re monstrations
St Clare of Assisi is often shown with a monstrance containing the Blessed
Sacrement, with the help of which she drove attackers away from the
monastery.
There is also a lingering memory of a literary reference to an 18th century
royal court somewhere in southern Europe: attempts are made at calming an
angry mob outside the palace gates by showing the Blessed Sacrement, without
much effect.
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Jeremias Schröder OSB
Erzabtei St. Ottilien
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