The Church of the Advent, Boston The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost July 26, 2020

Morning Prayer at 9am Page 2 Preparation for Page 5 Mass at 9:30am Page 6 Benediction of the Page 10

¶ Please note. ​ ​

Mass during COVID-tide is necessarily different. Some elements of the Liturgy with which we are familiar have been suspended in the interests of simplifying the Liturgy to meet our circumstances, and shortening our time in the building.

● Please wear a mask while you are in the building. Hand sanitizer is available at the doors. ● At present, only one Mass is offered each Sunday, so that we do not have to clean the church between each service. Our goal is to add additional services in the fullness of time, and as circumstances allow. ● At the direction of the Bishop, the Holy Communion may not be distributed at this time. Thus, this and all Masses at the Advent are non-communicating, meaning that only the celebrant receives. In receiving Communion, the priest makes an intention to receive on behalf of everyone present. ● The singing of hymns is currently not permitted. ● Collection plates will not be passed. There will be a basket to receive your offering at the entrance and exits of the church. ● For the time being, there is no coffee hour. If you socialize on the sidewalks, please wear masks and maintain appropriate distancing.

In the event of our learning that someone at Mass today tests positive for COVID-19 in the next several days, we want to be able to inform you, so that in consultation with your physician, you can take the appropriate steps. ​

If you registered to come to Mass today, we already have your contact information, and will reach out to you if we learn that someone here has tested positive. If you have not registered, please do so by scanning this QR code and entering the information, or by giving your name and contact information to an Usher.

We will make any announcement of a positive test on the parish website as well (under the tab “COVID-19”), so please check the website on a regular basis. Note that this information will not include the name of the person who tested positive, which will be kept confidential, but only the Mass which they attended and any other relevant non-personal information.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING AS AN USHER at the 9.30am Sunday Mass, please contact Ray Porter: ​ [email protected] or 617.335.6199. No prior experience is necessary; training will be provided. ​

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Morning Prayer at 9am

Officiant. O God, make speed to save us. ​ ✠ People. O ​ Lord, make haste to help us. ​ Officiant. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. ​ People. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. ​ Officiant. Praise ye the Lord. ​ People. The Lord’s Name be praised. ​

Jam lucis orto sidere.

Officiant. 1. Now that the daylight fills the sky, Officiant. 3. Would keep our inmost ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ We lift our hearts to God on high, conscience pure; That he, in all we do or say, Our souls from folly would secure; Would keep us free from harm to-day: Would bid us check the pride of sense With due and holy abstinence. People. 2. Would guard our hearts and ​ ​ tongues from strife; People. 4. So we, when this new day is gone, ​ ​ From anger’s din would hide our life; And night in turn is drawing on, From all ill sights would turn our eyes, With conscience by the world unstained Would close our ears from vanities: Shall praise his Name for victory gained.

All. 5. All laud to God the Father be; ​ ​ All praise, eternal Son, to thee; All glory, as is ever meet, To God the holy Paraclete. Amen.

¶ The people are seated. ​ Psalm 119. VI. Et veniat super me.

LET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O LORD, * even thy salvation, according unto thy word. 42 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers; * for my trust is in thy word. 43 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth; * for my hope is in thy judgments. 44 So shall I alway keep thy law; * yea, for ever and ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty; * for I seek thy commandments. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings, * and will not be ashamed. 47 And my delight shall be in thy commandments, * which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; * and my study shall be in thy statutes. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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VII. Memor esto verbi tui.

O THINK upon thy servant, as concerning thy word, * wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. 50 The same is my comfort in my trouble; * for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; * yet have I not shrinked from thy law. 52 For I remembered thine everlasting judgments, O LORD, * and received comfort. 53 I am horribly afraid, * for the ungodly that forsake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs, * in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have thought upon thy Name, O LORD, in the night season, * and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, * because I kept thy commandments. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

¶ Then shall follow the Lesson. ​

Benedictus. St. Luke 1. 68.

✠ BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel : ​ for he hath visited, and redeemed his people; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us: in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets : which have been since the world began; That we should be saved from our enemies : and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers : and to remember his holy covenant; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies : might serve him without fear; In holiness and righteousness before him : all the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people : for the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God : whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

¶ Then shall be said the following Suffrages, the people standing. ​

V. LORD, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. R. Govern them and lift them up for ever.

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V. Day by day we magnify thee; R. And we worship thy Name ever, world without end. V. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. R. O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. V. O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee. R. O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.

