A 'moment of heaven': Forty Hours Adoration at the Brompton Oratory

On Tuesday I went to Heaven. I go there once a year.

The opening night on 12 March of the Brompton Oratory’s annual Forty Hours Adoration culminates with the placing of the Monstrance enshrining the Blessed Sacrament upon His throne above the High Altar.

There, Our Blessed Lord, our King, showers down upon us His love – total love and true peace for those who come to visit Him.

It was in fact about forty years ago when, during my first attendance at High Mass at the Brompton Oratory, the priest suddenly announced: “This week we will have forty hours, that is forty whole hours of Adoration, and I know that you will want to be there.”