Eucharistic Adoration

Eucharistic adoration is prayer, quiet reflection, and veneration in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. It is a time when Catholics worship Jesus who is literally and truly present in the Eucharist.

Through Eucharistic adoration, Catholics reinforce their connection to the Mass, which is where Christ becomes present in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist so that He can remain close to his followers for all time.

Through a process called transubstantiation, what looks like bread actually becomes the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ at every Catholic Mass.

In the the Eucharist that is not consumed during Mass and is reserved in the tabernacle, Catholics are able to show their devotion to Jesus and spend time worshipping Him before, after, or in between Masses.

The Church also offers Eucharistic exposition where a single consecrated host is displayed in a monstrance or ostensorium during a holy hour which is set apart for adoration, with a priest or deacon leading songs and prayers.

Some churches offer adoration where the Eucharist is made available in a monstrance for longer periods of quiet prayer. Some even offer perpetual adoration in a separate chapel where Catholics can spend quiet time with Jesus 24 hours a day.

Eucharistic adoration offers Catholics a powerful way to spend time with the God who created them, the Savior who redeemed them, and the Spirit who sanctifies them.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to his disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to feel sorrow and distress. Then He said to them, “My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch with Me.” He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet, not as I will, but as You will.” When He returned to his disciples he found them asleep. He said to Peter, “So you could not keep watch with Me for one hour? Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26: 36-41

Spending an hour with Jesus:

Called to More

Acknowledging that Jesus is present:

Ascension Presents

It is highly fitting that Christ should have wanted to remain present to his Church in this unique way. Since Christ was about to take his departure from his own in his visible form, He wanted to give us his sacramental presence; since He was about to offer Himself on the Cross to save us, He wanted us to have the memorial of the love with which He loved us “to the end,” even to the giving of his life. In his Eucharistic presence He remains mysteriously in our midst as the one who loved us and gave Himself up for us, and He remains under signs that express and communicate this love.
The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go to meet him in adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and open to making amends for the serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our adoration never cease.
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1380

Eucharistic adoration and Mass go together:

Bishop Robert Barron

Adoring the Body of Christ, means believing that there, in that piece of Bread, Christ is really there, and gives true sense to life, to the immense universe as to the smallest creature, to the whole of human history as to the most brief existence. Adoration is prayer that prolongs the celebration and Eucharistic communion and in which the soul continues to be nourished: it is nourished with love, truth, peace; it is nourished with hope, because the One before whom we prostrate ourselves does not judge us, does not crush us but liberates and transforms us.
Pope Benedict XVI, Homily, 22 May 2008