Officiant. O Lord, hear my prayer. ​ People. And let my cry come unto thee. ​ ​

Collect for Sunday. Collect in time of pandemic. R. Amen. ​ Collect for justice in society.

Officiant. The Lord be with you; ​ People. And with thy spirit. ​ ​ Officiant. Let us bless the Lord ​ People. Thanks be to God. ​ ​

THE grace of our Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. ​ ​ ​

Salve Regina.

HAIL, holy Queen, Mother of mercy; hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Officiant. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. ​ People. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. ​ ​

Let us pray: Almighty and everlasting God, who by the cooperation of the Holy Ghost, didst prepare the body and soul of the glorious Virgin Mother Mary to become a habitation meet for thy Son: Grant that as we rejoice in her commemoration, we may be delivered by her loving intercession from our present evils and from eternal death. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. ​

Organ Prelude — Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703) ​ Plein Jeu (en Taille à 5) Fugue à 4 Duo Dialogue sur les grands jeux

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Preparation for Mass

¶ This preparation is said in the Sacristy each Sunday by the altar party, ​ but for the time being we will include everyone. It replaces the General Confession at Mass.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. ✠ ​ ​ Psalm 43. V. Ant. I will go unto the altar of God: ​ R. Even unto the God of my joy and gladness. V. Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man. R. For thou art the God of my strength, why hast thou put me from thee: and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me? V. O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me: and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. R. And that I may go unto the altar of God, even the God of my joy and gladness: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God. V. Why art thou so heavy, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me? R. O put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. ​ V. Ant. I will go unto the altar of God: ​ R. Even unto the God of my joy and gladness. . V. ✠ Our help is in the name of the Lord: ​ R. Who hath made heaven and earth. V. I confess to God Almighty, etc. R. God Almighty have mercy upon thee, forgive thee thy sins, and bring thee to everlasting life. V. Amen. People. I confess to God Almighty, to Blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to ​ blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the saints, and to thee, father, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, by my fault, by my own fault, by my own most grievous fault. Wherefore I beg blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and thee, father, to pray for me to the Lord our God. Priest. God Almighty have mercy upon thee, forgive thee thy sins, and bring thee to everlasting life. Amen. ​ ​ The Almighty and merciful Lord grant unto us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins. Amen. ✠ ​ V. Wilt​ thou not turn again and quicken us, O God? R. That thy people may rejoice in thee. V. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. R. And grant us thy salvation. V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto thee. V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit.

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The Holy at 9:30am Mass of the Good Shepherd—Rodney Lister (born 1951) ​ (world première)

Introit Deus in loco sancto Mode VII Ant. God in his holy habitation: it is he that maketh brethren to be of one mind in an house: he will give ​ the dominion and preeminence unto his people. Psalm. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: ​ ​ let them also that hate him flee before him. . Repeat Ant. ​

Kyrie

Gloria

Collect O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: ​ Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy, that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. ¶ The people are seated. ​ Epistle Romans 8:26–34 The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself ​ intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that in everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified. What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies; who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us?

Gradual In Deo speravit Mode V My heart hath trusted in God, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will ​ I praise him. Unto thee will I cry O LORD: be not silent, O my God, nor depart from me.

¶ The people stand. ​ Alleluia Exsultate Deo Mode VII Alleluia. R. Alleluia. V. Sing we merrily unto God our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of ​ Jacob: Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret. R. Alleluia.

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The Holy Gospel Matthew 13:31–33, 44–49a ​ R. Glory be to thee, O Lord. Another parable Jesus put before the crowds saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. So it will be at the close of the age. R. Praise be to thee, O Christ.

Sermon ¶ Standing. ​ Creed I BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God; Begotten, not made; Being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man: And was crucified ​ ​ also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets: And I believe one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection of the dead: And the Life of the world to come. Amen.

Prayers of the Faithful (Form III) ​ The Celebrant introduces the prayer, saying, “In peace, let us pray to the Lord.”

