The Monstrance

Our beautiful Monstrance was displayed yesterday for the first time. I used it during our school Mass and in the evening, ending our Faith Formation classes with Adoration and Benediction. I showed the children and youth up close the Monstrance, which was purchased thanks to the generosity of a few parishioners, along with two new chalices.

It has the symbols of the 4 Evangelists, as well as a symbol of the Holy, Spirit, the Lamb of Gd and the Sacred Heart. Underneath it has the Latin words, “Verbum caro factum est” - “And the word was made flesh,” a quote from the Gospel of St. John. The Monstrance will be used for perpetual adoration Monday to Friday at the historic church in downtown Bend, usually from 7:30 AM until 6 PM.