The faithful are invited to come for reflection and adoration at some time through the day. On the previous Sunday, there is always a sign-up sheet for those interested in being  "vigil watches"  for half an hour. The sign-up sheet is on the bulletin board in the main vestibule.

 History of the Devotion

The practice of the Exposition of Blessed Sacrament dates back to fourteenth century. In certain churches near Dantzig, Germany,  the Blessed Sacrament was reserved all day long in a transparent monstrance, so that pious persons could come to pray before It. The practice spread very widely especially in Germany and the Netherlands.  

In the fifteenth century, we find numerous Synodal Decrees passed, prohibiting this continuous and informal Exposition. These prohibitions did not eradicate the custom. They seem to have led to a curious compromise, by which the Blessed Sacrament, throughout a great part of central Europe, was reserved in Sacrament houses, often beautifully carved of stone, and erected in the most conspicuous part of the church, near the sanctuary. There the Sacred Host was kept in a transparent vessel, or monstrance, behind a locked metal door of lattice work, in such a way that the Host could still be dimly seen by those who prayed outside.