In the Eucharist our adoration is primarily directed to God the Father to whom we offer our Crucified and Risen Lord.  So in the words of the hymn we sing,

“And having with us Him that pleads above,
We here present, we here spread forth to Thee,
That only offering perfect in Thine eyes,
The one true, pure, immortal sacrifice”. (1)

For the Eucharist is the means which Our Saviour has given to us so that we sinners may be able to approach the all-holy and eternal God.

For this reason, although at the Eucharist we sing hymns such as,

“Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, Thee,
Who in Thy sacrament dost deign to be”, (2)

yet this adoration of Our Lord, natural as it is, is only incidental to the Eucharist itself, which is an act of worship offered to our Heavenly Father.  Adoration of Our Blessed Lord in his Holy Sacrament, therefore, more properly belongs outside the Eucharist.  Having said that, an important way in which we express our love and adoration for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is by making a careful preparation before Holy Communion and thanksgiving afterwards.