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Surgical exploration of what number triggers use of EMHCs completed. The number is 25.

Dear ABS, you go to the Lil' Licit Liturgy 

daily, right?


Yes.

How do you stay sane and Keep the Faith?

Obviously, ABS is not sane, but he Keeps the 
Faith once delivered.

Have you discovered the required minimum number of communicants that triggers the presence and praxis of the so-called Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion?

Yes. The number is 25, as of today. The 
scientific  research that ABS  undertook and completed at The Lil' Licit  Liturgy today revealed that 25 communicants was the number that triggered the presence and praxis of the EMHCs.

Other days, the sufficient number is, 18, or
12, or even as few as 9 as the minimum number  of communicants required to trigger the presence and praxis of EMHC is as flexible as is the putative form of the Lord's Supper.

You mean that EMHCs are there every single day despite the reality that the daily Lil' Licit Liturgy has a very few number of communicants?

YES, those small numbers reflect the Vatican Two reality that normal events are now extraordinary events and that even small numbers are "sizable."

Well, technically, any number can be construed as "sizable" even if that number is small.

Yes, the blessing of Vatican Two is unceasing in its revealing of revolutionary reality, isn't it?

Still, it can be construed as good news in that now some men can say that "sizable"...

Don't go there....





Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion 

at Mass


Liturgy Guides 

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at 

Mass


General Principles 


In every celebration of the Eucharist, there should 

be a sufficient number of ministers of Holy 

Communion so that it may be distributed in a 

reverent and orderly manner. Bishops, priests and 

deacons distribute Holy Communion in virtue of 

their office as ordinary ministers of the Body and 

Blood of the Lord. (1) When the size of the 

congregation or the incapacity of the bishop, 

priest, or deacon requires it, the celebrant may be 

assisted by other bishops, priests, or deacons. If 

such ordinary ministers of Holy Communion are 

not present, "the priest may call upon 

extraordinary ministers to assist him, i.e., duly 

instituted acolytes or even other faithful who have 

been deputed for this purpose. In case of 

necessity, the priest may also depute suitable 

faithful for this single occasion (GIRM 162)."


What happened to the Trad who accidentally stepped into the Vatican Two revolutionary hole and saw where all that was of value in Tradition had been dropped?