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| Rose of York | Friday, 3. July 2009, 01:46 |
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Am I odd, for finding this tacky, unnecessary and inappropriate in the context of the Holy Mass? If I am chief notice board tidier upper, I complete a card giving the details of my ministry. After the homily I stand, along with the other 100-odd "ministers" Using a modified version of the text used for the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, we all renew their commitment to our chosen ministries and are re-commissioned by the PP to continue for a further year. At the end of the commissioning everyone is asked to bring their card and place it before the altar; their service symbolically becoming part of the offerings brought to the Eucharistic table. The cards remain through the 40 hours Exposition and the weekend masses celebrating the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ as a visible sign to the parish. Spsre me! Would I need to be commissioned to tidy up a notice board for a further year? Ooh, if anybody else noticed a drawing pin had fallen on the floor, if they dared pick it up I would politely inform them that I and I alone am commissioned to carry out such a worthy task. How can the services of parishioners, making coffee, providing music, serving on a committee, cleaning the church be part of the offerings taken to the altar? Just what do they want? Is not the sacrifice of Christ sufficient? Does the Mass need extras? Cards on the altar through the 40 hours Exposition and the weekend masses celebrating the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ as a visible sign to the parish? They have a monstrance, they have the Body and Blood of Christ, someone decided little cards would enhance the occasion. I would suggest that if a celebration of parishioners' practical contribution is considered advisable, it be done with a good shindig in the parish hall, AFTER Mass. Would it be appropriate to write on one's card MINISTRY - PRAYING |
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