Ah, one of the many rituals of the Catholic Church to distract people from the actual theology.
I remember as a child being forced to attend “venerations” where the host was placed in this ornately-adorned golden monstrosity (or was that a monstrance) while priests in elaborate vestments chanted in Latin while marching around shaking another device (whose name I cannot recall) dispensing incense.
Somehow that did not conjure up an image of how a first century wandering rabbi would worship God. Actually, upon recollection, it seems more like the setting for a seance.
Ah, one of the many rituals of the Catholic Church to distract people from the actual theology.
I remember as a child being forced to attend “venerations” where the host was placed in this ornately-adorned golden monstrosity (or was that a monstrance) while priests in elaborate vestments chanted in Latin while marching around shaking another device (whose name I cannot recall) dispensing incense.
Somehow that did not conjure up an image of how a first century wandering rabbi would worship God. Actually, upon recollection, it seems more like the setting for a seance.