Byzantine Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just wondering. Is it just spending an hour in Adoration, or are there special things you're supposed to do? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangetholic Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just an hour doing adoration. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Just an hour doing adoration. :) Basically Happy Hour for Catholics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Basically Happy Hour for Catholics. It's only Happy Hour if you take some of the wine in the church closet with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Catholic Happy Hour? No not really, yes there can be happiness during the Hour, but it is meant to be Sacred, Holy. Archbishop Sheen explains the Holy Hour and the reason for us to have one. Briefly, here are some reasons why I have kept up this practice, and why I have encouraged it in others: First, the Holy Hour is not a devotion; it is a sharing in the work of redemption. Our Blessed Lord used the words "hour" and "day" in two totally different connotations in the Gospel of John. "Day" belongs to God; the "hour" belongs to evil. Seven times in the Gospel of John, the word "hour" is used, and in each instance it refers to the demonic, and to the moments when Christ is no longer in the Father's Hands, but in the hands of men. In the Garden, our Lord contrasted two "hours" - one was the evil hour "this is your hour" - with which Judas could turn out the lights of the world. In contrast, our Lord asked: "Could you not watch one hour with Me?". In other words, he asked for an hour of reparation to combat the hour of evil; an hour of victimal union with the Cross to overcome the anti-love of sin. Secondly, the only time Our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night he went into his agony. Then he did not ask all of them ... perhaps because he knew he could not count on their fidelity. But at least he expected three to be faithful to him: Peter, James and John. As often in the history of the Church since that time, evil was awake, but the disciples were asleep. That is why there came out of His anguished and lonely Heart the sigh: "Could you not watch one hour with me?" Not for an hour of activity did He plead, but for an hour of companionship. The third reason I keep up the Holy Hour is to grow more and more into his likeness. As Paul puts it: "We are transfigured into his likeness, from splendor to splendor." We become like that which we gaze upon. Looking into a sunset, the face takes on a golden glow. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour transforms the heart in a mysterious way as the face of Moses was transformed after his companionship with God on the mountain. Something happens to us similar to that which happened to the disciples at Emmaus. On Easter Sunday afternoon when the Lord met them, he asked why they were so gloomy. After spending some time in his presence, and hearing again the secret of spirituality - "The Son of Man must suffer to enter into his Glory" - their time with him ended and their "hearts were on fire." - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Continue reading... http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/fsheen_hourday_july05.asp Edited February 21, 2013 by KnightofChrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Well, I was trying to help y'all out and nake it sound hip, and cool, and groovy, and stuff but nooooooo don't use me then. Go be all stuffy and sacredy. Edited February 21, 2013 by r2Dtoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Groovy? The 70's are over and there not coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I keep having to tell people disco is alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Groovy? The 70's are over and there they're not coming back.[insert horrified look here that is not properly conveyed by any phatmass smiley faces]PLEASE PEOPLE: DO BETTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightofChrist Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 [insert horrified look here that is not properly conveyed by any phatmass smiley faces] PLEASE PEOPLE: DO BETTER. You no your right, they're should be alot more better grammar on Phatmass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 You no your right, they're should be alot more better grammar on Phatmass. Reading that actually made me physically uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 It's like a regular hour, but with a longer skirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didacus Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I thought it was a TV show?! :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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