Eucharistic Adoration Prayers

After the people have assembled, the following or another suitable song may be sung while the minister prepares the Holy Eucharist for adoration.

O saving Victim, open wide The gate of heav’n to us below, Our foes press on from ev’ry side; Your aid supply, your strength bestow. To your great name be endless praise, Immortal Godhead, One in Three; O grant us endless length of days In our true native land with thee. Amen.

The Liturgy of the Hours may be celebrated during the period of exposition, or there may be prayers, songs, readings from Scripture and a brief homily to direct the attention of the faithful to the worship of the Lord. (Selection of Prayers below). The following or another suitable Eucharistic song may be sung.

Down in adoration falling, This great Sacrament we hail; Over ancient forms of worship Newer rites of grace prevail; Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail. To the everlasting Father, And the Son who made us free, And the Spirit, God proceeding From them Each eternally, Be salvation, honor, blessing, Might and endless majesty. Amen.

V. You have given them Bread from heaven (Easter: alleluia) V. Having within it all Sweetness (Easter: alleluia)

If the minister is a priest or deacon, there may be a blessing. Before the blessing, a prayer such as the following may be said. (Easter: alleluia)

Lord Jesus Christ, you gave us the Eucharist as a memorial of your suffering and death. May our worship of this Sacrament of your body and blood help us to experience the salvation you won for us and the peace of the kingdom where you live with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

After the blessing, the minister places the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle.

The people may say an acclamation or sing another song such as the following.

Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man. Blessed be His most Sacred Heart. Blessed be His most Precious Blood. Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary, most holy. Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception. Blessed be her glorious Assumption. Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste Spouse. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints.

Holy God, we praise thy name; Lord of all, we bow before thee; All on earth thy scepter claim, All in heaven above adore thee. Infinite thy vast domain, Everlasting is thy reign. Hark, the loud celestial hymn; Angel choirs above are raising; Cherubim and Seraphim, In unceasing chorus praising, Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy, Lord!

O sacred Banquet, wherein Christ is received; the memory of His Passion renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and the pledge of future glory is given unto us.

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.

O My God, relying on Your almighty power and infinite mercy and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of Your grace, and life everlasting through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.

O my God, I firmly believe that You are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I believe that Your divine Son became man, died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these truths and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because You have revealed them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived.

O my God, I love you above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because You are all good and worthy of all love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of You. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured. Amen.

We adore you, Most Holy Lord, Jesus Christ, here and in all your churches of the whole world, and we bless You because by Your Cross You have redeemed the world. Have mercy on us.

O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, who according to the will of the Father and with the cooperation of the Holy Spirit hast by Thy death given life unto the world, I adore and revere this Thy holy Body and this Thy holy Blood, which was given over and poured forth for the many unto the remission of sins. O merciful Lord, I beg of Thy mercy that through the power of this sacrament Thou wilt make me one of the many. Through faith and love make me feel the power of these sacraments, so I may experience their saving power. Absolve and free all sin and punishment of sin Thy servants, Thy handmaidens, myself, and all who have confessed their sins to me, those whom I have promised or am obliged to pray for, and so too those who themselves hope or beg to be helped by my prayers with Thee. Make our Church rejoice in Thy constant protection and consolation. Amen.

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The whole world should tremble and heaven rejoice, when Christ, the Son of the living God, is present on the altar in the hands of the priest. What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! O humble sublimity! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble himself like this and hide under the form of a little bread for our salvation. Look at God’s condescension, my brothers, and pour out your hearts before him. Humble yourselves that you may be exalted by him.

O Jesus, present in the Sacrament of the Altar, teach all nations to serve you with a willing heart, knowing that to serve God is to reign. May your sacrament, O Jesus, be light to the mind, strength to the will, joy to the heart. May it be the support for the weak, the comfort for the suffering, the wayfaring bread of salvation for the dying, and, for all, the pledge of future glory.

Give me, good Lord, a full and fervent charity, a love of you, good Lord, incomparable above the love of myself; and that I love nothing to your displeasure but everything in an order to you. Take from me, good Lord, this lukewarm fashion, or rather this cold manner of meditation and this dullness in praying to you. And give me warmth, delight, and life in thinking about you. And give me your grace to long for your hold sacraments, and specially to rejoice in the presence of your blessed body, sweet Savior, in the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, and duly to thank you for your gracious coming.

Deliver me, O Jesus, From the desire of being loved, From the desire of being extolled, From the desire of being honored, From the desire of being praised, From the desire of being preferred, From the desire of being consulted, From the desire of being approved, From the desire of being popular, From the fear of being humiliated, From the fear of being despised, From the fear of suffering rebukes, From the fear of being culminated, From the fear of being forgotten, From the fear of being wronged, From the fear of being ridiculed, From the fear of being suspected.

We thank you, O Lord our God, the true Word, who has loved us and thus gave us yourself as a sacrifice for our redemption, who has granted us life from your holy body and precious blood, and who has made us worthy to partake of them. We confess our sins to you, O God, lover of your creatures, and send them up to you glory and honor and worship with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

All you who seek a comfort sure In trouble and distress, Whatever sorrow vex the mind, Or guilt the soul oppress, Jesus, who gave himself for you Upon the cross to die, Opens to you his Sacred Heart; Oh, to that heart draw nigh. You hear how kindly he invites; You hear his words so blest: “All you that labor come to me, And I will give you rest.” Christ Jesus, joy of saints on high, The hope of sinners here, Attracted by those loving words To you we lift our prayer.

My Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire to possess you within my soul. Since I am unable now to receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as being already there, and unite myself wholly to you. Never, never permit me to be separated from you.

I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace You. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, who were graciously pleased to die through love of my love.