Exposition

 I like what we call in my church, “Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.”  What?  Well, the round white wafer is displayed in a glass case for all to look at in church/chapel to help in prayer and faith.  I find a lot of silence and solitude at this time.  It is meditative.  But it can have a downside.  It can lead to and support “spectator faith.”  It can become sitting on the sidelines of world and neighborhood problems.  It can become a devotion of escape rather than respite from being involved in the problems to which Jesus referred.  What problems?  Read Chapter 25 of Matthew’s Gospel.  Or step twelve in an Addiction Recovery Program.  Step eleven is prayer.  Step Twelve is what ought to follow if we are going to stay in spiritual balance.  Recovery has a purpose beyond feeling happy, joyous and free.