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To: NYer
This is a complete puzzlement to those of us of the Protestant persuasion.

Worship is wonderful and necessary, but logging the number of hours seems very odd.

10 posted on 01/07/2004 12:37:30 PM PST by LiteKeeper
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To: LiteKeeper
This is a form of worsip much denigrated by the modernists among us. If nothing else, it's an encouraging reminder to our (earthly) leader that we haven't all gone nuts.
11 posted on 01/07/2004 12:44:05 PM PST by ArrogantBustard
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To: LiteKeeper
This is a complete puzzlement to those of us of the Protestant persuasion.

Lol! I'm sure it is ; sadly, your protestant upbringing prevents your from opening up to the glory of Our Lord through this ancient form of devotion (scroll up and click on the lin to the History of Eucharistic Adoration)

Imagine for a moment that we are living in Jesus’ time and He has invited us to visit with Him and share a meal with Him. Knowing who He was, we would be humbled and honoured by this invitation. We would put all our effort - our whole self - into being there with Him.

The good news is that Jesus IS here with us today - body, blood, soul and divinity – in the Eucharist. Although Jesus comes to us under the appearance of bread and wine, His presence is as real to us NOW as He was real to His disciples when he walked this earth. He can perform miracles, heal us, teach us, love us; we can talk to Him and He can speak to us through His Word (Holy Scripture) and through the Holy Spirit who lives in us through our baptism.

Jesus, who is Love, invites us to come to Him, to share our lives with Him, to love Him, to simply be present with Him in this Most Blessed Sacrament.

As Christ said to his sleeping disciples in the Garden at Gethsemane,

Could you not watch with me one hour?

As catholics who believe in the Real Presence, to spend one hour in Eucharistic Adoration is to be in the Presence of our Lord. It defies description.

13 posted on 01/07/2004 4:45:59 PM PST by NYer
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