Last fall, we had a Eucharistic Conference here. The 4th Degree Knights honor guard came out for the closing Mass, about 40 of them. When the Bishop pronounced the Consecration, the Knights drew their swords and held them aloft until the closing of the Eucharistic Prayer.
It was so moving to see the symbolic defense of the Lord's Eucharistic Presence! I was sniffling through the rest of the Mass.
