Teologia obrzędu wystawienia i adoracji Najświętszego Sakramentu
The Theology of the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration

Summary/Abstract: The Eucharist contains the entire spiritual good of the Church, that is Jesus Christ, our Passover and living bread. Through his flesh, made living and life-giving by the Holy Spirit, he gives life to men. The Eucharist draws its saving effectiveness from the real presence of Christ. There are other popular forms of cult outside Holy Mass which are connected with the Eucharist and practised in the Church. The best known and most widespread of these is the Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration. It is practised in various forms: so-called Perpetual adoration, which takes place in chapels where the Body of Christ is adored round the clock; forty-hour adoration; rosary services and other occasional forms of that cult. This article reveals the theological basis for adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Adoration of Christ in the Eucharist underlines the redemptive dimension of God who is present among his people and encourages them to full participation in Holy Mass. The most important motive for adoration is the real presence of Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Solemn adoration of Christ in the Eucharist always has the theocentric, christological, ecclesiastical and eschatological dimension.

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