![]() ![]() If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. What is certain is, that among all classes the seeing the Host, at the moment It was lifted on high in the hands of the priest, became a primary object of devotion, and various devices - for example, the hanging of a black curtain at the back of the altar, or the lighting of torches held behind the priest by a deacon or server - were resorted to, to make the looking upon the Body of Christ more easy. The development of these popular beliefs was also probably much assisted by a legendary element current in the romances of the Holy Grail, then at the height of their popularity. Further, on that day he would be duly nourished by the food he took, and would grow no older, with many other extravagances. He was believed to be protected from sudden death, or from loss of sight. In this way, even before the middle of the thirteenth century, all kinds of fanciful promises were in circulation regarding the special privileges enjoyed by him, who, on any day, saw the Body of his Maker. Before long it came to be regarded as a very meritorious act to look upon and salute the Body of the Lord. At Paris, this elevation became a matter of synodal precept, probably before the year 1200. Those who believed that when the words "Hoc est enim corpus meum" had been pronounced, the bread was at once changed into the flesh of our Lord, supported their opinion by adoring the Sacrament, and holding It up for the adoration of the people, without waiting for the words to be spoken over the chalice. The Elevation itself, of which we first hear in its present sense about the year 1200, was probably adopted as a practical protest against the teaching of Peter Comestor and Peter the Chanter, who held that the bread was not consecrated in the Mass until the words of institution had been spoken over both bread and wine. There can be no reasonable doubt that the practice of exposition came in the wake of that most epoch-making liturgical development, the Elevation of the Host in the Mass. ![]() We will speak later of the conditions which constitute proper solemnity, but something must first be said of the history of the practice. Some religious monasteries and convents with special permission have the Sacred Host perpetually exposed for special honor and devotion with someone in attendance night and day.Exposition is a manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing It, with proper solemnity, to the view of the faithful in order that they may pay their devotions before It. The ceremony was introduced in the fourteenth century under the influence of the newly established feast of Corpus Christi. Definite days for public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament are no longer specified for the universal Church now any days may be chosen for good reasons and for regular exposition permissions are granted by the local ordinary. Public exposition of the Blessed Sacrament requires a period of adoration, in private or public with prescribed hymns and prayers, as well as the blessing with the monstrance. Any good cause is reason for private adoration. In private expositions the tabernacle door is opened and the ciborium containing consecrated Hosts is brought forward. In public exposition the Sacred Host is placed in the lunette of the monstrance and elevated so that all adorers can see it. The ceremony in which a priest or deacon removes the Sacred Host from the tabernacle and places it on the altar for adoration. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations).
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