecrated room? Bedside of those in palliative care?
The Host should not be so familiar as to become commonplace room decoration.

 

[The_Reginator]

This is the second page of this response and I have not seen any response toward the internet. There is a site called <Savior.org> where you can adore Our Lord’s live image in the Chapel of a convent where the nuns are dedicated to the Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. This was begun because of all those in Nursing Homes or at home and unable to get to a Church for Adoration or even to Mass. I am happy to be able to share this information to the Catholic Answers Forum. God Bless

Thank-you!!!

 

[FrDavid96]

The original post says:

I’m pretty sure the question and use of the word “adoration” is referencing exposition, as in a monstrance, not reservation in a tabernacle.

I’m pretty sure thomas jd is right on all accounts.

Once again, please keep in mind that without knowing all the details of what’s happening, no one is in a position to say that it is either licit or not licit. As I’ve been saying all along, what is happening could be licit because we don’t have any information to indicate that it is not licit. But at the same time, no one can make the statement that it is licit based on an absence of further information.