The Blessed Sacrament is adored by every Roman Catholic as the true Body and Blood of Christ. It is a particle of unleavened bread, generally baked by nuns, and consecrated by the priest during mass. When not in use it rests in a ciborium (cuplike vessel) in the tabernacle, a stout box on the church's high altar. In time of stress the Blessed Sacrament is the priest's first concern. In Toledo one night last week Rev. Francis J. Keyes hastened into his church, St. Patrick's. The tabernacle containing the ciborium and Host was gone....
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