Sacred Vessels
New Monstrances
Monstrances for Eucharistic Adoration, Benediction and processions: radiant vessels that hold the consecrated Host so the faithful may adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.
About this collection
About New Monstrances
The monstrance shows the Blessed Sacrament for adoration and Benediction. This collection offers new monstrances from small chapel models about 8 to 12 inches tall to rayed designs about 26 inches tall, including a Gothic spired monstrance and an angel monstrance. Finishes include polished and lacquered brass and 24k gold plate, some with touches of silver.
Most come with a glass-enclosed luna for the standard 2 3/4-inch host, and one model holds a large host. There is also a small ray-of-light reliquary in the same style.
What to check
Confirm the host size your parish uses, and consider where the monstrance will stand: a chapel altar, a high altar or a thabor. A taller rayed monstrance reads better from the back of a large church. Listed prices currently run from about $295 to $4,250. Call or request a quote. Freight is billed separately. See also thabors and luna custodials.
New Monstrances
In the Sacred Liturgy
A monstrance (from the Latin monstrare, "to show") is the sacred vessel that displays the consecrated Host for adoration. At its center is a glass window. The Host is held in a small crescent or round holder called a luna, which slides into place behind the glass. The rays around it, often shaped like a sunburst, draw every eye to Christ, truly present in the Blessed Sacrament.
The monstrance is used for Eucharistic Adoration and for Benediction. At Benediction the priest or deacon, his hands covered by the humeral veil, raises the monstrance and blesses the people with the Sacrament. It is also carried in Eucharistic processions, such as on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, often beneath a canopy.
Because it holds the Body of Christ, a monstrance is made from the finest materials a parish can offer. It is traditionally gilded, and often adorned with enamel, stones and symbols such as wheat, grapes and angels. When it is not in use, the Host in its luna is kept in the tabernacle.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven
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