of society. The heart of the Church herself is laid bare and even pierced like that of her Lord, so that anyone who wishes to take shelter in her enters into something naked and wounded. The monstrance in which the Host is exposed is itself exposed, and the Christian must decide to be so with it and in it. And the monstrance, the Church, exposed together with her Lord, becomes as insignificant as he: “no form or beauty, no looks that could please” (Is 53:2). But then why must everyone still “look