Adoration Etiquette 

For an old women...I really love listening to you! I also love how young women are bringing back veiling. It really is beautiful, feminine, and reverent. 💒

kneeling while saying my prayers has definitely been a struggle since it’s so easy to feel uncomfortable. but i’ve noticed that once you’re really mediating and focusing, you hardly notice anything at all :)

Etiquette for Adoration, Step one: Be quiet. Every other step: See step one.

Not Catholic yet but I love going to adoration so this was very helpful thank you!

Thank you, from an old guy who is a new Catholic. These kind of “how to” videos are very helpful.

It's Refreshing to see a young person doing this video. ❤thank you God Bless. 🙏

I was not aware of the practice of not turning our backs to the Lord. Thank you for talking about this needed topic! This past Christmas, I offered up a holy hour for everyone from my Bible study as a Christmas present and it took me months to fulfill that promise, but I eventually did it!

I have ADD, so I just sit quietly and experience the presence and awe of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Well done. Gives me hope that someone your age is so strong in the faith.

I did not know about the kneeling instead of just genuflecting or the walking backwards not turning your back. Glad I know now, I had a holy hour this past semester and never knew this I noticed some people did it but thought it was just a thing they did. Thank you so much for making this!

I loved reading this about being distracted in Adoration" If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently and replace it tenderly in its Master's presence. And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back and place it again in Our Lord's presence, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed." -St. Francis de Sales

Im from the philippines but sad to say I did not see some young teenager doing this.. I always go to adoration every morning and veiling ☺️🙏🙏✨

The only etiquette I would add is not lisping or whispering and certainly no talking during adoration! Charitable Silence! Amen

First time watcher. Very well done and you were real and specific. When i first saw a lady walk backwards during adoration, I didn't understand. Now I do it out of respect. Thank you for sharing all your information!

I’ve never heard of walking backwards in front of the Blessed Sacrament but it makes total sense and I will do so going forward. Thank you!

I'm blessed to have a 24 hour Adoration chapel on my way to work. And I work C shift, so there's only been about twice that people have been there around 9pm. I look forward to my alone time with our Lord 🙏

thank you for this because I knew literally nothing about these practices. thanks again!

Hi. I have learnt quite a lot. I did not know about walking backward and not leaving Jesus alone. Thank you. God bless.

Beautiful girl! You have no idea how much I respect and admire you. What a great example for all our young people.

Brilliant video! I like meditating during adoration, it is my quiet time with myself and God and I really enjoy it and look for it every sunday!

Great topic. Catholic for a just over a year now and your right, I’ve not seen any information on adoration etiquette. Going to start implementing these forms of reverence today at first Friday adoration. Thank you for sharing this with with us. 😊

I needed this video. I had been away from the church for quite a while and there is so much to relearn. Thank you!

Also, if you’re the first or last one in the adoration chapel and your tabernacle has either a door or a cloth hiding the host: be on both knees and bow when exposing him, and if you are the last one before leaving, re cover Him again in the same reverent manner.

Thanks for the video! I have never heard of walking backwards! We have one lady at Church who walks on her knees all the way down the isle! I have never heard of this one either! And she is quite elderly. What an impressive gesture

I had never heard about walking backwards, but it makes absolute sense! I'll do it!

Thank you! I had no idea! Turning my back on the Eucharist felt weird, but since nobody walked backwards, I thought it was just me being scrupulous.

Thank you, that was a really useful video, reminding me I need to kneel with both knees. Not leaving Jesus alone and backing up facing Jesus, so you are not turning your back on Him.

8:20 my parish priest saw people walking backwards during adoration and when he put away the Eucharist he made an aggressive announcement to not do that because it’s not in the “rule book” 😭 and I overheard him talk to someone “idk where they get that from because it’s not in the rubric and it’s dumb” like bruh what.

İ am in OCİA so this video has been wonderful. Thank you!

I remember going to adoration in Auckland (NZ) and people would kneel on both knees all the way up to the pew (I mean, people didn't even stand to walk up to the pew, they'd literally kneel all the way up to the pew) - this surprised me, but I was greatly humbled by it.

