Kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar and staying there for a while is one of the most beautiful moments we can have in our Christian lives. However, sometimes we do not know how to do it correctly. The Holy Curé of Ars used to say about it: “It is not necessary to talk much to pray well. We know that the good God is there, in the holy Tabernacle: let us open our hearts, let us rejoice in his presence. This is the best prayer”. In fact, if we want our worship to bear fruit, the key is to enjoy his presence. But, since we have such hectic lives, it is not so easy to calm our interiority enough to sit down and simply adore the Blessed Sacrament. Therefore, we want to present you with some keys to answer your questions about how to adore the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.
Let us be aware of the real presence of Christ
When we approach to adore the Blessed Sacrament, it is essential to be aware that the presence of Christ is real. We must do it as an act of faith, that is, we must know and trust that He is there. Sometimes we can palpably feel his presence, but other times we only know he is there because we are intimately convinced of it. Regardless of whether we feel it or not, we must be aware that He is there. Let us keep in mind that we are not alone before the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar: He is there present at our side!
It is not a kind of interior monologue, but an exchange: “I advise him and he advises me”said one of the parishioners of the holy Curé of Ars. And this is what happens when we have a moment of recollection before the Blessed Sacrament: we are there to adore Him, but He is also there, loving us deeply. We must know that worship is not a one-way process, but mutual. Let us feel this in our hearts every time we sit down to worship!
How to pray before the Blessed Sacrament?
love christ
To adore the Blessed Sacrament we don’t just need to say a prayer. Sometimes, feeling and showing deep love can be more than enough. To do this, you can sit before the Blessed Sacrament and express everything you carry inside. The key is to feel all the love you have for Jesus, and then offer it to him very simply, without looking for more than that.
Talk to Christ like a friend
Loving Christ also means trusting Him. In fact, we can present ourselves before the Blessed Sacrament and offer all our sufferings and weaknesses to Jesus. For example, we can give him that difficulty we have in remaining fully present, fully aware of his presence, which is so real in our midst. By surrendering these difficulties to him we avoid being swept away by our human concerns as we worship him.
Pray with your heart
We can practice the Prayer of the Heart, also known as the Jesus Prayer, as some Orthodox still do today. This prayer consists of repeating a phrase to the rhythm of the breath, “chewing it constantly”, until it is completely assimilated. Traditionally, the phrase that is repeated is the following: “Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner”.
However, we can also take any Bible verse and repeat it in the same way, or use our own words to speak to Jesus. You can even sing a prayer or phrase in your head. Here everything is possible, the only rule is to offer your prayer to Jesus, and to love him deeply, no matter which way you do it. It is very simple: put in your prayer all the love that a child puts in the flower -the stick, the stone, or the drawing- that he offers to his mother.
Pray the rosary of the Blessed Sacrament
If you are looking for a more elaborate sentence, you will probably find it very satisfactory pray the chaplet of the Blessed Sacrament. offers you two models.
pray a rosary
Isn’t Mary our purest model? Wasn’t she the first to worship Jesus? Therefore, praying a Rosary allows you to meditate on the mysteries of the life of Christ and feel closer to Him.
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We must know that any prayer is good when we worship the Blessed Sacrament and in you can find many possibilities to worship the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. For example, if you join this community you can learn to pray the Rosary alone, or in the company of other believers. You can also join in prayer with a community that invites you to respond to the call of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Also, you can join one of these online prayer communities or deposit your prayer intention right now.