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Adoration at the Abbey
Adoration at the Abbey
The community of Benedictine monks here at St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth encourages visitors and members of the public to join us in our frequent participation in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. We are truly privileged to be able to celebrate Christ in the Eucharist as a central part of our community purpose. Please join us in the Abbey Church at St Augustine's Abbey, Chilworth for Adoration every week on Fridays 8pm-8.45pm and Sundays 4pm-5pm.
The Holy Eucharist
The Holy Eucharist
The central symbols of the Eucharist, the bread and wine which become the Body and Blood of Christ, are fruits of the earth. Simple food and drink that is rooted in creation itself.
It is also the work of human hands. For Mass, the gifts of God’s creation are taken and transformed into something new: wheat becomes bread, grapes becomes wine; at Mass we offer these gifts back to God so that the Holy Spirit can transform them into the life giving Eucharist.
In the Mass, we can therefore see God’s creation, our effects on it, the continuing presence of the Holy Spirit and that our primary response should be one of thanksgiving for what God has given us (the root of the word Eucharist). In seeing the world with sacramental eyes, we can also see the negative effects of humanity on God’s creation.