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| Duccio, "Matthias" |
RS 139 speaks of the right of the faithful at some point during the year to take part in the adoration of the MBS exposed. The local Ordinary has the duty to provide the available ministers so that the faithful can exercise this right.
RS 140 speaks of perpetual adoration. It sites the norms from EOM that we have already reviewed. It recommends this adoration to the care of the bishop. He should designate a church building for this purpose “at least in the cities and the larger towns.” It emphasizes the importance of Mass being celebrated in the church “frequently,” “rigorously” interrupting the period of the Exposition. The host for the Exposition, fittingly, should be consecrated at the Mass immediately preceding the time of Exposition.
It occurs to me that perpetual adoration requires man-power. In order for the Church, those in it, especially the MBS to be secure during an overnight period of prolonged exposition, able-bodied men are required as a deterrent to any who would do harm. If a local church lacks that man-power, such a prolonged time should be interrupted for the sake of the safeguarding of the sacrament.
RS 141 makes mention in an interesting way to guilds or associations for the Eucharist adoration. It entrusts these groups to the care of the Bishop. It speaks specifically of “even almost continuous adoration.” Deliberately to add these explicit modifiers, I think, is to emphasize that the focus is not on the group’s ability to muster its resources non-stop. Exactly not. It makes clear at the outset that the idea of “non-stop adoration” needs to be understood within the appropriate context, viz. what we are explaining, here.
Image: Duccio, "Matthias"
RS 140 speaks of perpetual adoration. It sites the norms from EOM that we have already reviewed. It recommends this adoration to the care of the bishop. He should designate a church building for this purpose “at least in the cities and the larger towns.” It emphasizes the importance of Mass being celebrated in the church “frequently,” “rigorously” interrupting the period of the Exposition. The host for the Exposition, fittingly, should be consecrated at the Mass immediately preceding the time of Exposition.
It occurs to me that perpetual adoration requires man-power. In order for the Church, those in it, especially the MBS to be secure during an overnight period of prolonged exposition, able-bodied men are required as a deterrent to any who would do harm. If a local church lacks that man-power, such a prolonged time should be interrupted for the sake of the safeguarding of the sacrament.
RS 141 makes mention in an interesting way to guilds or associations for the Eucharist adoration. It entrusts these groups to the care of the Bishop. It speaks specifically of “even almost continuous adoration.” Deliberately to add these explicit modifiers, I think, is to emphasize that the focus is not on the group’s ability to muster its resources non-stop. Exactly not. It makes clear at the outset that the idea of “non-stop adoration” needs to be understood within the appropriate context, viz. what we are explaining, here.
Image: Duccio, "Matthias"
