Service of the Word and Communion guidelines?

[Matthew_Holford]

Canon Law obligates one to attend Mass on Sunday but only ‘strongly recommends’ that one attend a Liturgy of the Word if attendance at Mass is impossible.

Thank you for the information.

 

[Elizium23]

Uh, you are correcting me for something I did not say.

I said that Catholics who are unable to receive the EUCHARIST are still obligated to ATTEND MASS and be nourished by God’s word. Catholics may not receive the Eucharist if they are not properly disposed, i.e. not in a state of grace, a state of mortal sin. A state of mortal sin does not dispense us from an obligation to attend Mass.

If I sin gravely but I cannot attend Confession until after Mass, I am still obligated to attend that Mass even though I am “only” nourished by God’s Word and a spiritual communion.

I did not say that there is an obligation to attend a Communion Service.

 

[Phemie]

Uh, you are correcting me for something I did not say.

I said that Catholics who are unable to receive the EUCHARIST are still obligated to ATTEND MASS and be nourished by God’s word. Catholics may not receive the Eucharist if they are not properly disposed, i.e. not in a state of grace, a state of mortal sin. A state of mortal sin does not dispense us from an obligation to attend Mass.

If I sin gravely but I cannot attend Confession until after Mass, I am still obligated to attend that Mass even though I am “only” nourished by God’s Word and a spiritual communion.

I did not say that there is an obligation to attend a Communion Service.

My apologies, I misread what you had written.

 

[lisahiku]

communion servics?

 

[jps23430]

Hi all,

Im looking for guide lines for the service of the word and Communion when a priest is absent. At my parish, usually one weekday a week there is this service, which is led by a female.

The reason Im looking for guide lines is because, she seems to do everything the priest does, except the consecration of the Eucharist.

The service just seems wrong ans uncomfortable, and take just as long if not longer then a normal weekday Mass.

Any help and advice is appreciated!

God Bless, Tony.

Tony,
there are very strict guidelines for performing these services (SCAP- Sunday celebration in the absence of a priest). I am in the Navy and when my ship was depolyed, I led these services. I didn’t just get up and decide to one day, I had to go through training by the military archdiocese. There are very stringent rules on what can and cannot be said/done. All of the SCAPs I held did not even offer communion, and neither should the ones that you are going to. The Archdiocese used to allow for a priest to come and consecrate host for later use, but after there were abuses of it, the military archdiocese decided that tabernacles would no longer be allowed and that visiting priests would have to consume all remaining Host during the masses they performed. This is unfortunate but Icompletely understood the rule. If this LT is just going off a whim or reading out of the missal or the magnificat, than she is in the wrong.

 

[jps23430]

I’m deployed to a small Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan. We were getting a priest to come to our Camp weekly to hear confessions and say mass. This week I was going to mass and I saw that the priest was not there. I was told that we were having a “catholic service of the word” led by an un-ordained lieutenant and that the priest would only be coming once a month. I didn’t know what a “catholic service of the word” was, but it sounded suspicious to me so I didn’t go. I’ve now read that these are no substitute for mass; but I’ve also read that they are “better than nothing”. Should I or should I not attend?

Sorry, i combined tww posts and responded to parts of each above. well, what respoded to might not be an issue, its still food for thought