I adore Thee, O Jesus, God of Love, truly present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I adore Thee, Who has come to Thine own, but wast not received by them. I adore Thee, Whom the majority of mankind reject and despise. I adore Thee, Whom the impious incessantly offend by their sacrileges and blasphemies. I adore Thee, Who art grieved by the coldness and indifference even of a vast number of Christians. I adore Thee, O Infinite Goodness, Who hast wrought so many miracles in order to reveal Thy love to us. I adore Thee with all the angels and saints and with those chosen souls that are now already the blessed of Thy Father and are all aglow with burning love for Thee. I adore Thee with all Thy friends, O Jesus! With them I prostrate myself at the foot of the altar, to offer Thee my most profound homage, to receive Thy Divine Inspiration, and to implore Thy grace. Oh, how good it is for me to be here with Thee! How sweet to hear the Voice of my Beloved! O Victim of Divine Love! A piercing cry breaks forth from Thy Heart here on the altar, as once it did on Calvary; it is the cry of Love: “I thirst,” Thou callest to Thy children, “I thirst for your love! Come, all you whom I love as My Father has loved Me; come and quench the thirst that consumes Me!”
Lord Jesus, behold I come. My heart is small, but it is all Thine own. Thou art a prisoner in our Tabernacles, Thou, the Lord of Lords! And love it is that holds Thee here as such! Thou leavest the Tabernacle only to come to us, to unite Thyself with the faithful soul and allow Thy Divine Love to reign in her. O King of Love! Come, live, reign in me. I want no other law but the law of Thy Love. No, no, I henceforth desire to know naught, neither of the world, nor of what is in it, nor of myself. Thy Love alone shall rule in me eternally.
O Jesus, grant me this grace! Break all my fetters, strip me of all that is not Thyself, in order that Thy Love may be my life here below and my happiness and delight in eternity. Amen.
A traditional Catholic prayer of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.
The Holy Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. The Real Presence of Our Lord Jesus is such a gift to us!
The Catechism teaches: “The Catholic Church has always offered and still offers to the sacrament of the Eucharist the cult of adoration, not only during Mass, but also outside of it, reserving the consecrated hosts with the utmost care, exposing them to the solemn veneration of the faithful, and carrying them in procession” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1378).
The Holy Eucharist is “reserved” (kept) in the tabernacle in Catholic churches. Between Masses, when the church is open, you can adore Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Some parishes are blessed with perpetual adoration, where people come to adore Jesus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; or with more limited hours during the week. During adoration Our Lord is enthroned in a monstrance, a sacred vessel for exposing the Blessed Sacrament for adoration or carrying It in a Eucharistic procession.
Pope St. John Paul II wrote: “The Church and the world have a great need of eucharistic worship. Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love. Let us be generous with our time in going to meet Him in adoration and in contemplation that is full of faith…” (Dominicae Cenae, 3).
We would encourage you to make a “Holy Hour” (an hour spent adoring Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament) weekly or even daily if you have the time–or as often as you can. But if you can’t spend an hour, just stay for whatever period of time is possible.
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) was a fervent promoter of Eucharistic adoration.
A Holy Hour is a time to rest in the Lord–to pray and offer Him your love, whether in your own words or in someone else’s–to meditate on Our Lord’s great love and just spend time with Him as your Best Friend! He loves you more than anyone else ever could and wants you to visit and adore Him. Ask the intercession of the Blessed Mother to help you fervently adore Our Lord!
The prayer above is a wonderfully rich adoration prayer that you can pray during Eucharistic adoration.
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