Sacrament of Initiation
What is Adoration?
A Eucharistic Miracle
- Scriptural Foundation- John 6:48,51 "I am the bread of life. I am the living bread that came down from Heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever: and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
- Minister- Only a priest or bishop may consecrate bread and wine to become the Eucharist, but Ordinary Ministers and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion can distribute the Holy Communion
- Receiver- Members of the Catholic faith who are free from mortal sin since their last confession or Baptism or Catholics in a "state of Grace"
- Frequency- The minimum requirement is at least once a year during the Easter season, but the maximum is no more than one time per day, with some exceptions
- Effect- Intimate union with Christ, receiving Christ's flesh and blood, nourishment of spiritual life, medicine of grace
- Form- Words of Consecration
- Matter- Bread made form wheat and water, and wine made from grapes
What is Adoration?
- Adoration is the honoring and respecting that Christ is within the Eucharist. It shows devotion and reverence to our Lord Jesus Christ. During Adoration, we eat of the blessed body and blood of Jesus, just as Jesus and the disciples did at the Last Supper and just as St. Basil did with the monks. We adore the consecrated host, as we see it as the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ.
- Adoration is offered during retreats and XLT, at Kellenberg
- At my parish, Adoration is offered during morning mass, family mass, and Holy Days
A Eucharistic Miracle
- On August 18, 1996 Fr. Pezet saw a consecrated host on a candleholder at the back of the church, so he picked it up and after mass he put it in a bowl with water so it can dissolve. On August 26,1996 Fr. Pezet checked on the host to see if it had dissolved and it had not, it turned into a bloody substance. Then a few years later on October 5, 1999 Dr. Castanon was given permission to take a sample and send it to New York for analysis. It was later found out that the bloody substance was part of a human heart and the substance was still alive. This is just one Eucharistic miracle of many.