No Communion Services Allowed

[hwriggles4]

I personally think the Bishop is doing the right thing. The use of Communion Services can be confusing to the un-Catechized and the casual non-Catholic attendee.

Not offering communion for just one rare, canceled Daily Mass should not hurt anyone. Daily Mass is optional and people who often attend Daily Mass (I’m one of them) are already receiving Communion far more than the average practicing Catholic who only attends Sundays and Holydays.

Trust me, I love to receive communion as much as possible too… But not enough that I feel like I must receive it outside of mass if I’m not home or hospital bound.

God Bless

Well put…thank you.

The last two pastors at my parish have been more diligent about having the priest do the preaching. As a kid growing up, it seems like only the deacons at my parish did homilies, and many parishioners were like “oh, the deacons do everything, that’s the way to go these days, forget about the priest.”

At my current parish, one or two deacons will preach, but they are on a schedule that the priests do the preaching most of the time. When the priests are preaching, their vocation has more emphasis.

 

[phil19034]

Well put…thank you.

The last two pastors at my parish have been more diligent about having the priest do the preaching. As a kid growing up, it seems like only the deacons at my parish did homilies, and many parishioners were like “oh, the deacons do everything, that’s the way to go these days, forget about the priest.”

At my current parish, one or two deacons will preach, but they are on a schedule that the priests do the preaching most of the time. When the priests are preaching, their vocation has more emphasis.

Yes, at my parish, the Deacons only give homilies once a month or once every two months. It’s typically the priests.