I went to the Eucharistic Adoration at St. Joseph's today. They have it in a long, slender room, against a long wall, with a double row of chairs. The monstrance was an old design, whether or not it was an actual mid twentieth century monstrance, I do not know. What is a monstrance? It is a vessel usually gold, or silver, in which the consecrated host is exposed for adoration. This one had a sunburst pattern around the center.
What is interesting is that they do this five days a week. It prompts me to ask, where have I been? Five days a week the consecrated elements are exposed less than four miles from my house, and I do not spend some period of time there each day? True, there were seven other people there in that smallish room, but that did not matter. The sacrament was exposed and, my, how Jesus did dominate the room.
On another subject, I have been getting an email called The Daily Seed, which is mostly lectionary, and Christian Classics. Check it out. It's associated with Shalom Place.
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