Parish Communion Service

[jmjconder]

This is not meant to be a discussion on the pros and cons on parish Communion Services and their place in the weekday schedule. For now, they are permitted in our parish with permission of our Bishop.

Does anyone have a link to the official proper order of a Communion Service led by a layperson? I went to our regularly scheduled daily Mass yesterday, Father happened to be gone, and we had a Communion Service led by a layperson (EMHC). For the first time in a long time (I do not attend Communion Services) I noted what I felt were several parts that I wonder if they exist in the official order:

• the lay person kissed the Lectionary after he read the Gospel
• before we recited the Our Father, he said, “As we forgive others their sins, let us ask God’s for absolution.”
• After the Sign of Peace and prior to moving to the Tabernacle for the Eucharist, he comes down before the altar and faces it and we all recite the Gloria.

I would like to talk with Father about this however, I want to have any official order and any incorrect parts cited before I approach him. So please lead me to the citations…thank you kindly.

 

[jprioli]

You can find what you need in “The Rites” – I believe in vol 1 (though I don’t have my copy with me).

You can also find it in a publication called “Holy Communion and the Worship of the Eucharist Outside of Mass,” which excerpts from “The Rites” only those sections that concern the Eucharist.

Regards,
Joe

 

[JenDid]

This is not meant to be a discussion on the pros and cons on parish Communion Services and their place in the weekday schedule. For now, they are permitted in our parish with permission of our Bishop.

Does anyone have a link to the official proper order of a Communion Service led by a layperson? I went to our regularly scheduled daily Mass yesterday, Father happened to be gone, and we had a Communion Service led by a layperson (EMHC). For the first time in a long time (I do not attend Communion Services) I noted what I felt were several parts that I wonder if they exist in the official order:

• the lay person kissed the Lectionary after he read the Gospel
• before we recited the Our Father, he said, “As we forgive others their sins, let us ask God’s for absolution.”
• After the Sign of Peace and prior to moving to the Tabernacle for the Eucharist, he comes down before the altar and faces it and we all recite the Gloria.

I would like to talk with Father about this however, I want to have any official order and any incorrect parts cited before I approach him. So please lead me to the citations…thank you kindly.

I believe there is a specific rite for a communion service without a priest. You could probably contact your local Catholic bookstore (one that also supplies liturgical books to local parishes) and they would know.