4 Tips from a Saint for a Unique Eucharistic Adoration

Eucharistic Adoration is a privileged moment of encounter with the Lord. Do you have your Hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and don’t know what to do during that time? Here we reveal four tips from a saint to make the most of and gain much fruit from your Eucharistic Adoration.

Saint Peter Julian Eymard, also known as the Apostle of the Eucharist, advises dividing the hour of Eucharistic Adoration into four fifteen-minute periods. In each of these, he proposes honoring Jesus following the four ends of the Holy Mass: adoration, thanksgiving, reparation, and petition.

We hope that, thanks to the four tips from this saint, you can adore the Blessed Sacrament with fervor, grow in love for Him, and discover the path that God has traced for your life.

Eucharistic Adoration According to the 4 Ends of the Holy Mass:

1st Tip: Adore God

During the first fifteen minutes, Saint Peter Julian Eymard advises adoring Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament.

First, he suggests honoring the Lord with the external homage of the body. As soon as you enter the chapel or church where Jesus is exposed, kneel and bow before Him with deep respect as a sign of utmost reverence and love. Remember the Wise Men when, upon arriving at the manger, they prostrated themselves with their heads to the ground to adore the Child God in the humble manger of Bethlehem.

This first silent and spontaneous act of veneration should be followed by an external act of faith. This act will awaken Eucharistic piety in your soul. It will open the heart of the Lord and grant you abundant graces and light.

Then, make an offering of your whole person and each of the gifts that the Lord has granted you.

As our adorations are so imperfect, we can unite them with those of the Blessed Virgin and all the saints and angels in Heaven. They are continuously in the presence of the Lord, glorifying Him in paradise. We can ask for their counsel to adore Jesus as He likes.

You can pray the following prayers:

Act of Faith:

I believe, my Jesus, that You are present in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar. I believe that You see me and that You hear me. I adore You with profound humility and reverence. . For my sins, I ask Your forgiveness. And because I love You above all things, I ask You to help me make this hour of adoration fruitful, for Your greater honor and glory. Amen.

Offering:

Lord, I offer You all that I am and all that I have. I offer You my spirit so that I may know You better. I offer You my heart so that I may love You more each day. I offer You my will so that I may serve You faithfully. I offer You my body so that I may glorify You. I offer You my thoughts so that You, made Eucharist, may be the dominant thought of my entire life. I offer You, Lord, my memory to always remember You.

I desire nothing more, Lord, than for You to be my King and Lord. I only wish to serve You, love You, glorify You, and live solely from You, through You, and for You.

Amen.

2nd Tip: Give Thanks to God

The word “Eucharist” means thanksgiving, and this is one of the main purposes of the Mass. As a second piece of advice, St. Peter Julian Eymard teaches us to thank the Lord for His Eucharistic presence. Adore and bless the immense love that Jesus shows you in the Blessed Sacrament. To not leave you alone and orphaned, He comes from Heaven personally for you. He wants to keep you company and console you.

To better give thanks, admire Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Admire the sacrifices He makes present in the Eucharist: He hides His glory and majesty so that you can approach and speak to Him as a friend. How good He is! He is available at all hours for you to visit Him. And as soon as you enter the church, He receives you with great joy.

Thank God the Father for giving us His beloved Son as our Savior. Thank the Holy Spirit for allowing Jesus to become present in the bread and wine. Give thanks for the enormous gift of the priesthood and the Holy Mass . Without priests there would be no Mass, and without Mass there would be no Eucharist.

Unite your thanksgiving, especially after receiving Communion, with that of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Imagine how she would have given thanks after the Annunciation. Say to the Lord:

O Jesus in the Sacrament, how good You are, how lovable, and how excessive is Your love!

Consider what St. Peter Julian Eymard writes:

There is Jesus, as poor as in Bethlehem. The immense love He has for us has made Him our prisoner and thus He must continue, in His Eucharistic prison, until the end of the world to be our anticipated heaven here on earth.