Thank you so much for this, I’m rediscovering my fair after about a 20 year…let’s say…hiatus lol and it’s my first time going to adoration as an adult. I needed this and was so stressed out I couldn’t find one. So thank you

Great video! I joined the Church 50 years ago and this is the first time I've heard about walking backwards when the Host is exposed. It does seem like an appropriate and very reverent practice. But if I tried it, I would most likely wind up on the floor. I still do the double genuflection, and I rarely see anyone doing it these days. You are so right about wearing our Sunday best for Mass and adoration. I admit I get lazy sometimes and show up in jeans. I need to make more of an effort.

Please, hug your mom for me! Oh, had I her strength of faith when young. God Bless you both always .

This was very helpful. I'm a senior citizen, RC all my life, went to Catholic elementary school, and still didn't know about Adoration or the etiquette for it. I feel much more comfortable since I sort of stumbled upon an Adoration chapel a few month ago. One difference though-- the thing about walking backwards-- my first Adoration after watching your video, when leaving, I started to walk backwards as you said is proper etiquette but stopped, because, honestly, it felt clownish. I looked at a few other Adoration etiquette videos (by priests) and no one else mentions anything about walking backwards. That's just how I feel.

Thank you for the video. I've been struggling on focusing on Jesus recently. I guess I have a million things going through my mind that get me out of focus.

thank you so much, God bless you and your family

Thank you for sharing this alot of people are still unaware. Great video

I totally agree 100% with everything you have noted in this video. Going back to how we dress for church/adoration… I have been attending a lot of Spanish language masses here in the USA lately. (It’s summer, and this parish is much closer to my house than the one I am enrolled in - a 5 min drive vs a 30 min drive, I cantor and am in choir at the farther church.) Anyway, initially I didn’t enjoy the hispanic mass because it seemed more festive than reverent. After a few more visits it became very clear to me that the hispanic catholics have such an incredibly rich faith, they are praying the rosary and litany of the saints before each mass begins, and the majority absolutely dress for God. The percentage of parishioners who veil there is much higher as well. It is such a drastic difference. This parish does have a couple English masses too, but the difference between the two are like night and day. I’m considering making this my home parish, but not right away. I’m feeling it out a bit more and praying on it. I have learned to love the Spanish mass now too, plus it’s great learning the prayers in a third language. But yes, the Spanish adoration was the first place I saw people back away from Our Lord’s flesh.

I was good w/ everything except how to walk out. We didn't have Adoration at my small, rural parish growing up. At my suburban parish we have built a separate, freestanding Eucharistic Adoration chapel, which I frequent, but for some reason I only ever witness Hispanics backing out so I thought it was more of a cultural thing rather than general etiquette. Good info. Being a small chapel, though, we're able to repose the Blessed Sacrament if have to leave and no one else is there. This is very convenient if you're only able to stop for 10 or 15 minutes on your way to work, etc. Thank you for the videos, though. I'm sending them to a dear friend who has never even been to Adoration and has no idea what to do if he goes. God Bless!

Thank you so much for this!! So much I didn’t know!! 🙏💕

I love this! Me and a friend were just talking about this.

I think I was born too late. I miss the days when people dressed up for church, work and travel. 😊

At my parish I put out the Blessed Sacrament for Adoration. It is some thing out of this world. I thank God for giving me that opportunity.

I never heard that you can’t leave adoration unless someone else is in there. If this is true, no one would go. Some people are diabetic, they have to eat on time. Some people have bodies that hurt and cannot stay.

You are precious.

Thanks for sharing! Im not Catholic but i always wanted to go to the church even though im nervous because i would be going by myself. Hopefully i will get the nerve one day. I love wearing the Virgin Mary necklaces n feel protected when i do. I also feel if i get on my knees and pray and be humble its more effective. 🌸🌸🌸

This is amazing. Thank you.

Thank you for this!

God bless you . Thank you. It is very helpful .

This is so great video. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing 👍

Thank you for this your purpose is so needed in our Nation and in this world for your generation is the the future of our Catholic faith. Gods blessings and I will also remember to pray for you and the mission Our Lord has favored you with.

Woah I didn't know some of these things! Thank you for making this!

