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An "Ordinary Minister of Holy Communion" is an ordained bishop, priest, or deacon. [5] [8] [9] See also section 154 of RS. [10] The term "Ordinary" refers to the fact that ordained ministers are the ones who would ordinarily assist in the distribution of Holy Communion. The shortage of ordained ministers, and large numbers of communicants, has ...
While bishops, priests and deacons are ordinary ministers of holy communion, [1] only someone who has been validly ordained as a priest is a minister of the Eucharist. [2] If a priest is, for some reason, debarred [3] and yet celebrates the Eucharist, he does so illicitly (i.e. against canon law), but the Eucharist is still valid.
An ordinary minister (priest, foreground) and extraordinary minister (layman, background) distribute Holy Communion. An extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the Catholic Church is, under the 1983 Code of Canon Law, "an acolyte, or another of Christ's faithful deputed", in certain extraordinary circumstances, to distribute Holy Communion.
Deacons as well as priests (sacerdotes) are ordinary ministers of Holy Communion, and lay people may be authorized to act as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. The Eucharistic celebration is seen as "the source and summit" of Christian living, the high point of God's sanctifying action on the faithful and of their worship of God, the ...
Priests are able to preach, perform baptisms, witness marriages, hear confessions and give absolutions, anoint the sick, and celebrate the Eucharist or the Mass. Some priests are later chosen to be bishops who are the ordinary ministers of Confirmation and Holy Orders; bishops may ordain priests, deacons, and other bishops.
The only minister of the Eucharist (someone who can consecrate the Eucharist) is a validly ordained priest [126] (bishop or presbyter). He acts in the person of Christ, representing Christ, who is the Head of the Church, and also acts before God in the name of the Church. [127] Several priests may concelebrate the same offering of the Eucharist ...
The National Eucharistic Congress will run July 17-21 and host more than 50,000 Catholics. The gathering will kick off Tuesday at noon when the four caravans meet at St. John the Evangelist Church ...
The Supreme Pontiff (the Pope) is a local ordinary for the whole Catholic Church. [71] [72] In Eastern Catholic Churches, Patriarchs, major archbishops, and metropolitans have ordinary power of governance for the whole territory of their respective autonomous particular churches. [73] Diocesan bishops and eparchial eparchs