3rd Tip: Make Reparation to God

The Holy Mass also has a propitiatory character, that is, it seeks to repair our sins and those of the whole world. Following this purpose, St. Peter Julian Eymard advises:

Visit and adore Jesus abandoned by men who leave Him alone in the Tabernacle. Man will have time for everything except to visit his God and Lord, who waits and desires him in His Sacrament. The streets and all places of recreation will be filled with people, and the churches where Jesus dwells will be deserted: they are held in horror and people flee from them. Poor Jesus! Could You have expected such indifference from those You redeemed with the price of Your blood… from Your children… friends… from myself?

Weep seeing Jesus alone, abandoned, betrayed, insulted, and profaned in the Eucharist. Make reparation for those souls whom He has so favored and who have been so ungrateful. Ask forgiveness, especially for those who receive Him in mortal sin.

Offer Him your sufferings and setbacks to atone for the sins committed against the Blessed Sacrament. Resolve to do some penances, according to your abilities, to ask forgiveness for your own offenses, for those of your family and friends. Plead for light for those who behave irreverently in churches and for those who have lost their devotion.

Take advantage to make a sincere examination of conscience about your spiritual life. As soon as you finish adoration, go to confession and with sincere repentance ask the Lord for forgiveness through the priest, His minister.

Unite your acts of reparation with Jesus crucified and the Blessed Virgin on Calvary:

Gather that divine blood flowing from His wounds and offer it to divine justice in propitiation; make His pains and the prayer He directs from the tree of the cross your own, and through them ask the heavenly Father for pity and mercy for sinners and for yourselves. Make your reparation in union with that made by the Virgin at the foot of the cross and then beside the tabernacle so that you may participate in Jesus’ love for His divine Mother.

4th Tip: Ask for Graces and Gifts

Finally, the Holy Mass is also a time to ask God for the graces and gifts we need. Similarly, we can take advantage of the last fifteen minutes of our Eucharistic Adoration to plead to the Lord for various intentions.

Adore our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament, in which He is ceaselessly praying to His Father for you, showing Him, to move Him, His most sacred wounds and His divine chest opened in your favor. Unite your prayer to His and ask for what He asks.

Beseech the Eternal Father to bless, defend, and exalt the Holy Catholic Church. May God be known, loved, and served better thanks to the evangelizing work of the Church. Pray for the Pope, for the bishop of your diocese, and for your parish priest. Pray unceasingly for the conversion of Christ’s enemies.

Pray for the Lord to send workers to His harvest, for priestly and religious vocations, for the perseverance, fidelity, and sanctification of priests and consecrated persons. May the Holy Spirit grant them His gifts and virtues in fullness. And thus, filled with zeal for the glory of God and entirely selfless, may they work for the salvation of souls, even if they have to give their lives for them.

A holy priest is the most precious gift from heaven. He alone can save his entire region. A saint protects and saves his country, his prayer and virtues being more powerful than all the armies of the earth.

Ask for fervor and perseverance for the pious souls who serve God in the midst of the world.

Implore insistently for the prompt and definitive conversion of some great sinner. These wonders of grace are very glorious for the Lord. How many souls may have been saved at the last moment because of those who prayed for them for so long!

Finally, pray for your personal needs and ask the Lord to accompany you with His blessing for the rest of the day and help you to emerge a little more virtuous from each Holy Hour. Offer Him a bouquet of all the gifts you have received in your Adoration.

You can pray this concluding prayer:

I thank You, my Good God, for all the desires, affections, and resolutions You have inspired in me during this Hour of Adoration. I ask You for effective grace to be able to put them into practice. May I fulfill Your Holy Will in all things. Amen.

Following the advice of Saint Peter Julian Eymard, you will be able to live your Holy Hour with greater fervor and depth. By dividing this time into moments of adoration, thanksgiving, reparation, and supplication, you will be able to please and console Jesus in the Eucharist and receive from His generous hands abundant graces to grow in virtues. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your spiritual life!