„Adoro te devote”. Doroczna adoracja Najświętszego Sakramentu - historia, znaczenie i praktyka duszpasterska

Abstract

Adoration of the Holy Sacrament is one of the basic cult forms of the Eucharistic Mystery, as reminded by the liturgical book which is assigned to conduct the cult of the Body and Blood of Christ aside from the Holy Mass. Annual three-day adoration, later named as ‘the forty-hour mass’, is one of the oldest ones and its history of development is quite interesting. The article also speaks of the goals of adoration, its theological foundations and post-conciliar standards which apply while exercising the ceremony.