{"id":16617,"date":"2022-02-17T16:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=16617"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:33:25","slug":"the-transformative-power-of-the-spiritual-practice-of-eucharistic-adoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2022\/02\/17\/the-transformative-power-of-the-spiritual-practice-of-eucharistic-adoration\/","title":{"rendered":"The transformative power of the spiritual practice of Eucharistic Adoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The air is palpably different, more alive, almost tingling to the touch. The round room always feels like entering home and my gaze is fixed on one spot. Sometimes a river of warmth comes toward me and holiness is not even the right word to describe a feeling this immense. At the same moment, the walls dissolve and I am united with something so much larger than myself, both God and my global family of humanity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, adoration is a part of the rhythm of my life and the core of my identity. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Sarah Hennessey before the monstrance in the St. Rose Convent Adoration Chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Recently, however, there have been some new wrinkles in my experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I became Catholic, I discovered that adoration can be used as a technical term to mean more than just awe and glory of God. Its also praying in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, the Body of Christ, the bread consecrated by the priest. What we practice in my congregation is actually exposition, which is the Blessed Sacrament placed in a monstrance (which comes from the Latin word meaning \u201cto show\u201d). Before it, you can actually gaze upon this Body of Christ. I didn\u2019t know any of this before I became Catholic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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