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Posted on 08/10/2015 2:03:13 PM PDT by NYer
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Great article. I always try to get in the line of the actual priest. Funny thing is, I have timed it and sometimes it takes longer for all of the Eucharistic Ministers to receive their communion first than if the priests themselves would just begin giving communion with no delay.
LOL. I can believe it !! Personally, we only go in line to receive from a priest (or deacon) ourselves. However, one time recently, the priest did not want to hand out Communion [for almost a whole week at daily Mass] because he was sick; nothing sadder to see than four EMs distributing the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, while the priest sits in a chair.
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True! Not to mention purifying the Sacred Vessels... It would be better to just have Father distribute, then use the time after for prayer and thanksgiving. I’m not in a hurry. I love my time with Jesus after Communion!
That’s like folks who “schieve” (pronounced “skeeve”)- the Italian word for when you don’t want to touch something someone else has touched, because you’re afraid of germs. They won’t drink from the Chalice, and are glad it’s more “sanitary” to receive Our Lord in their hands. I simply don’t believe that. That’s Jesus’ Precious Blood in that Chalice, and I don’t believe It carries germs!
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We agree, G2G. We couldn’t imagine what Father had that allowed him to conduct Mass, yet he felt it was so serious, he shouldn’t be handing out Jesus’ Precious Body/Blood.
Is anybody here an Extraordinary Minister? There are so many elderly in my family- to bring Communion would be such a blessing all the way around. Yet, I wrestle with the idea for a number of reasons. I can’t get around much anymore, I have to use a cane. But that aside, I have qualms about it. I don’t take Communion in my hand- it was so ingrained in me not to. I also am deeply troubled by an experience as a patient in the hospital. Because of Universal Precautions Against The Spread Of Disease, my EM wore gloves- vinyl- to distribute the Eucharist. Worse yet, the gloves are disposed of in the garbage or the Hazardous Waste containers. Thank God the gloves usually come off inside-out, but that’s little consolation. Any thoughts?
As I understand it, for instance, in Fr. George Rutler's one parish in NYC, where everything was priestly, traditional, and beautiful, where they had male altar servers and Communion was distributed by priests and deacons only, their membership doubled or tripled and they had 12 vocations to the priesthood over the course of his pastorship. From one parish. That's more than some whole "feminist modernist" dioceses.
Look at any diocese and look where the actual vocations come from.(I mean the home-grown vocations, not necessarily the imported clergy from Nigeria, Colombia or the Philippines.) As a rule, they come from only a handful of parishes. The ones which most emphasize the traditions, and the role of the priest.
We run to the altar. We are actually rushed to the altar after waiting for all the sleeveless women and shorts and sandals wearing guys to go up to the altar to first
My point: things can look pretty bleak sometimes, but we still have Jesus' Promise that the gates of hell shall never prevail against us. We need to have faith, not compromise. There has already been too much of that, in the name of (unappreciated) ecumenism, when we should have remained steadfast. All it takes is two gathered in His Name. Jesus promised He would remain with us even unto the end of time- and if there is but one Particle of the Consecrated Jesus in the whole world, then He is indeed still with us- Body, Precious Blood, Soul, and Divinity! Be strong, and of good courage! God will never abandon us!
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All kidding aside, the Eucharist has been with us since the time of the Apostles, and all of a sudden, we and the priests are afraid of germs being transmitted. What would Molokai be right now if Father Damien had felt that way?
God must shake His Head...
I no longer am a Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion.
Reading one book, changed my mind. Also receive Jesus on my tongue — not in my hand.
“Get Us Out of Here” by Maria Simma
I also get into the priest’s line. My parish is relatively small, and the church is never packed except at Christmas and Easter, yet we usually have as many as 6 extraordinary ministers. Ridiculous.
It is worse when I attend my sister’s parish in Pennsylvania. Their congregation is much larger, but I have yet to see the church packed at any Mass I have attended there. Yet there are usually at least 8 lay people converging upon the altar, and they all wear white cassocks.
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Well said, my FRiend. Bless you.
Baloney. Just look at the overflowing seminaries among traditional Catholic orders. I belong to a parish that has had four priests (more priests than scheduled Sunday Masses) for most of the time since it became a Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) apostolate in 2001. There are a lot of respectable Catholic men out there who have a vocation to the priesthood but couldn't be bothered with it if they end up functioning like some guy in a local bridge club.
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