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Hi, Jackie —
Thanks for question.
The only people who can give a homily are clerics, a:
- bishop
- priest or
- deacon.
Period, End of Story!!
I believe it's sometimes permissible to for some one, other than
the aforementioned, to give a short talk apart from the homily.
For example,
a lay or religious missionary might come to your parish and make an appeal
for funds. In that process, they might share about what God is doing in
his or her mission field.
That does not mean religious can't give
a talk in another context, outside the context of the Mass.
As for this
nun's content, I did not hear the full text, but it is an unorthodox language
to be using. We are the People of God and we are the Body
of Christ, but we are not the Real Presence of Our Lord.
We are not the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, sacramentally present here
on Earth to be worshipped.
The only way that we could possibly use the word Eucharist to describe
ourselves, is if we go back and look at the etymology of the word. The
word, in Greek, means to give thanks, or thanksgiving.
If the nun
meant we ought to be living, breathing, walking, and talking about giving
thanksgiving offerings to God, in the way we relate to one another, then
the word is OK to use. However, I don't know that we can give this nun
that much credit, nor do I think the average congregation has had any training
in classical Greek. Even giving her the benefit of the doubt, her use of
the word is very ill advised.
Sad to say, there are many who wish to overemphasize the horizontal
relationship amongst Christians at the expense of the Mysteries of our
Faith. In short, it's a bunch of modernist wacko bull otherwise known as garbage!
Besides, today is the feast of Corpus Christi. It was a feast that Our
Lord requested in a private revelation. In this revelation, He warned that
there would come a day that faith in the Blessed Sacrament would wane.
This kind of disobedience to Holy mother Church and psycho-babble from
the pulpit is evidence that the day has come.
I would approach your pastor, in charity, with regards to why he let a
non-ordained person preach. If that gets you nowhere, I would drop a line
to your local bishop.
God Bless,
John DiMascio
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