Lectors & Commentators

Lectors are called to proclaim God's Word when the church assembles for Liturgy and / or prayer.

Membership Information: Open to all parishioners.

Normal Meeting Schedule: Initial training is provided. There are periodic instructional meetings. No pre-set meetings.

Lectors Key Contact:
Helen Sullivan

Phone #: 728-9977

e-mail: hsullivan1@ec.rr.com

A useful web site for hearing pronunciation you might have difficulty with  http://netministries.org/bbasics/bbwords.htm
 

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The Word Becomes Flesh

Undoubtedly God's Word has its own power and can do what God has sent it to do.  But God chose to work through human instruments to play his song of love to the world.  He used a Moses who seemingly had a stuttering problem and a Jeremiah who was the most reluctant prophet to come along.  He called a Peter who, in his early days, spoke without thinking and a Paul who spoke exactly what  he thought.  Now you, as a lector, are one of those God has Chose.

This call is not something to be taken for granted.  The fact that  you have been speaking for 15, 25, 45, 65, or more years does not mean that you will automatically be a good lector.  The call to be a lector is something that demands preparation.  No one should get up to read to the community gathered for worship without this preparation.  While it can happens occasionally an assigned lector is ill or does not show up, the normal situation should be, the lector knows when they will be reading.  In becoming a lector, you are accepting the responsibility to do your best, to practice to make frequent self-evaluations, and to continually look for ways to improve.

The ministry of a lector is a wonderful work.  Through you God's living Word continues to be proclaimed to his people, to the young and old, the troubled, the hopeless, the happy, the content, to those in need of challenge and to those in need of comfort.  Your task is like that of the sower who generously casts the seed on the earth; perhaps only a few seed will take root at any one time, but that is certainly something.

As a lector, you are asked to find the middle ground between uninvolved reading and amateur theatrics.  You are asked not to let this task become a matter of routine for you - a quick look at the text and a reading that is functional at best.  To be a lector is to be given an opportunity for your own personal growth in Christ Jesus.  By immersing yourself in his Word, you will not only proclaim it more ably to others but also grow in your own knowledge and love of the God.

May the Lord be in your Heart and on your Lips that you may worthily proclaim His Holy Word.

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