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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is a Catholic devotion celebrating and proclaimning the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Adoration begins with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, when the priest or deacon places the consecrated host in a monstrance set upon the altar while the faithful sing O Salutaris Hostia. The faithful kneel at the moment of exposition.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is frequently accompanied by praise and worship which is always followed by prayerful silence. The priest may give a homily. The posture of the faithful should be reverent, but it is not necessary to kneel.
Bringing Adoration to a close and in preparation for the benediction while all kneel, the priest or deacon incenses the exposed Eucharist while the faithful sing the Tantum Ergo. After the incensing the priest stands behind the altar and lifts the monstrance high above his head traceings a large cross.
The priest and faithful kneel before the Blessed Sacrament while the priest leads the faithful in the recitation of the Divine Praises.
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| O Salutaris
| Tantum Ergo
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O Salutaris Hostia
Quae coeli pandis ostium.
Bella premunt hostilia;
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria:
Qui vitam sine termino,
Nobis donet in patria. Amen.
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Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.
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| The Divine Praises
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Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus
in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
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Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.
Amen.
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