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| Re: Altar candles | Father Smith | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 |
Question: Just to confirm your suspicions. There should be at least 2 candles on or near the altar burning during Mass. If the priest wants to use candles in the way he proposes the Missal provides for processional torches to be held by the servers at the Ambo for the reading of the Gospel and at the Altar for the Eucharistic Prayer. It sounds as if what he is doing is making an adaptation of that rite provided for in the Missal and so while it is rubrically incorrect, unless there are major abuses liturgically and sacramentally and preaching which is not faithful to the Church's teaching, this could be a case of "no harm, no foul" and something that in charity could be mentioned to the priest and then in charity overlooked. |
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| Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek
Dear Father, Thank you for the comments, Mr. Slavek Footer Notes: (a) A Eucharistic Minister is clergy (Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion). Laity are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and should never be called Eucharistic Ministers. (b) There is no such Mass called the Novus Ordo. The Current Mass is the Roman Missal of 2000, or the Oridinary Form of the Mass. The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Missal of 1962, or the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Please refrain from using the term, Novus Ordo. Thanks. (c) The titles of Acolyte and Lector belong exclusively to the Installed Offices of Acolyte and Lector, who are men (only) appointed by the Bishop. These roles performed by others are Altar Servers and Readers, respectively. |
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