Sorry, but I did not get that from the OP’s post. She was sad not for herself but for the community. Now, according to what the OP reported she could have some misunderstanding about when it is appropriate and when it is not to hold communion services, but not every woman who has ever led a Communion Service has any inclination of wanting to be a priest or believes that women should be allowed to be priests.
Who suggested you weren’t?
What?Why is not the Divine Office one of the options listed here (not a retort to Bells)? If Bible Study is recommended alongside Eucharistic adoration, then surely the Church’s own Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) can be recommended as well. I mean, it is part of the cycle of the Church’s official prayers, of which the Holy Eucharist is one part.
If the Church ever intends to re-introduce the chanted Office to the laity, would not the absence of a priest be the perfect lucuna which could be filled in with the Office?
A pair of religious sisters, working at a Catholic Student Center where I used to attend, helped introduce the chanted Divine Office to me, when Wednesday Mass could not be offered.
and I merely asked “WHY?”
That’s exactly what I do when I conduct a CS at a retirement home or skilled nursing facility. I would not even think of “giving a reflection” in a setting where people have just listened to Scripture and are preparing to receive Holy Communion.
Sometimes we read the homily that Fr. had left for us to read.
I never suggested I would not read the Gospel of the day. I do. I would just never given a reflection although I would read (verbatim) a homily prepared by my pastor.
This is because except in extremely rare circumstances, the precious blood is not kept after Mass. All the precious blood consecrated at a given Mass must be consumed at that Mass.
In the Latin rite, there is no provision for reserving the consecrated wine.
I’d imagine this would be for the very practical reason that in humid weather it might go ‘off’ and then there would be the problem of properly disposing of it.
Not to mention the possible spilling.
The whole reason to have a Communion Service is to give people the chance to receive Communion on a Sunday when a priest isn’t available to celebrate Mass. There would be no reason to reserve consecrated wine for that purpose.
No reason?
this is the part of the post that stuck out the most to me too. Forget changing the words, she should not have said anything. This is not a mass, there is no sacrifice, communion is being distributed from the ALREADY consecrated host that is kept in the tabernacle. I have led many SCAPs and there are very strict rules on what should and should not be said. There are many things that are reserved solely for the priest. for example, when the priest says “The Lord be with you” before reading the Gospel, I am not allowed to say this when I read, I just say " a reading from the Holy Gospel acoording…" I am also glad that these services are no longer happening in your church.
The purpose of a Communion service is to make Communion available in extra-ordinary circumstances. That goal is met with the availablilty of the reserved consecrated hosts. The additional “sign value” that Communion under both kinds provides at Mass does not apply to a Communion service since there is no Sacrifice.
It’s not that categorical. In general practice it can’t be stored because the accidents of the wine will spoil, there is danger of spillage, etc.