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Posted by dj_ordinaire (# 4643) on :
 
A little while ago I was able to find links to a couple of sites providing online webcam worship of our Lord in His Most Blessed Sacrament.

This service was once provided by an order of devout monks who alas no longer seem to be with us but was eagerly watched by many in Ecclesiantics in their day-to-day life.

I can now no longer find the other site that was available either, but I have found Saviour.org, a Roman Catholic site apparently dedicated to this very purpose ('Jesus is our CEO', apparently).

Deserves its own thread, no?

Feel free to share or to provide any other resources for online Adoration. Our blessed Lord will be the same, but we can always compare monstrances...
 

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Posted by DitzySpike (# 1540) on :
 
That's not real presence but mediated presence?
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
I fear, dj_o, that watching that link will be a little less exciting than those happy heady days of monk-watching
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Wasn't there something else couple of weeks ago?

It looked really real to me then and had flowers that looked so real they would need changing; giving the possibility of a screen capture of a "flower lady" (of either gender or both) doing said changing and arranging...if not actual munx...

IIRC
 

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Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :
 
Clicking around the site - it would be nunz, not munx. Blessings on them!
 

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Posted by Mr. Rob (# 5823) on :
 
Checking in for a hit if MBS at 12:45AM, Weds, Nov 28:

I see the curtain or dossal behind the monstrance has been changed to all white.The monstrance itself appears to have spiky metal points affixed at random, odd angles, no doubt to represent in moderne fashion, spiky, odd, random rays of grace? power? glory? A very 1950s style piece of work..

Gerry Schrack's flowers are holding up well.

Unfortunately, the bare, direct flood lighting casts dark, rather lugubrious shadows from all those objects onto the background curtain.That does make the whole scene decidedly haunting or unsettling to watch for long.

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Posted by dj_ordinaire (# 4643) on :
 

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Originally posted by Galilit:
Wasn't there something else couple of weeks ago?

It looked really real to me then and had flowers that looked so real they would need changing; giving the possibility of a screen capture of a "flower lady" (of either gender or both) doing said changing and arranging...if not actual munx...

IIRC

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Yes there was, I think the church was called St. Martin's and may have been in Kentucky, but I've not been able to relocate it.

If anyone can help it would be appreciated!
 

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Posted by georgiaboy (# 11294) on :
 
dj-o, here's a link to the St Martin of Tours website in Louisville KY. The place is quite extraordinary, and not just in its rites!

st martin of tours

Click on worship and then on Adoration Chapel from the pull-down. Note: today it seems to come up blank, but I've seen it often.

And don't miss the coverage of their re-interment of relics of their two Roman saints -- complete skeletons, no less.

Everything is extraordinary!
 

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Posted by dj_ordinaire (# 4643) on :
 
Ah yes, thank you georgiaboy!

That was the one I meant but like you the link Adoration link didn't seem to go anywhere...
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Ooooh! They have changed the flowers!
It now looks like 2 pot plants now. Perhaps we shall see someone watering them...
 

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Posted by Thyme (# 12360) on :
 
I love the Martin of Tours site and watched it a lot when it was first linked to on the other thread. It is so peaceful and calming. I kept the window open and looked at it for a few moments every so often.

Haven't seen it for a couple of weeks as I have not had internet access.

The candles and flowers are changed regularly and I keep hoping I will see someone doing it.

There is something about it being live that makes it meaningful. I just sit and watch the screen. Or maybe I am just a sad git who should get a life.

I can only get the picture in Google Chrome. IE9 just puts a little image icon in the top right of the screen. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

[ 29. November 2012, 07:07: Message edited by: Thyme ]
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Candles renewed, same bl--dy pot plants.
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
New light green leafy pot plants for Lent.
 

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Posted by Percy B (# 17238) on :
 
There is something very stilling about pausing for a moment to see this.

I have to say it does raise questions with me too, like what happens on Good Friday?

How often is the Sacrament 'renewed'...

But maybe 'these are foolish questions'!

It is a simple and kind ministry they offer the world.
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Ooooh...orchids!
Perfect.
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Candles replaced.
More orchids flowering.
 

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Posted by Percy B (# 17238) on :
 
Is that like palms for today!

What fun!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Look at all that ...nothing!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
He is risen!
With great big new candles.
 

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Posted by Percy B (# 17238) on :
 
Jolly, jolly! Fun to see the change - at least we know its live!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
11 blooms now!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
New flowers, new vases!
 

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Posted by Oblatus (# 6278) on :
 
I was just reminiscing about our Munx of Adoration by way of the Wayback Machine. One can still hear the sort of Sprechstimme with which the offices were recited here (right-click and download the mp3 for each office), and one can still see a static image from the live cam of the Blessed Sacrament. If you explore other dates at the top, you can find other images as well.
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Oh dear - back to greenery!
But lovely big candles!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Oh roses!
In such a beautiful cream-apricot shade!
Perfect for May - Mary's month!
(see Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem)
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Fifty shades of white...
 

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Posted by dj_ordinaire (# 4643) on :
 
Very lovely - and most appropriate for this Corpus Christi octave so thanks for bumping the thread up
 

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Posted by Qoheleth. (# 9265) on :
 
And, for one day only, visit St Chrysostom's.
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Oh....the flowers...
all is silence and golden...
Thank you, Q
 

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Posted by Percy B (# 17238) on :
 
Ah yes, thanks!

Lovely.
 