Regarding about the dress. In my case, I only have shorts because I am obese, in our area I can't find thay fits me.

Great video thank you. Some of things you mention, I've done. One thing that is different is dress etiquette here in the south, well Texas to be specific. Sunday's best is your best pair of jeans, clean boots, button down shirt with or with out a sports jacket/coat, sometimes just a polo for men, dresses of any kind for women as long as its modest. Which is 100% different then when I was a child going to church in the NY area, where it was three piece suits for men only, and elaborate dresses for women. Me personally, I disliked that a lot when I went to church as a kid and even into my teens. I literally disliked wearing that and it made going to church feel like an uncomfortable chore. I know a lot of other people who felt this way as well. Anyhow, my point being, I think Sunday's best, really depends on the area of the US and yes I will be the one you mentioned about dress. BUT I do dress better then if I went to a dance or a party for church, because of respect for my Lord. Edit: Oh yeah, I can't kneel at all due to various knee injuries, so when it comes time to kneel, I will sit forward and place my good knee down and keep the bad one up, so I am still taking a knee and that's perfectly acceptable.

Good info

Thank you. I didn't know.

Im planning on going to a adoration chapel near our school, at least once a day. I did my first visit yesterday and was able to do the rosary (wearing my earphones) with a app called "Hallow" wherein you may pick the basic rosary (16 mins+) or the rosary with reflections (26 minutes). Also, the kneeler in that chapel is quite hard and not comfy, so what I did is that, every "our father..", "glory be..", and the first hail mary of each decade of the rosary, I kneel and then sit again to continue the decade. Thank you so much for this video! Love from the Philippines

Hmm...I have heard this 'Not turning your back to Jesus', but have not observed anyone 'NOT' do this. I think for two reasons: it's both impractical and more of a safety issue. If I recall, even during Exposition, Benediction, and reposition, I haven't seen the priest go backwards. It's a great idea and makes a lot of sense for etiquette, I just haven't seen this in practice. I've been going to Eucharistic Adoration on a regular weekly basis for over a year. Great points! Thank you for sharing.

Could you talk about laying postrate for prayer??

Hi nice post

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+JMJ+ I recently found your channel, and I watched a couple of your videos. I must admit, I like what I've seen so far and we need more women like you who take their faith seriously, not only women of course, but also we men should strive for excellence, only then we can work together in a matter which is pleasing to God. Strangely, I found more pious catholic women in the U.S. than here in Europe.

I'm old school & I have been appalled to see what people are wearing to church today!

I Agee with you I have only went to church once in capris because I was traveling & that’s All I had

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Amber, physically walking backwards all the way to the entrance, seems to me like a dangerous thing to do, especially in a large Church (small chapel maybe different) and the Church doesn't really require it from you. I feel like kneeling, and maybe one or two steps backward out of reverence should be enough, then you can turn around and walk to the exit. It's just how I feel about it. You have to be practical and safe, Jesus doesn't want you to endanger yourself or others unnecessarily.

I hate the thought of not being able to kneel. That one thing that keeps me Roman Rite and not Orthodox. And Adoration.

Love this channel not Catholic but I love that amber love God it is good I'm glad people my age love god

Any etiquette tips for people with disabilities who can't necessarily move backwards when leaving or who are in a wheelchair?

Can you make a video about a Catholic review of Heartstopper please

When you journal do you kneel or sit?

During adoration put the words of St. Thomas in your hearts "My Lord and my God" and hide yourselves in Jesus' wounds

What is the etiquette for a procession with a cross up to the altar? I’ve attended many Episcopal services and everyone bows as the cross goes by. I love that.

Hust as an aside. Have you ever watched the 1959 film Ben Hur?

Is there such a guide that says how to go to adoration?? So far this is the first time I heard that when you leave adoration you are not to turn your back to Jesus also that when you kneel that one should kneel all the way face down? We can a person get a paper guide to see if this is all really true?

I wish more people could see this video, yes I have seen bad dressed people who also bring water in flasks and slurp during the hour. Can't say anything else it is me being judgemental and a hypocrite.Please advise.

