Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
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(We are currently looking at extending our Adoration hours)
The Adoration Chapel Hours: Monday & Wednesday 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM - Noon *We are currently looking for Adorer Volunteers. If you are interested in joining this ministry, please contact Evelyn Romero (559) 288-8422 Our Adoration Chapel has been updated with an ionization filtration system which filters out the contaminants in the air. |
Monstrance
The Eucharist is displayed in a special holder called a monstrance, located in our Adoration chapel. Parishioners are welcome and encouraged to come to the chapel to pray to and worship Jesus. This time with Jesus is "Eucharistic Adoration" or "Adoration". Upon entering the chapel, the Eucharist is visible in the middle of the room. We genuflect and then sit quietly to "visit with Jesus, pray or read. For many, their spiritual life is awakened and renewed by this personal encounter with Jesus, we gradually open our entire person to the Presence of Jesus Christ, who embraces us with His divine mercy and love.
"Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the most tender of friends with souls who seek to please Him. His goodness knows how to proportion itself to the smallest of His creatures as to the greatest of them. Be not afraid then in your solitary conversations, to tell Him of your miseries, fears, worries, of those who are dear to you, of your projects, and of your hopes. Do so with confidence and with an open heart." — St. Damien of Molokai |
Eucharistic AdorationThe importance of Eucharistic Adoration is shown in the fact that the Church has a ritual that regulates it: the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction. This is an extension of the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament which occurs in every Mass: "Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb." Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament flows from the sacrifice of the Mass and serves to deepen our hunger for Communion with Christ and the rest of the Church. The Rite concludes with the ordained minister blessing the faithful with the Blessed Sacrament. Some important prayers that are used during this rite include the Anima Christi and the Tantum Ergo. Holy Hours. Holy hours are the Roman Catholic devotional tradition of spending an hour in Eucharistic Adoration in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. The bishops have created a variety of holy hours that focus our prayer to Jesus Christ on peace, life, vocations, and other topics that are at the heart of the life of the Church and the world. 
The Pope urged the practice of Eucharistic Adoration in June of 2007 also, saying that the capacity for interior silence and recollection is ever more important in life that is often “noisy and scattered”. “There is an intrinsic connection between celebration and adoration. The Holy Mass, in fact, is in itself the Church’s greatest act of adoration,” he added. “Adoration outside Holy Mass prolongs and intensifies what happened in the liturgical celebration and renders a true and profound reception of Christ possible.
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Tantum Ergo (English)
Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail. To the everlasting Father, And the Son who reigns on high, With the Holy Spirit proceeding Forth from each eternally, Be salvation, honor, blessing, Might and endless majesty. Amen. V. You have given them bread from heaven, R. Having all sweetness within it. Let us pray. O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament left us a memorial of your Passion: grant, we implore you, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood, as always to be conscious of the fruit of your Redemption. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen. |
Tantum Ergo (Latin)
Tantum ergo Sacramentum Veneremur cernui: Et antiquum documentum Novo cedat ritui: Praestet fides supplementum Sensuum defectui. Genitori, Genitoque Laus et iubilatio, Salus, honor, virtus quoque Sit et benedictio: Procedenti ab utroque Compar sit laudatio. Amen. V. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis. R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem. Oremus: Deus, qui nobis sub sacramento mirabili, passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti: tribue, quaesumus, ita nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut redemptionis tuae fructum in nobis iugiter sentiamus. Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculorum. R. Amen. |
Anima Christi
Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O good Jesus, hear me. Within your wounds conceal me. Do not permit me to be parted from you. From the evil foe protect me. At the hour of my death call me. And bid me come to you, to praise you with all your saints for ever and ever. Amen. En ego, o bone et dulcissime Iesu (Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus) Here, O good and gentle Jesus, I kneel before you, and with all the fervor of my soul I pray that you engrave within my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and love, true repentance for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment. While I see and I ponder your five wounds with great affection and sorrow in my soul, I have before my eyes those words of yours that David prophesied about you: "They have pierced my hands and feet; I can count all my bones." (Ps 22, 17) Amen. |
