From RS to EE

6/5/21

Duccio, "Christ before Caiaphas"

So that’s a walk-through RS. Now that that’s done, let’s take a step back and see where we are. For instance, where were we when we decided to get into RS, to begin with?

April 15th was when I decided to take a look at RS. At that point we had already been through the other instructions on reserving and keeping safe the MBS. April 18th I began my dive into RS. I noticed it refers to JPII’s EE and thought it may be a good idea to review that one.

Let’s look at EE for a moment and see if it in fact helps us out, of if it takes us rather too far afield from our purpose.

EE is 62 paragraphs spanning six chapters plus an intro and a conclusion. The six chapters cover the Eucharist with regard to: faith; the Church; apostolicity; ecclesial communion; worthy celebration; Our Lady.

I recall paragraph 25 for some reason. Ah, yes. Pastors are to promote Exposition of the MBS. Chapter Five on the Worthy Celebration also seems like it may concern our purpose which is to clarify for the pastor his duties concerning the most direct and immediate custody of the MBS. I emphasize direct and immediate as opposed to general, ideal or even remote handling. This is to limit my topic, and also to show how brightly the Church has already delineated the boundary between what constitutes correct discipline versus abuse under the most clear and present circumstances. Certainly preaching heresy about the Eucharist presents a clear danger immediately affecting faith in the MBS. But I’m concerned even more directly about the handling of the MBS. Hence: Reservation, Veneration, Communion.