This was a good video. A lot of priests don't want to talk about specific rubrics or etiquette because they don't want to offend people who do things differently, or who have done things one way their whole life, and for other reasons. So, thank you for taking on this issue. I think you're spot on about clothing and dress. It's all about reverence. Our utmost for his highest. I love the idea of walking backwards, I do this to some extent even at Mass. Taken to another level, do you turn your back on or your attention away from the Blessed Sacrament when you give the sign of peace? Hmm, something to think about. People will judge you and even hate you for doing things like this, but then I remember the Litany of Humility and I realize this is to be expected. A small penance actually. One last thing, Dennis Prager is not Catholic and maybe not such a good person to get advice from.

I've seen families pull into the Church parking lot with the boat hooked to the truck headed to the lake after Mass and they go to Mass dressed like their at the beach. Lord help us

Do you mean to go on both knees before going to the pew, like beside the bench or right when you enter the church and make the sign of the cross?

is this an Adoration Chapel at my church, it's the little chapel to the side of the main chapel in them main church building. I didn't know anything about this and I accidentally left Him alone today. Please let me know, maybe this is just a little chapel of some other significance?

Kneel down reverently before Eucharist in Adoration but stand and receive Communion in hand. It don’t make sense for me. Most of Catholic do that.

Hi Amber. What’s up?😀 First.

Does dress up mean dresses? Or nicely dressed?

Do the same etiquette apply when the Blessed Sacrament is not exposed (that is, when it’s hidden inside the tabernacle)?

I have a question: What if the parish doesn’t have a sign up sheet for adoration and thus, am not aware of anyone coming in to take my place? This is going to be a problem because I’m usually alone when I come in and leave out :

My terminology is bad because I’m a recent convert. In our adoration chapel, we don’t have a traditional monstrance-ours is more of a tabernacle with a door that you can open and close. What is the etiquette on this if I come into the chapel alone and the door to this tabernacle is closed? Do I open it to expose Jesus or do I leave it closed? Sorry for the ignorance, I just want to be as respectful as possible when I visit Him.

Do you still do double genuflection when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed?

Yah that’s my first time hearing about not turning your back on Jesus. Interesting.

Where I’m from, when we see Jesus in the Eucharist (monstrance, tabernacle, etc) our foreheads hit the floor and our butts the air - or we just prostrate. THEN, we sit or whatever

Why can't you just have cabinet doors in front of the monstrance where the host is, then close the doors before you leave? I go to a church that does this for adoration. It seems a bit excessive to say that you can't leave if no one's there.

I didnt know any🤡

Just commenting on this cuz u seem to mention a lot. As someone who goes to daily mass, I completely agree about the dressing up well for Sunday mass. However, to dress up every day or always have a spare clothes is a bit much for daily mass or adoration. That can cause us to be too concerned about what we wear. As long as the attire is modest and respectful, it should not be much of a concern for daily sacraments. I love your videos and advise. I just would be careful in overemphasizing the importance of clothes for the daily sacraments. While we should still keep reverence, the fact ur there for the sacrament is infinitely more important and shouldn’t discourage anyone from going or create anxiety. God bless 🙏

Let’s also keep in mind that there are many people who don’t have the option to dress up.

I reverted to Islam unfortunately

not the emergency skirt 😂😂 I think Jesus is just happy for us to draw near to him. Come as you are. I don’t He minds what we choose to wear when being with him. I just personally would never wear revealing clothing when at church/chapel out of respect

I think Jesus is happy to see us. The walking backwards etiquette seems a little bit strange to me. You can pray with your eyes closed, you can pray with your back pointing to Jesus. This doesn't seem to be disrespectful to me.

You're going to show up in a crew cut. There's a difference between a lion in the wild and a lion at the zoo. What's the point - THE POINT!

Before entering the building, I silence notifications on my phone. I put my earphone in one ear and proceed to open the Hallow app and I make sure everything is ready to go before entering the exposition of the Eucharist. I don't have something playing into my ears constantly because I want moments of silence, but I have it queued with sacred music or devotional or dailies. I would estimate I use my phone in Adoration 15-20 mins. 🩸🌝❤️‍🔥⚜️