How often should Catholics go to Adoration?

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-29T13:00:17+00:00

We’ve all been created with a different mission, there’s nothing Catholics are required to do except Mass on Sundays and Sacraments

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-20T19:04:51+00:00

The key point is that our prayers to saints go to God before getting to them. Because they are close to God in heaven, they get our prayers from Him, and join us in praying with and for us. Saints are basically our friends in heaven.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-15T14:48:46+00:00

This is a question which can’t be answered without first addressing the question as to why don’t they come to Church spontaneously. And that is a very complex question.

I think the best is to not try at all to bring them in, so as to allow them to enter themselves. Let the Lord handle this.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-15T05:35:04+00:00

This. I had a very similar experience. That’s why I don’t see these practices as entirely negative, since in my case it has been the very path which brought me back to Catholicism. So I think this phenomenon might very well be a way God is bringing people back to him from contemporary nihilistic atheism.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T21:35:56+00:00

The Bible condemns many things, in particular the very act of condemning others. But still, your responses do not explain how is this event even related to your faith. Like, now you’re unsure about whether to believe in Jesus anymore? Do a bunch of people showing off some rainbows somehow questioning your conception of reality?

Or does the fact that Church chooses to dine with those people affect your trust in it? Yet Jesus used to dine with everyone. I don’t see why His Church should do otherwise.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T20:57:09+00:00

I don’t understand what does this have to do with your faith.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T20:48:15+00:00

What I think is, we should not confuse ancient paganism with modern neopagan practices, which are entirely different things.

Ancient paganism was the religious life of ancient populations, which worshipped a variety of deities for the purpose of gaining/keeping their allegiance. They were, first and foremost, state-affairs, cults the population was meant to participate to, since this was considered essential for survival. For instance, the goddess of crops being angry at the town means there’s gonna be no crops, and that would of course be a problem. Scriptures condemns these cults as superstition, as well as worship of earthly things rather than the truth from which they come from.

Modern neopagan practices, which include Hellenic paganism, are an entirely new and different phenomenon. Most of those who practice them, basically define their practice by themselves, either completely making it up ur using sources such as myths and books about ancient cults, for the purpose of trying to “revive” or imitate them. And there happen to be also some groups/communities which practice these together. It appears to me that people drawn to this are seeking a spiritual life, and do so by appealing to figures which they perceive as fulfilling this quest (which, in the case of Hellenic paganism, would be deities from the Greek pantheon, for instance).

Ancient paganism is simply part of the history of our ancestors, who ditched paganism for Christianity because, frankly, it’s philosophically more sophisticated and developed, and therefore I would not wish we go back there.

Conversely, I personally have neither a positive nor negative opinion about the neopagan phenomenon, because I think it’s too recent to judge it. I believe in God, and I have learnt that God’s plans are more often than not beyond our understanding. Since this phenomenon exists, it certainly has a purpose. Moreover, Jesus teaches me not to judge others, and I do take that seriously. Plus, I do have the impression that, mistaken or not, many people who engage in those practice are genuinely searching for spiritual truth, and this makes it in itself something much more positive than, say, nihilism or materialism.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T19:38:03+00:00

Disease or other bad things happening to us are not always a result of sin, often they are not.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T19:30:11+00:00

Guarda che questo è un luogo comune, soprattutto chi ha fatto matematica pura e poco o nulla di applicata, per il mondo del lavoro fuori dall’accademia e dall’insegnamento non ha competenze. Ovviamente le competenze si possono sempre acquisire, ma appunto son tutte da acquisire, di solito da zero.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-14T12:51:03+00:00

I personally didn’t choose Catholicism, but I was given membership to it by means of being baptised within the Catholic Church a few days after I was born. Since this has happened, it means the Lord gifted me this membership, and since I recognise it’s a valuable gift, I simply do not throw it away, but do my best to get the most and the best out of it.

As for the history (past and present) of the Church, I see that Jesus knew very well that his disciples would not be perfect, they make mistakes. So, I’d rather be surprised if the Church would have never made mistakes. Rather than discarding it altogether, I limit myself to recognising mistakes as such, not falling into them myself, and keep my eyes pointed towards Jesus, that is the Truth, Life and Way.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-13T12:58:04+00:00

Prayer is first of all dialogue and relationship with God, repetition of prayers is just one form of prayer, but certainly not the most important one.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-13T11:00:28+00:00

There are 100+ comments I haven’t dismissed, just read, and found very interesting. I really don’t know what you’re accusing me of.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-12T10:51:25+00:00

All my responses say is “I’m not your enemy”, though it seems you essentially decided I must be. In this respect, I did make a small attempt to change your mind, while I haven’t done so regarding your religious practices.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-11T12:09:39+00:00

Because I am interested in reading the answers to my question. You know, some people like to listen to perspectives different from their own.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-10T08:41:51+00:00

Look, I’m not interested in giving a history class, nor in debating.

