[SoothingDave]

I wonder if this message changes that old practice. I'll have to read it carefully when I have more time.

Nothing has changed in this practice, for those in grave need who express a belief in the Real Presence.

I don't think I would define being on holiday as a "grave need."

SD

[AnAmericanMother]

I don't think it's the being on holiday that's the grave need -- it's finding oneself out of reach of a church on a Holy Day of Obligation that's the grave part. Happens a lot to folks who travel on business, and it was a fact that the only time our family could travel together was during school holidays, including Christmas Vacation and Easter Holidays. And in those days Episcopalians were pretty thin on the ground in remote areas outside the U.S. - other than Caribbean islands that were or used to be British, then there was one on every corner. Trying to find an Anglican church in Haiti was interesting to say the least - I understand they have a mission there now, but this was the 60s . . . :-D