In my experience, Most EEM's have no real appreciation for the dignity of their office (to the extent that it is an office) because they have no real understanding of the nature of Christ's presence in the Host or of the real role and dignity of the priest hood. Many do see the priest as a "sacrament machine" for them, churning out validly consecrated hosts and little more. Even if you accept the assumptions of the docuŠ¼ents establishing their use, there are WAY too many of them doing way to much.
It is relatively easy to e a Eucharistic minister or a lector at the 10:0 AM Sunday Mass. It is much harder to engage in the really lay ministry of bringing Christ to other lay people by serving the poor and other "uncool" people. If people had to spend five years (heck, even six months) doing that before the could engage in a liturgical role ordinarily appropriate to a priest or deacon, there would be far few mini-priests clamoring for the job.
Topic: "Lay ministries" within the NO. Churc (Read 2117 times)