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Q: I am a devout Catholic and meditate and pray a lot at home. I would like to purchase a monstrance with a luna for home use. Is this approved by the Catholic Church to have one at home? I am assuming that I would not be allowed to have a consecrated Host at home for the luna. If that is the case, then what do people put inside of the luna in its place? I have holy water from Lourdes and Medugorje, along with a cloth that is reportedly a relic. Because of my illness I often cannot attend Mass or go to Eucharistic adoration. I just want to be certain that I am following the Catholic Church\u2019s guidelines. Sorry for the dumb question. \u2013 R.B.<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC<\/em><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0It’s not a dumb question — in fact, it’s good that you asked it.<\/p>\n

The monstrance is the sacred vessel, often with a sunburst-like shape, which contains the consecrated Host when exposed for adoration or carried in procession.<\/p>\n

The luna, or lunette, is the circular receptacle, usually with glass sides, that holds the sacred Host upright in the monstrance. The luna is made of metal circled with gold or a gilded metal.<\/p>\n

Having the Eucharist in one’s home (technically known as reservation of the Blessed Sacrament<\/em>) requires a bishop’s explicit permission. This kind of permission is rarely given, for various reasons.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, a monstrance is used to display the Eucharist for adoration. That, in turn, requires a priest or deacon or someone with special permission to expose it, that is, to take it out of the tabernacle and put it in the monstrance.<\/p>\n

It is also necessary that someone other than the minister be present when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for adoration. A person couldn\u2019t simply put the Host in the monstrance with no one else around.<\/p>\n

And to get the Eucharist in a venue in the first place usually requires that a Mass will be celebrated there \u2013 and, thereafter, at least once a month. Moreover, there is the matter of ensuring the safety and proper handling of the Eucharist.<\/p>\n

So you can see how all of this gets complicated, and why bishops generally don’t give permission for at-home reservation.<\/p>\n

And while it\u2019s not prohibited for a Catholic to buy a monstrance and luna, a better alternative might be to get a reliquary where you can display your relic (I\u2019ll assume that the authenticity of the relic isn\u2019t in serious doubt). It would be good to have the reliquary blessed first.<\/p>\n

The reliquary could be part of a prayer corner, or \u201clittle oratory,\u201d that you set up in your residence. The prayer corner could also include a crucifix, pictures or statues of saints, and even bottles of holy water\u2014whatever helps you to focus on prayer.<\/p>\n

And if you can’t get to Mass, you could follow one on the Internet.<\/p>\n

I hope some of this helps. Count on my prayers.<\/p>\n

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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to\u00a0Ask A Priest\u00a0questions and sharing his insights in our\u00a0Weekly Newsletter.","url":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/author\/emcilmail\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145414"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=145414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}