Adoration

"Our hour of adoration will be special hours of reparation for sins, and intercession for the needs of the whole world, exposing the sin-sick and suffering humanity to the healing, sustaining and transforming rays of Jesus, radiating from the Eucharist."

"Each one of us is a co-worker of Christ - we must labor hard to carry Him to the hearts where He has not yet been known and loved...But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power."

"Perpetual adoration is the most beautiful thing you could ever think of doing. People are hungry for God."

"Imagine for a moment that we are living in Jesus’ time and He has invited us to visit with Him and spend some quiet time getting to know Him better. Being aware who He was, we would be humbled and honored by such an invitation. The good news is that Jesus is here with us TODAY - body, blood, soul and divinity – in the Holy Eucharist. Although Jesus comes to us under the appearance of bread and wine, His presence is as real to us NOW as He was flesh-and-blood-real to His disciples when he walked this earth. He can perform miracles, heal us, teach us, and love us. We can talk to Him and He can speak to us through His Word and through the Holy Spirit who lives in us through our baptism and confirmation."

"Adoration of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament is always to be understood as deriving from the presence of Christ in the actual celebration of the eucharist; adoration is meant to bring us again to the celebration of the eucharist with greater fervor and understanding. So, adoration begins in the celebration of Mass itself. However, in the Mass adoration is primarily to God the Father. It is adoration in “spirit and truth” (John 4:23), that is, adoration of the Father through Christ, the Truth and in the Holy Spirit."

"The center of eucharistic spirituality is found, of course, in the communal celebration itself; but private prayer and adoration of the blessed sacrament are an excellent means of personally digesting the immense riches of the actual celebration."

"The whole form of the eucharistic rite is thoroughly trinitarian in its structure. It is by moving within this structure in faith and with loving adoration that the mind learns to bear the blinding light of the divine revelation."

"Radha was an ordinary village belle (gopi), but such was the passion and intensity of her love and devotion to the Lord that she has come to occupy a position of unrivaled to adoration in the Hindu pantheon."

"A Hindu is instructed to walk the last phase of his stay in single file; he might look within, meditate, and search for the divine. It is only in the solitude aloneness (sanya) that an individual might experience Brahman, the immanent, transcendental God. Thus, established in the higher levels of divine consciousness, sanyasin is beyond both adoration and censure."

"[In Hinduism] numerous devotional practices exist. Besides chanting God’s name with faith and satsang, the classical nine kinds of devotion listed in the Ramacharitamanas include adoration of God’s legends."

"The learned Brahmin attempts to prove the impossibility of an adoration of the Deity, saying … that which cannot be considered, cannot be worshipped. Should the learned Brahmin consider a full conception of the nature, essence, or qualities of the Supreme Being, or a physical picture truly representing the Almighty power, with offerings of flowers, leaves, viands, as essential to adoration, I agree with the learned Brahmin with respect to the impossibility of the worship of God."

"By Generally, the words worship, prayer, adoration and devotion are used in the same sense. Considering their meanings in the literal sense, they may be explained in the literal sense, they may be explained differently but the hidden meaning is the same for all these words. These words express the feeling of submission towards our deity. Adoration of our deity is such a mental process of exercise which has to be performed calmly and quietly, sitting in solitude, wherein our emotions, our trust and immersion is the prime factor. In fact, adoration is purely based on the strong determination and faith of the devotee. To express the strongest feelings for our deity, we externally offer various worship materials as gifts to the deity. Such offerings made are accepted by Him according to the feelings of the devotee."

"...should adoration imply only the elevation of the mind to the conviction of the existence of the Omnipresent Deity, as testified by His Wise and wonderful works, and continual contemplation of His power as so displayed, together with a constant sense of the gratitude which we naturally owe Him, for our existence, sensation, and comfort – I never will hesitate to assert, that His adoration, is not only possible, and practicable, but even incumbent upon every rational creature."

"Adoration of the Divine at all times is the principal activity of a true devotee."

"Vivekananda prioritized the adoration of an impersonal Brahman over bhakthi-centred, anthroporpic worship."

"The first step of adoration of Buddha is shown in the formula of “Adoration to Buddha (nama....sambuddhassa)."

"Buddha became an object of adoration and also meditation. The term “buddhanusmriti” in early Buddhists scriptures had four meanings: (1)meditation on the virtues of Buddha; (2) hearing the name of Buddha; (3) repetition of the name of Budddha; and (4) meditation in the figure of Buddha."

"Two inscriptions found in Greco-Bactrian Cursive Script found in Afghanistan mention the Buddhist formula of Adoration (namas) to Buddha."

"Though it, Divyavadna (the Heavenly Avadanas), begins with a Mahayanistic benediction, “Om, adoration to all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.""

"The Yemmei w:Guanyin:Kwannon Ten-Clause Sutra [Adoration to] Kwanzeon! Adoration to the Buddha. to the Buddha we are related In terms of cause and effect. Depending on the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, Nirvana is possible which is] eternal, ever-blessed, autonomous, and free from defilements. Every morning our thoughts are on Kwanzeon Every morning our thoughts are on Kwanzeon Every thought issues from the Mind. Every thought is not Separated from the Mind."

