One reader recently wrote in asking about best practices for choosing and recruiting gift bearers.<\/p>\n
The G.I.R.M. specifically calls for \u201cthe faithful [to] bring up the gifts\u201d (44). In many communities where I have attended a standard Sunday Mass, the gifts are brought up by a family. However, if a Mass is celebrated for a particular group of people, such as a youth Mass, then a few youth from the community bring up the gifts. While there is nothing wrong with the practice of targeting specific groups to bring up the gifts, sometimes this practice reminds me of the way in which people are chosen to ring the NASDAQ bell. This in turn leads me to wonder what symbolism we are conveying when we choose gift bearers.<\/p>\n
How does your community choose gift bearers? What symbolism do you think is expressed by the way in which the gift bearers for your community are chosen?<\/p>\n
Please comment below.<\/p>\n
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