V. Father, we pray for thy holy Catholic Church; R. That we all may be one. ​

V. Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve thee; R. That thy Name may be glorified by all people. ​

V. We pray for all bishops, priests, and deacons; R. That they may be faithful ministers of thy Word and Sacraments. ​

V. We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world; R. That there may be justice and peace on the earth. ​ -- 7 --

V. Give us grace to do thy will in all that we undertake; R. That our works may find favor in thy sight. ​

V. Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble; R. That they may be delivered from their distress. ​

V. Give to the departed ; R. Let light perpetual shine upon them. ​

V. We praise thee for the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all thy saints who have entered into joy; R. May we also come to share in thy heavenly kingdom. ​

Let us pray for our own needs and those of others. Silence. ​

The Celebrant concludes with a Collect. R. Amen. ​

Offertory Verse Exaltabo te Mode II I will magnify thee, O LORD, for thou hast set me up: and not made my foes to triumph over me. ​ O LORD, my God, I cried unto thee: and thou hast healed me.

Offering baskets are at the entrance and exit of the church as you arrive and leave. Or you may give electronically by following this link: https://www.theadventboston.org/stewardship/ ​

Eucharistic Prayer V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. V. Lift up your hearts. R. We lift them up unto the Lord. V. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. R. It is meet and right so to do.

Sanctus ¶ The people kneel at the end of the . ​ Our Father

Prayer for Peace R. Lord, I am not worth that thou shouldest come under my roof, but speak the word only, and my soul shall be healed.

By instruction of the Bishop, Communion cannot be distributed until a diocesan protocol is developed.

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You may wish to pray this act of here, or at Benediction. O most blessed Saviour, in union with the faithful at every altar of thy Church where thy blessed Body and Blood are being offered to the Father, I desire to offer thee praise and thanksgiving. I present to thee my soul and body with the earnest wish that I may always be united to thee. And since I cannot now receive thee sacramentally, I beseech thee to come spiritually into my heart; I unite myself to thee and embrace thee with all the affections of my soul. Come Lord Jesus and dwell in my heart. Amen.

Communion Verse Simile est Mode I The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found ​ one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

Postcommunion Collect (BCP, p. 833) ​ Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to thee, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly thine, utterly dedicated unto thee; and then use us, we pray thee, as thou wilt, and always to thy honor and glory and the welfare of thy people; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Blessing & Dismissal

The

℣. The Angel of the Lord announced unto Mary, ​ ℟. And she conceived by the Holy Ghost. ​ ​ , full of grace; the LORD is with thee: blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. ℟. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. ​ ​ ℣. Behold the handmaid of the LORD. ​ ℟. Be it done unto me according to thy word. ​ ​ Hail Mary, etc. ℣. And the Word was made flesh. ​ ℟. And dwelt among us. ​ ​ Hail Mary, etc. ℣. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. ​ ℟. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. ​ ​

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We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that as we have known the Incarnation of thy Son, Jesus Christ, by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his ​✠ Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.​ ​

Organ Voluntary Carillon de Westminster (Pièces de Fantaisie Op 54) — Louis Vierne (1870–1937) ​

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

¶ All kneeling, the Blessed Sacrament in the Monstrance is exposed; then the following is sung.

O salutaris hostia. O salutaris hostia in B, op 47, no 1—Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) ​

O salutaris hostia, quæ cæli pandis ostium, bella O saving Victim, opening wide the gate of heaven ​ ​ premunt hostilia, da robur, fer auxilium. Uni to man below, our foes press on from every side, Trinoque Domino, sit sempiterna gloria, qui vitam thine aid supply, thy strength bestow. All praise sine termino, nobis donet in patria. Amen. ​ and thanks to thee ascend for evermore, blest One in

Three; O grant us life that shall not end, in our true native land with thee. Amen. Silence. . Tantum ergo in C—Flor Peeters (1903–1986) ​

Tantum ergo Sacramentum veneremur cernui, et Therefore we, before him bending, this great ​ ​ antiquum documentum novo cedat ritui, præstet Sacrament revere; types and shadows have their fides supplementum sensuum defectui. Genitori, ending, for the newer rite is here; faith, our outward genitoque, laus et jubilatio, salus, honor, virtus sense befriending, makes our inward vision clear. quoque sit et benedictio: procedenti ab utroque Glory let us give and blessing to the Father and the compar sit laudatio. Amen. Son, honor, thanks, and praise addressing, while eternal ages run; ever too his love confessing who from Both with Both is One. Amen.

V. Thou gavest them Bread from heaven. Panem de cælis præstitisti eis. R. Containing in Itself all sweetness. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.

Let us pray: O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament hast left us a perpetual memorial of thy Passion: Grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the Sacred Mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the fruit of thy redemption; who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen. ​ ​

¶ The Priest then goes to the altar and, with the Blessed Sacrament, makes the over the ​ people.

