Personal dilemma regardin lectures

[corsair]

As long as the EF is not available to you, I, personally, would decline, but in the OF it is acceptable. Still you must feel comfortable with the responsibilites of being a lector.

30 years ago I was a lector for our local OF parish. But eventually began to be uncomfortable serving in this manner, so I dropped out.

Since the beginning of 2012 I have only attended 3 OF Masses, opting to drive 75 miles each weekend (each way) for the EF Mass.

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

As long as the EF is not available to you, I, personally, would decline, but in the OF it is acceptable. Still you must feel comfortable with the responsibilites of being a lector.

30 years ago I was a lector for our local OF parish. But eventually began to be uncomfortable serving in this manner, so I dropped out.

Since the beginning of 2012 I have only attended 3 OF Masses, opting to drive 75 miles each weekend (each way) for the EF Mass.

Not to get to technically but . . .

Lector is an instituted ministry. A person who has not received this ministry is correctly called a reader even though they are filling the role of a lector.

Right not it appears that most dioceses use Lector along with Acolyte for those going to be ordained rather than placing those not to be ordained in these ministries.