{"id":1297,"date":"2010-03-12T18:15:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T23:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2010-12-18T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T18:59:01","slug":"ecclesial-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/03\/12\/ecclesial-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecclesial Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Quote of the day from Rory Cooney:<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Only if <em>everyone <\/em>submits to the new translation will it demonstrate the ecclesial equality of the children of God. The ritual of the Eucharist is a roadmap and rehearsal script of service and Gospel life, in which all receive the life of the Spirit as God&#8217;s gift and, as the Body of Christ, render back to God the &#8220;sacrifice of praise.&#8221; But in order for the equality to be apparent in the ritual, everyone has to play by the rules. If one person\u00a0(the presider) is improvising, riffing on the texts as so many are doing with the 1973 text ,&#8230; then we&#8217;re not equal. If I&#8217;m stuck with &#8220;And with your spirit&#8221; but the priest can say &#8220;The Lord is with you&#8221; or &#8220;The Lord be with each and every one of you&#8221; or &#8220;Good morning,&#8221;&#8230; well, we don&#8217;t have ritual equality. That very priest might imagine himself to be a champion of lay leadership and collegiality, but in fact every ritual word he speaks undermines the foundation of the <em>ecclesia.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>From Rory Cooney, &#8220;All Together Now,&#8221; Pastoral Music 34:3( March 2010) 11-13. 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