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¶ The are said by the Priest, the people repeating them after, all kneeling. ​

Blessed be God. Blessed be his Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Blessed be the Name of Jesus. Blessed be his Most Sacred Heart. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Blessed be God the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Blessed be the Great Mother of God, Mary most Holy. Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Blessed be God in his Angels and in his Saints.

May the Heart of Jesus, in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, be praised, loved and adored, with grateful affection, on all the altars and tabernacles of the world, now, and even to the end of time.

¶ The Blessed Sacrament is reposed in the Tabernacle, and the people stand. ​

Psalm 117: Laudate Dominum—Plainsong ​ ​ ​

Ant. Adoremus in æternum sanctissimum Ant. Let us forever adore the Most Holy Sacrament ​ ​ Sacramentum. [Alleluja.] Ps. Laudate Dominum, [Alleluia]. Ps. O praise the Lord, all ye nations; ​ ​ ​ ​ omnes gentes, laudate eum, omnes populi. Quoniam praise him, all ye peoples. For his merciful kindness confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et is ever more and more toward us; and the truth of veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Gloria Patri, et the Lord endureth for ever. Glory be to the Father, Filio, et Spiritui Sancto: Sicut erat in principio, et and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in nunc et semper, et in saecula sæculorum. Amen. the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world Ant. without end. Amen. Ant. ​

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Morning Prayer, followed by Mass, is offered publicly every day of the week at 9am.

Parish Notices

THE SOLOIST TODAY is Francesco Logozzo. Relics were venerated as a testimony to the fact that ​ Christianity is a religion not of myth, but of historical fact. THE MASS SETTING, premiered today, is by ​ The saints and martyrs are actual people who testified to parishioner and composer Rodney Lister. The Mass of the Good Shepherd is written “in commemoration of the 175th the power of God in their lives and deaths--and even after anniversary of the Church of the Advent, Boston, and death. If the dry bones of men and women receive such dedicated to Douglas Anderson, Allan Warren, Andrew honor (as they have in an unbroken tradition since the days Mead, Richard Holloway; to the memory of of the catacombs) why should not the true and living Body Harris Collingwood; and to Edith Ho and Mark Dwyer.” of Christ?

WEEKLY EMAIL. If you are not receiving our weekly ​ The hymns and collect are taken from the propers of the emails, please send a blank email to , and were composed by St Thomas [email protected] with “add email” in the ​ Aquinas. With great theological comprehensiveness, the subject line. collect acknowledges the Eucharist as a sacrament, a BENEDICTION Benediction is a rite whereby we adore memorial, and a mystery. After this comes the Benediction ​ Jesus Christ as he is sacramentally present in the proper, the priest’s act of blessing God’s poele with the consecrated Bread of the Eucharist. The rite is not a liturgy Hos, in a moment of spiritual communion. The Divine in the strict sense of the word, but a devotion: by it the holy Praises are a late eighteenth-century addition to the rite, worship begun at Mass is prolonged--not replaced!--and and are intended as an act of reparation to God for the continued. blasphemous misuse of his Name, and contempt for the teachings of the Christian religion. So many themes are The origins of Benediction are in thirteenth-century going on at once: affirming our belief in the Eucharistic Eucharistic processions, but in time this devotion came to presence of Christ, thanksgiving for our Lord’s atoning be appended to other liturgical events, Mass and Vespers in death, thanksgiving for our many blessings, the consolation particular. There are various reasons for the rise of of spiritual communion, and reparation for ourselves and , but we cannot underestimate the others who have offended God and the dignity of this historical climate. Benediction gained traction at time Sacrament. when a gnostic and dualistic movement called the Cathari or Albigenses were prevalent in the south of France. This The French name for Benediction is le Salut or, in English, ​ ​ sect had abandoned the priesthood and the sacraments, and the Greeting. And I suppose that is what we are doing: ​ taught contempt for the human body, and indeed the entire lovingly greeting and adoring our Lord, sacramentally material world. Exposition and adoration of the Blessed present in our midst. Sacrament was a firm statement of the catholic truth that As Mother Teresa has said, “The time you spend with Jesus God became incarnate in human flesh, and that his Real ​ Presence--wrapped in matter, continues into space and time in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time you will spend on in the Eucharist. earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with him and make your soul everlastingly The vessel in which the Sacrament is exposed is called a more glorious and beautiful in Heaven, and will help bring monstrance; its design derives from similar vessels with about everlasting peace on earth.” windows in which relics of the saints were exhibited. -- 12 --