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I protesting treatment of some of my fellow Catholics
I protesting treatment of some of my fellow Catholics
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Lay-led Eucharistic service... hmm...... wasn't it more a Celebration of the Word with Communion?
Yes I think she meant that.
Here in Austria (Europe) in some parishes this is quite common due to the lack of priests.
'Though I wouldn't say it is like in an Anglican Church, as lay-women doing a Liturgy of the Word don't have (or: aren't allowed) to wear liturgical clothes.
I know, but I mean it is weird having a woman distributing Holy Communion I walked away like 'did that actually just happen?!'
Ahh well at some churches I go to there are women distributing the precious blood, but (no hate, just my personal opinion, no debate anyone! ) I walk past them, I only received the precious body because there was no priest, if there is a priest I don't see why we don't just receive off him, I only see EMs as a necessity if there is no priest. I'm just fussy, eh I'm happy with just receiving in one kind, after all - it's the same thing right?
Well I'm not saying the male EMs are more acceptable than women, I just find it weird from a woman because of my Anglican heritage when she led the service it felt like she was a priest when I reflected on it afterwards, obviously she isn't and this wasn't a Mass but it's just the feeling I got afterwards
Ahh none near us.. but the priest was back on Sunday so it's okay! I fulfilled my obligation! We're in a wasteland with like a Catholic Church every 39204930 miles
Is it just in the U.S. that the precious blood is not stored in the Tabernacle, so when there is no priest, but still a Communion Service, a person can only receive the Body of Our Lord--the consecrated host?
Thank you. When you said that you received only the Body because of the female extraordinary minister, I thought perhaps that you had the option to receive both the Body and the Blood.
For a year or so, we didn't have a priest assigned to us and had Communion services, but we had a Sacramental priest come in to Consecrate the Body and Blood at a Mass each week so we could have Communion service. Those services were actually some psalms and readings, and the Gospel reading with Extraordinary Ministers (male and female) giving out only the Body.