What? No wine? The Bishop of Phoenix Thomas Olmsted is crossing wine out of Communion at most Masses, limiting how often the chalice is offered to holy days and special occasions, writes Michael Clancy at the Arizona Republic.
Olmsted bases his unique decision on the Church's new translation of the liturgy for the Mass, called the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, and other church documents, which he says don't really require folks in the pews have wine as part of the Eucharist. The Catholic Church teaches that the bread and wine, when blessed by the priest, become the body and blood of Christ.
Clancy writes
The option of offering both bread and wine for Communion has been in place since 1975. Catholics never have been obligated to take both and, until 1975, the practice had been forbidden since the mid-1500s.
The dicocesan press release says
... bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of the Eucharistic grace."
One diocesan priest, Rev. James Turner, told Clancy,
The majority of priests were stunned and aghast at the announcement, and I hear some are planning to meet to see how best to respond. While the bishop has the authority to make this policy change, there is no scriptural, theological or sacramental rationale that makes any sense.
Olmsted is a stickler for Church authority. He was last in national headlines in December when he stripped Catholic credentials off a Phoenix hospital founded by nuns when he disagreed with the hospital's decision to permit an abortion to save the life of a young mother with a life-threatening heart condition.
Clancy points out,
..No other diocese in the country is known to be following suit, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told TheArizona Republic.
The new Missal -- a more formal, literally translated text and melodies for the prayers, chants and responses in the Mass -- goes into use in the English-speaking world Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent. But the diocesan release didn't say how soon Phoenix Catholics could expect to see less of the chalice.
source: (USA Today)
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Olmsted bases his unique decision on the Church's new translation of the liturgy for the Mass, called the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, and other church documents, which he says don't really require folks in the pews have wine as part of the Eucharist. The Catholic Church teaches that the bread and wine, when blessed by the priest, become the body and blood of Christ.
Clancy writes
The option of offering both bread and wine for Communion has been in place since 1975. Catholics never have been obligated to take both and, until 1975, the practice had been forbidden since the mid-1500s.
The dicocesan press release says
... bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of the Eucharistic grace."
One diocesan priest, Rev. James Turner, told Clancy,
The majority of priests were stunned and aghast at the announcement, and I hear some are planning to meet to see how best to respond. While the bishop has the authority to make this policy change, there is no scriptural, theological or sacramental rationale that makes any sense.
Olmsted is a stickler for Church authority. He was last in national headlines in December when he stripped Catholic credentials off a Phoenix hospital founded by nuns when he disagreed with the hospital's decision to permit an abortion to save the life of a young mother with a life-threatening heart condition.
Clancy points out,
..No other diocese in the country is known to be following suit, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told TheArizona Republic.
The new Missal -- a more formal, literally translated text and melodies for the prayers, chants and responses in the Mass -- goes into use in the English-speaking world Nov. 27, the first Sunday of Advent. But the diocesan release didn't say how soon Phoenix Catholics could expect to see less of the chalice.
source: (USA Today)
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