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The Year of Mercy, Pope Francis wrote, is also a way to keep the Second Vatican Council alive. “The walls which too long had made the Church a kind of fortress were torn down and the time had come to proclaim the Gospel in a new way,” he said. The council recognised “a responsibility to be a living sign of the Father’s love in the world”.

While the Novus Ordo Mass was not supposed to turn into what it is today [at some parishes], the original rules were not strict enough to keep it in check (or whatever). Last week for five weekdays in a row, for example, ONLY Eucharistic ministers handed out Communion at our parish, because the priest said he had a cold and he didn't want to pass it to the parishioners. Imagine that?!? It's not something you'd ever see a Traditional Latin Mass priest do.

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It's not something you'd ever see a Traditional Latin Mass priest do.

Nor in the Maronite Church where only the priest and deacon distribute the Eucharist ... and it is by intinction, and on the tongue. Today, a RC family presented their child for Baptism (during the reign of RC Bishop Hubbard, 5 of the 6 local RC parishes were closed). Normally in the Maronite Church, Baptism and Chrismation (Confirmation) are administered at the same time. The family opted for strictly a Baptism. The Maronite Church has retained the Rite of Exorcism as part of the Baptism. This has been dropped in the Latin Church.