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Posted by Siegfried (# 29) on :
 
Oh, I remember those golden days of old, waiting for a monk to appear, and the excitement such apparitions always aroused!
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
I miss the munx - I still have the screen grabs.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
So do I, Ann. I just can't bear to delete them from my favorites list.
 

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Posted by Wesley J (# 6075) on :
 
Long may they live. May their adoration, in whichever way, endure forever.
 

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Posted by Siegfried (# 29) on :
 
The flowers are a bit droopy today. The pot on the left in particular needs replaced.
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
It's getting worse...do you think we should mail them?
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Now *that* is a lovely shade of gold...with ferns. Aussie colours actually...
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Back to greenery...
Happy to see those extra-shiny brass bowls back though - so round...
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
More chrysanthemums!
How pretty!
I wonder if they are home grown?
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
I just saw the back-of-the-head of a male person in front of the monstrance!!!
It's real! It's live!
They are really *there*!!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Ooh!
Minimalist!
Fully open orchids!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
What a beautiful shade of orangey-gold and how well it goes with the Monstrance!
 

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Posted by Anglo Catholic Relict (# 17213) on :
 
I have been to Benediction many times, and to Mass. I don't look at the Blessed Sacrament; I have never looked at Benediction and have not looked up at Mass for many years. I stopped looking a decade or so ago when the priest at our church started saying the Eucharistic prayer with his hands outstretched to either side, and I got used to not looking.

I only look when I am holding the Host in my hand, so that I don't drop it.

But it is lovely to see this image online. It is a real gift.
 

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Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on :
 
ACR, with that level of respect for the most blessed sacrament, I'm surprised you don't receive directly on the tongue.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
That would be a strange way of expressing respect. Hands made by God to do God's work are surely holy enough to hold the Blessed Sacrament; as holy as the tongue anyway.
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
What are you worried about?
Stare at anything long enough with an open and concentrated enough mind and you'll "get religion".
 

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Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on :
 

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Originally posted by Angloid:
That would be a strange way of expressing respect.

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Originally posted by iamchristianhearmeroar:

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Originally posted by Angloid:
That would be a strange way of expressing respect.

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Well, for some maybe, but not for others. Those who do receive only on the tongue do so out of respect, I understand. Why else would they do it?

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Originally posted by iamchristianhearmeroar:
ACR, with that level of respect for the most blessed sacrament, I'm surprised you don't receive directly on the tongue.

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Well, if I say that my dad is Methodist, and that I was confirmed at Jesmond Parish Church, it might explain why.

I can't stick my tongue out at the priest, nor even comfortably cross myself. Some old habits are hard to change.
 

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Posted by Anglo Catholic Relict (# 17213) on :
 

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Originally posted by iamchristianhearmeroar:

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Originally posted by Angloid:
That would be a strange way of expressing respect.

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Well, for some maybe, but not for others. Those who do receive only on the tongue do so out of respect, I understand. Why else would they do it?

I always receive in the hand, unless the custom of the church is otherwise. But my point was linked to ACR's insistence on not even *looking* at the sacrament. I have to say that this is the first time I'd ever heard of anyone avoiding looking at the sacrament.

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Sorry.

It is not that it is forbidden or not allowed. It is a mark of respect. I don't have to see him; the point is that he can see me.

If Christ himself walked into my church I would not look at him; I would look down. So I look down. I see him often enough in the faces of the people I meet, but that is a kind of veiled seeing. A more direct seeing is a different matter.

Similarly, if I have to go into the sanctuary area for some reason I take my shoes off. It is not required, but I do it from respect. It costs nothing, hurts nobody and does not make any fuss. But it reminds me who I am, and where I am.

[ 12. October 2013, 09:11: Message edited by: Anglo Catholic Relict ]
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Ooooh...no flowers just the doilies with the impression of the vases.
I bet A Real Person is going to appear soon to put the new flowers...
Excitement! Anticipation! Dangerous breath-holding!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Still no flowers?!?!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
The "leafy greens" are back!
But I do love those shiny brass bowls!
That said I would rotate the one on the (our) right 180 degrees for ikebana-balance...
 

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Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on :
 
Er?
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
I see it has already been done.
Looks better, dunnit?
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Is that really wild lavender?
Love the vases - they match the Monstrance perfectly!
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
It's down for 24 hours now
Also the Irish one - St Mary's, Navan
 

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Posted by hugorune (# 17793) on :
 
As a new Anglo-Catholic with a very different theological background, I'm struggling a bit to come to terms with Eucharistic adoration (it is practised by many in my church). I get that with the prayer, the sacrament is consecrated and we take God's presence into ourselves. But what actually goes on metaphysically, I'm not so sure. When the service is concluded, is it not just bread again?
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Back up...
with new vases and masses of white flowers
AND a bespectacled woman venerating...
 

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Posted by Galilit (# 16470) on :
 
Super-sized Pointsettia's!
How Christmassy!
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 

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Originally posted by hugorune:
As a new Anglo-Catholic with a very different theological background, I'm struggling a bit to come to terms with Eucharistic adoration (it is practised by many in my church). I get that with the prayer, the sacrament is consecrated and we take God's presence into ourselves. But what actually goes on metaphysically, I'm not so sure. When the service is concluded, is it not just bread again?

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Originally posted by Zappa:
While Real Presence™ is somewhat of a deceased equine I suppose the comparison I find most helpful - though inadequate - is "when the flag of your country is taken down, how do we treat it?" Is it just a rag, an arsewipe, a snotrag? Or has it not been imbued, impregnated, with deeper meaning?

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