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Rose of York	Tuesday, 23. June 2009, 21:09
Administrator Posts: 14,558 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	PJD Tuesday, 23. June 2009, 19:53 My Fransciscan friend and I discussed this at the cafe today. He is very traditionalist and backed up what Penfold was saying 100%. That sort of thing (minor differences) is usual for us. Where I am, very rarely and as an exception as Penfold mentioned, when the priest was absent for a weekday Mass we have had a Eucharist Service - but strictly speaking it is against the rules. Strictly speaking? It is against the rules, no strictly about it. PJD Tuesday, 23. June 2009, 19:53 In the end, so as not to be entirely beaten, I expressed the opinion that there was no difference between a Eucharist Service conducted for a sick, distant, or elderly person at home than one conducted at the Church. So there...... but he still agreed on Penfold's principle. The difference is, one is for people who have no opportunity to attend a weekly Mass, the other is unnecessarily made available to people who can spare the time to get to the church mid week. I am now concerned that this thread could turn into a marathon about Services of Word and Holy Communion, my aim is, mainly, to discuss the dearth of other forms of public prayer. Don't the priests who permit this sort of thing to go on understand they are denying their people the opportunity to savour the riches of Catholic spirituality?
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