(Fr. Trevor Burfitt offering Mass in the Irish countryside, County Mayo)

"Far from being shocked at the poverty and humility that surrounded the Lamb of God, with firm faith and transports of joy [the Magi] prostrated themselves in homage, adoration, and love, 'falling down,' says the Gospel, 'they adored Him.'
"In the Holy Eucharist we have the same humble Babe bound to our altars by the chains of divine love; let us, like the wise men, prostrate and adore Him, and let us offer to the King of our hearts our treasures and gifts, that is to say, a firm faith, fervent adoration, and burning love." 

~ Rev. T.H. Kinane, P.P., The Lamb of God, imprimatur 1880.

Think of the early martyrs worshipping the tiny Host in a stony, dark, cold catacomb under the city of Rome. Think of the Irish people worshipping Him on a Mass rock in a field, ducking down to avoid the notice of rampaging priest hunters. Think of the Magi adoring a penniless Baby in a poor house in Bethlehem. Think of the British people during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, attending Mass in a secret room in someone's house, afraid for their lives. Fast-forward to the 21st century....we come into a well-lit, well-heated church, and a priest in beautiful vestments offers the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Come, let us adore Him. Let us unite in spirit to the millions who went before us, and adore Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.