"Prayer on the occasion of feeding Ghosts If one wishes to be above all the Buddhas of the past, and future, one should contemplate on the nature of this Dharmadhatu essentially as the creation of absolute Mind. Adoration to the Buddhas in the ten quarters; Adoration to the Dharma pervading the ten quarters; Adoration to the Sangha in the ten quarters; Adoration to Sakyamuni the Buddha who is our master; Adoration to Kwanzeon the Bodhisatva, who is the great compassionate and pitying one, ready to save things from afflictions; Adoration to Ananda the Arhat who is expounder of the Teaching,... Adoration to Hoshin the Tathagata; Adoration to Taho the Tathagata; Adoration to Myoshishin the Tathagata; Adoration to Kohashin the Tathagata; Adoration to Rifui the Tathagata; Adoration to Kannoo the Tathagata; Adoration to Omito the Tathagata. Namu omitoboya tatogyatoya, Toniyato"

"The most satisfactory way [in Jainism], perhaps, at arriving any conclusion is to divide the subject of prayer into various elements, such as petition, intercession, adoration, thanksgiving and to note under each head the actual practice and the sometimes conflicting opinions of the Jains."

"Parasnath, a mountain in Bihar of great sanctity; it is the eastern, as Mount Abu is the western metropolis of Jain worship and pilgrimage. 10,000, annually, from distant parts of India, visit the scene of Nirvana or beatific annihilation of the ten of the 24 deified saints or Thirthankars, who are the objects of Jain adoration; and from the last of these, Parswa or Parswanatha, the hill originally called samet Sikhar took its better known name as Parasnath."

"The whole mountain is covered with other shrines which the pilgrim, at some risk to life and limb, must visit. The rite is followed by adoration at the temple of Parsvanatha, and by the circuit (pradadsina) of the holy site, involving a journey of about 10 km."

"Bhaava Pujaa, “Psychic worship (Bhaava Pujaa) consists of a series of rituals, for temple veneration, which is called Caitya vandana. In this worship hymns of praise, adoration and devotion are recited together with the performace of penance and meditation."

"In Islam the Prophetic tradition or Sunnah which can also be called as Tao of Islam, literally meaning Way to Divine Submission, includes abundance of solitude, contemplation and adoration of the Divine."

"Spiritual foundation consists of the practice of solitude, contemplation and adoration. While this is true for every single religious tradition, but often we see from reality that this foundation gets ignored and undernourished."

"The 'Adoration' of God is indeed the greatest love of all. The love of God is the noble driving force behind worshipping Him, upholding His Law and working righteousness to please Him. Those who are true believers love God the most. Others, and to varying degrees, have set up idols whom they love equally if not more than God. The Quran is very clear in stating that we are not to love any one as we should love God."

"It is indeed the duty of every believer to love his brethren and be tolerant. Moreover, God has created for us our partners with whom we share love and affection (Sura 30, verse 21), yet all this love should always be exercised within its proper context. No matter how much we may love our children, our partners, or indeed God's prophets whom He sent with guidance; we should never love them as our love of God. Only the love of God is worthy of being elevated to the state of adoration. There is a very thin line between love and adoration."

"...for the Sufis, we are actually spiritual beings who are undergoing a transient human experience. It is in this context that we can comprehend the Sufi quest to experience God in the present world, to feel His majestic presence and to remove that separate human from the divine. This mystical quest precipitated the concept of adoring God. Adoration of God, in Islamic mysticism takes many forms. These range from various forms of ascetic exercises, self-mortification, vigils, protracted prayers, meditation to emulating the spiritual exercises of the Prophet Muhammad."

"The most famous Sufi form of adoration is a mystical exercise called dhikr. This refers to the systematic repetition of God’s names so as to attain continuous awareness of God’s presence."

"The Sufi adoration of God is also expressed by the salat (ritual prayer), which is in fact, the second pillar of Islam… Prayer is seen as an intimate conversation between the human and the Divine....Rumi’s view, absorption in the Divine Unity is the soul of prayer."

"One has to view the attitude of the Zorashtrian community towards this sacred symbol [fire-worship] side by side with its adoration of other sacred elements."

"Zarathushtra denounced all forms of cruelty, destruction, and hypocrisy. Ahura Mazda was said to create only good and should be worshipped by good thoughts and good deeds only. Adoration was showed to “the supreme” by rhythmic verses called Gathas."

"Zorashtrianism is also known as Mazdaism from the name of the Supreme god, Ahura Mazda, and as Magism from the name of its ancient priests, the magi. The Three Wise Men of the Bible are believed to have been Zoroastrian magi, hence the Adoration of the Magi."

"Persians call the Creator Hormoz, but also Izad or Yazdan. They pretend that the adoration of the fire reconciles them with the Creator, because it is the most powerful and sublime of the elements. The polytheists explained their adoration of idols in the same manner."

"Zorashter explained that these other entities (apart from Ahura Mazda] were special gods but special beings created by Ahura Mazda to assist humankind and aid in the battle against evil. He called these beings, which he claimed were still worthy of human adoration, yazatas (which, appropriately enough, means “worthy of adoration”)."

"When at the time of awarding, men, with the help of truth, shall vanquish the lie; When deception and untruth - for long decried – of false gods and men, stand exposed, Then at the time of salvation, there, shall be full adoration of Thy Glory."

"The chief liturgy of the Zorashtrians is the Yasna, a term that literally means “sacrifice” (corresponding to the Sanskrit term yajna), and includes confession, invocation, prayer, exhortation, praise, worship, adoration, and offerings."