Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life:1 they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian’s life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.
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The Office for Worship has prepared the following Guidelines for Ushers. These are to apply to those ministering during Sunday Mass, as well as other liturgical celebrations. The purpose of these notes is to provide some general observations and principals on these very important liturgical ministries of the Church. Practical application will differ from parish to parish. These guidelines, therefore, are not intended to impose absolute uniformity. Instead they are produced in a spirit of helping our parishes by offering some basic and essential principals.
Ushers are called to be Ministers of Hospitality. They are entrusted with promoting a sense of welcoming and belonging to all the faithful assembled for worship. They are the first point of contact for the communal celebration of the Liturgy and because of this, should take special steps in being living representatives of the Parish Mission Statement. Ministers of Hospitality minister to the entire community in a very active way. By freeing each person of their own personal impediments to the Mass through a welcoming atmosphere, ministers of hospitality take an active role in enabling each person to come to a freer expression of God in the Liturgy.
The Ministers of Hospitality should never do anything that would draw attention to her/himself at anytime.
Clothing should be appropriate for the Liturgy, modest and in keeping with the dignity of the ministry.
Ministers of Hospitality should be seated in a place which allows for easy access to the various responsibilities, yet with the assembly.
If the Ministers of Hospitality must pass in front of the altar (this should be extremely seldom), he/she must bow to the altar. All movements within the Liturgy are done with dignity and grace and never hurried.
Lord, in Your love, You gather Your people this day. Help me to serve them in a Christ-like manner, even as Your son Jesus served those who gathered about Him.
Make me prayerful, patient, helpful and understanding, and may I radiate the joy that faith brings as I serve their needs. Give me Your strength to support my fellow ministers.
May all who assemble to celebrate our common faith in the Risen Savior be glad of heart for being here and for having encountered Your son in one another, in our priest, at the altar of the Word, in the Body and Blood of Christ, and through the ministry of ushers
like myself.
I ask this in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
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8:00 PM continuous adoration until Saturday at 8:00 AM
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