Blessed Sacrament Chapel
This is the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, where daily Masses are celebrated. The bronze Tabernacle made precious with gold plated interior lining dominates the scene. The sculptured Tabernacle door is of cast bronze. The Tabernacle is placed on a throne-like armature that cradles the reliquary of the Living Bread. This is incorporated into a marble base. The Tabernacle contains the consecrated bread that becomes the Body of Christ during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
"I am the bread of Life" (John 6:48). "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life everlasting and I will raise him up on the last day" (John 6:55). "And Jesus taking bread, gave thanks and broke, and gave it to the disciples, saying: 'This is My body, which is being given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' In like manner he took also the cup after the supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which shall be shed for you.'" In so doing, Our Lord at the Last Supper instituted our most precious gift, the Holy Eucharist - spiritual food of our souls, courage and strength for our ears.
The Body of Christ is reserved in the Tabernacle chiefly that it may be given to the sick and the dying, and for the daily worship of the faithful.
Bronze sanctuary lamps are suspended from the ceiling, and at least one lamp burns at all times when the Sacred Host is present in the Tabernacle. There are five lamps representing the five wise virgins who kept their lamps filled for the coming of the bridegroom.
The bass relief on the wall is the same as one window on the east wall of the nave: Christ breaking bread with two of his disciples at Emmaus. The two figures to the right of the Tabernacle have no scriptural meaning, but are possibly a servant woman and her son.
Artist: Agelo Biancini, Faenza Italy
Photo Credit: Cathedral of the Risen ChristPerpetual Adoration:
The first row of pews of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel are reserved for persons in Perpetual Adoration. The living Christ in the Tabernacle is honored by an around-the-clock chain of prayers. Year in and year out there is at least one person in this Cathedral praying in front of the Tabernacle. The Perpetual Adoration Program was begun in 1959. People volunteering for Perpetual Adoration take one hour of prayer each week.
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