Monstrance is from the Latin word
Monstrare "to show", is a liturgical object commonly used in the Roman
Catholic church for centuries. A monstrance is a crystal container encrusted
with gold or silver it is often where the communion wafer is displayed. It was
in the 17th Century that the crystal container was made with bursting rays of
metal which imitates the sun. The bursting rays of suns are a visual
representation of Christ as the light of the world ■