February 18, 2008 Hype for Travelling Monstrance… Misdirected?
I have been following all of the attention given to the travelling monstrance that is going throughout the archdiocese to promote vocations. I wonder if all this is somewhat misdirected because our focus should not be on the monstrance, even if it has been blessed by the Pope, but the ONE WHO WILL BE PLACED AND WORSHIPPED INSIDE THE MONSTRANCE, NAMELY, THE SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST.
If people are coming just to see a monstrance or pray before a monstrance with the Eucharist in it not because it contained the Son of God, but simply because it was blessed by the Pope, what does this say about our faith? Are we beginning to think that God is not enough? Does he have to be placed in a monstrance blessed by the Pope to make him interesting or worthy of worship? I am not trying to start trouble, but I am wondering your response to the issue I am raising?
