Eucharistic adoration
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Eucharistic adoration is a devotional practice primarily in Western Catholicism and Western Rite Orthodoxy, but also to a lesser extent in certain Lutheran and Anglican traditions, in which the Blesse
Monstrance at the Eucharistic adoration
Ciborium, made by the metal and stone sculptor Ernst Hanssen for the St. Francis Church in Hamburg-Barmbek
Eucharistic adoration in Saint Therese Little Flower Catholic Church in Reno, Nevada, U.S.
The Venerable Leo Dupont
Latria
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Latria or latreia is a theological term used in Catholic theology and Eastern Orthodox theology to mean adoration, a reverence directed only to the Holy Trinity. Latria carries an emphasis on the inte
Eucharistic adoration
…soul, and divinity, under the appearance of the consecrated host, that is, sacramental bread. From a theological perspective, the adoration is a form of latria, based on the tenet of the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Christian meditation performed in the presence of the Eucharist outside…
The Holy Trinity by Francesco Cairo (1630)