I vested for the
eucharistic liturgy, proclaimed the gospel, offered the homily, and assisted during the liturgy.
As the number of resident priests decreases, use of Communion services as a substitute for the
eucharistic liturgy will become more and more widespread.
Nonetheless, the reader might expect a little more attention to have been given to John's homilies which, after all, earned him the title "Golden Mouth." A serious omission, it seems to me, is the silence about his liturgical activities, especially concerning the
eucharistic liturgy which still bears his name.
To see these, Sunday after Sunday, taking partin the
eucharistic liturgy and receiving the Eucharist, can only be edifying.
It has issued a letter to priests saying that during Mass they can omit both the common cup of wine from the
eucharistic liturgy as well as the practice of shaking hands in the exchange of peace.
According to Ryan, "Praying in tongues, called jubilation or glossolalia, was often incorporated as part of the
eucharistic liturgy, probably where we have the Gloria today."
Scripture readings, hymns, homilies given by each bishop and the
eucharistic liturgy followed, and several dozen young adults were admitted to full membership of the community in the sacrament of confirmation.
They have gone through the non-Mass
eucharistic liturgy phase and are looking for something else on the other side, according to this view.
Yet, she said, it is paramount to dialogue about "what do we think the Eucharist is?" and "what do we think we are doing when we do the
eucharistic liturgy?" Without such discussions, women's alienation will grow and liturgical "distorsions" will continue, she said.
* Having the priest and people face the same direction during the
eucharistic liturgy.
On eucharistic sharing, for instance, the pope writes: "Certainly, due to disagreements in matters of faith, it is not yet possible to celebrate together the same
eucharistic liturgy." Yet, he says, "At times it seems that we are closer to being able to finally seal this 'real although not yet full' communion."
The action comes on the heels of recent cancellations of appearances by lay minister Edwina Gateley because of her participation in a Call to Action
eucharistic liturgy last October in Chicago.
Though they are presiders of the
eucharistic liturgy, the spiritual enrichment that they receive at Mass "comes to them more as recipients of that Eucharist alongside their sisters and brothers in the Christian community rather than only as a consequence of presiding at the
eucharistic liturgy."
The history of the development of the liturgy and its symbolic interpretations is compressed into 16 pages: there is no mention of how baptisms are celebrated, nor of the pastoral rites of marriage and burial: only the
Eucharistic liturgy is described.
Brennan, who was a Jesuit for 75 years and a priest for 63 years, spent the last two years of his life under restricted ministry because he had participated in a
eucharistic liturgy with a Roman Catholic woman priest in November 2012.
