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 The Blessed Sacrament
(consecrated
bread and wine) is reserved in the aumbry so that it can be taken to the sick
and those who are unable to attend the Eucharist at Church. The
aumbry also forms a focus for devotion and private prayer. The
sanctuary lamp that hangs in front of the aumbry dignifies Christ's
presence.
The text below the aumbry reads: ET VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST - And the Word was made flesh. |
The ornate
door is set into a wide border of lapis lazuli behind a fretwork grille
and is decorated with a representation of the “Pelican in Piety”
– the pelican was said to wound her breast in order to feed her young
and images of the pelican were used to symbolise Christ dying for us to
bring us Salvation. 
