Vatican tries to revive Eucharistic adoration

Christian Century ^ | June 16, 2011 | Francis X. Rocca

[NYer]

Ping!

[Mr. K]

Isn’t there anything important they could have on their monds?

[frogjerk]

We are blessed to have Perpetual Eucharist Adoration @ our Parish.

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said the Rev. Richard P. McBrien, a noted theologian at the University of Notre Dame.

Cough, cough,...excuse me.

[massgopguy]

We do it at our Parish on the 1st Saturday of the month right after the Fatima Rosary sponsored by my Knights of Columbus Council.

[StonyMan451]

Poor Fr. McBrien. Once again he illustrates that he just doesn’t understand what he’s talking about.

[marshmallow]

"It distorts the meaning of the Eucharist," McBrien said. "It erodes the communal aspect, and it erodes the fact that the Eucharist is a meal. Holy Communion is something to be eaten, not to be adored."

Since when are the two mutually exclusive?

I'm just back from lunch at "Fat Man's" and I adored my club sandwich before I ate it.

This guy is a theologian?

[frogjerk]

"No one eat this flesh, if he has not adored it before; for we sin if we do not adore," Benedict said, quoting St. Augustine, in a 2009 speech at the Vatican.

"It distorts the meaning of the Eucharist," McBrien said. "It erodes the communal aspect, and it erodes the fact that the Eucharist is a meal. Holy Communion is something to be eaten, not to be adored." For that reason, McBrien said, the practice should be "tolerated but not encouraged."

Hmmm...which to choose...St. Augustine, probably the Greatest Doctor of Holy Mother Church or Rev Richard O'Brien, heretic....

[frogjerk]

We do it at our Parish on the 1st Saturday of the month right after the Fatima Rosary sponsored by my Knights of Columbus Council

Excellent!

[papertyger]

"It distorts the meaning of the Eucharist," McBrien said. "It erodes the communal aspect, and it erodes the fact that the Eucharist is a meal. Holy Communion is something to be eaten, not to be adored."

Next he'll be telling us Mary is the mother of Jesus, but not of God.

[pbear8]

But he just keeps talking (eyeroll)

[StonyMan451]

Catholics believe that the consecrated Host is the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ. If that’s true, then what could be more important than adoring Christ?! It is through adoring (i.e., loving) Christ that the Christian finds purpose of life and strength to continue the struggle to live as He wishes us to live.

[cthemfly25]

We too have perpetual adoration. Coincidentally, my time was this morning before work. I have been attending for several years. It is my exclusive time to prayerfully listen to our Lord. It is a wonderful cherished hour of my otherwise hectic week. Father McBrien is so disdainful of what exactly....time with our Eucharistic Lord; time spent in worship and adoration; time spent telling Him our problems and seeking answers. Through this deeply intimate form of adoration you learn to see how the Lord answers our prayers; you grow in discernment seeing His goodness in things not before recognized.

[StonyMan451]

Father McBrien is so disdainful of what exactly....time with our Eucharistic Lord; time spent in worship and adoration; time spent telling Him our problems and seeking answers.

If only Fr. McBrien would just try it for, say, 6 months, I expect his eyes would be opened.

[ArrogantBustard]

Isn’t there anything important they could have on their minds?

Actually, no. There isn't.

Proper worship of Almighty God is absolutely the most important thing that anybody could have on his mind.

Thank you for asking ... it puts our ephemeral human concerns (however important we might think them to be) in their correct place.

God is first.

[wordsofearnest]

Thursday mornings at 5:00am.

[cthemfly25]

6 for me usually followed by Mass....it’s awesome.

[ArrogantBustard]

Some people worship The Lord in Church.

Some people worship The Lord in the natural expanse of His creation.

Some people worship the lord in the bathroom mirror ...

[frogjerk]

Do we not adore the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar prior to receiving Him at Mass? And how does this adoration take anything away from communion with Jesus?

Pray for the conversion of Fr. McBrien.