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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, August 7th, 2019. This week on the Catholic Spouts

podcast, we are exploring our mission statement, letting the Eucharist lead. We have already

talked about how we are really in a big Eucharistic procession, our whole life, following Jesus

and allowing Jesus to work through us. Yesterday, we looked at the sacrifice of the Mass

and how Jesus is truly present there, how wherever there is a priest and the sacrifice of the mass is being said,

Jesus is truly there in the Eucharist. Today we are going to talk about adoration.

Now, of course, we encounter the Eucharist at Mass, but we can also go and spend time with Jesus in adoration.

If you haven't ever been to adoration, here is what you can expect.

Usually, adoration takes place in a smaller chapel or in a church in a time when mass is not being said.

There is a ceremony for exposing the Eucharist, meaning a host that has been consecrated at

mass, that is the true presence of Jesus Christ, that circle of bread that is no longer bred but truly Jesus, it is exposed,

meaning it is usually placed into a little circle behind glass, a little golden case,

and that case fits into a monstrance.

Now, most monstrances sort of look like a flaming sun. Golden pieces

shoot out in every direction. And in the center, of course, is Jesus in the Eucharist. These usually sit

up. They are placed on an altar. and it is placed there with incense sometimes,

burning candles, and we sing certain songs when we expose Jesus in the Eucharist. But as the Eucharist

sits there, people are invited to come in and pray. Perhaps you or your parents go to a holy hour

where you say, I will be at the chapel from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Wednesday to pray with Jesus

exposed in the Eucharist. That is an example of a holy hour.

So that is what adoration is, but why do we do this in the Catholic Church?

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