Adoracja Eucharystii jako akt religijny

Abstract

The Eucharist is the center of the life of the Church, including both celebration of the Holy Offering and adoration spreading the cult in time and space. The wide context of the Catechism teaching about adoration in the light of the Old and New Testament tradition shows that adoration was the fundamental act of the religious cult also in pre-Christian times. The Old Testament adoration of God is developed into the adoration attitude towards the Incarnated Word – taken both by angels and people – shown to Jesus on earth. The prayer He taught is a lesson of adoration of the Father. The most complete expression of adoration is the earthly adoration that is anticipation of heavenly adoration (liturgy). A Christian, adoring the Eucharist – both during the celebration of liturgy and apart from the Mass – adores God Himself. In this way man’s humiliation both before his Creator and before his Lord and Savior finds its most complete expression. Hence a warning comes against reification of the Holy Sacrament – adoration of the Presence is a personal encounter.