A centenary of a special work of reparation falls in this year, 1948. It is carried on by contemplative nuns who seek by adoration to make reparation for blasphemy and for the neglect of God. The Blessed Sacrament is exposed day and night in their chapels. All the round of the clock the Sisters come in turn, two at least at a time, to pray in silence for an hour. They seek union with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, offering through it, and with it, praise and love, and supplication for sinners.

It was a marked privilege for the Congregation of Adoration Eeparatrice to be allowed to have Perpetual Exposition. Theirs was a pioneer work. In 1S48 the practice was a novelty in the Church, and because a novelty, inevitably regarded with suspicion. Even now there are Catholics who do not seem to appreciate the value of Exposition. They do not perceive the tremendous graces that radiate from the Monstrance, or realise how near it brings our Lord to those who kneel before him.