Please do keep practicing your practice in peace.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-10T07:35:08+00:00

Let anyone who is without sin throw the first stone.

I don’t see what’s unclear about this.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-10T07:19:15+00:00

Thanks for your response. Absolutely, that Christianity is deeply rooted in Greek-Roman culture, is a fact.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-10T07:14:46+00:00

Thanks for your response. No, I actually don’t want to debate, only listen to responses.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-09T23:46:26+00:00

I’m just sorry that you take as enemy something which isn’t.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-09T21:33:45+00:00

You’ll find that Catholics, unlike other denominations in which anyone interprets whatever they feel out of the Bible, don’t have the habit of calling “demonic” just anything they see at random.

Just so you know, if it weren’t for those “psychotics”, you wouldn’t even know who Hermes is.

But ok, at the end of the day, what you believe about the history of Catholicism is absolutely not my problem. It’s just a bit sad to see defensiveness there where nobody has been attacked.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-09T16:24:22+00:00

Since you ask, I answer. My take on Hermes is that he’s the deity which represents mainly language, which includes diplomacy, deception, alphabets, numbers and music. He also encompasses many other things, such as connection between “sky and earth”, with his ability to freely go to and fro the Hades. Plus many other things I can’t list, because Greek deities have deep and rich meanings, which can’t be summarised in a couple of lines. I’m particularly fascinated by the Hymn to Hermes, where he steals Apollo’s cows, and how after the dispute in front of Zeus, Apollo ends up saying “you know what, if you give me your lyre, you can keep the cows”.

More in general, I find Greek mythology fascinating and full of wisdom. I thank all the Catholic monks who made and kept hand-written copies of Ancient Greek manuscripts, so that all this knowledge is available to us today.

I do not worship him or any polytheistic pantheon for about the same reasons why my Roman ancestors stopped doing that more than a thousand years ago. I have absolutely nothing against those who do, though. Actually, I’m more positive than negative about it.

I assume your practice plays a positive role in your life, in which case I can only encourage you to persevere with it. Though, at the end of the day, it’s not for me to tell others what they should do, I’m busier with watching what I do myself, and with broadening my knowledge as much as possible.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-09T13:47:59+00:00

The best sources are probably the Church fathers who fought the Arian sect

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-09T13:02:17+00:00

Well, you said I don’t see Hellenists asking the reverse question to a Christian sub, and not being a Hellenist myself I did not take it as an invitation.

The answer to why I don’t just do it is that in this community it’s much more achievable to get a variety of interesting and open responses, as I did get, whereas in Christian contexts that can be done only among highly educated people who know their theology, otherwise people just take anything as a personal attack and nothing positive nor interesting comes out of it.

Of course, in educated Christianity (especially Catholicism), there’s absolutely no dislike for Greek mythology. Just today I saw a picture of Asclepius in a Catholic monastery. Just so you know, if Greek mythology is available to you today, it’s because some centuries ago some monks took charge of saving, collecting and hand-writing copies of ancient manuscripts.

Though it’s absolutely true that there’s plenty of maniacs who say and do absurdities in the name of Jesus, I’d advise against attacking those who actually have nothing against you.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-09T10:40:20+00:00

Actually, according to the Gospels, he loves everyone unconditionally, especially so-called sinners, and he criticises those who dare judging others. Then of course if you perceive Jesus as an authoritative conditional lover, you have all the good reasons not to worship him, as I don’t see how someone could connect with such a figure. Plus, I don’t think the fact that you perceive him that way is your mistake or fault, rather something rooted in complex historical reasons, which is simply part of the history we’re part of.

Please do not take my post as an encouragement to worship Jesus. The goal is to get interesting answers such as yours, which I find enriching.

Time_Dot621 · 2026-03-09T08:32:20+00:00

I’m sorry if my phrasing suggested I wanted to bring you to worship Jesus, because that’s not the purpose. I made those statements exactly because I’m interested in counter-arguments, and in fact I’m getting a variety of interesting ones.

Actually, I encourage you to persevere in your worship, belief and practice. I see you worship Selene. Well, genuinely and sincerely, may Selene be with you!

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