[B Knotts]

They just see it as an opportunity to allow females to play a part in the liturgy.

Maybe they should focus more on why we are there at Mass. As far as I know, it's not so we can feel good about ourselves for participating in the liturgy. We have entirely too many "lay ministers" as it is.

[american colleen]

This all depends on one's interpretation of Vat II's declaration of "full and active participation of the laity" did the document mean altar jobs or a conversion and living of the faith and an awareness that the laity is present at Calvary while they are at Mass?

[sinkspur]

We have entirely too many "lay ministers" as it is.

Well, we disagree there.

[Desdemona]

Maybe they should focus more on why we are there at Mass. As far as I know, it's not so we can feel good about ourselves for participating in the liturgy. We have entirely too many "lay ministers" as it is.

Maybe we all should be asking ourselves why we think we need to be "participating" in this way. I spent 20+ years in choirs and, really, am more aware of assisting now that I'm not "participating". Mass is not a stage play. There's not curtain, no applause. Altar servers are not there as stage hands. I just think that this is a mentality that needs to be corrected.