Living Liturgy™ for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Year C (2025)

Author: George Joseph Doyle, Jessica Mannen Kimmet, Matthew Sherman, Barbara E. Reid, Michele Dachtler Warner and Katharine E. Harmon

Living Liturgy™ for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

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This concise, easy-to-use pastoral resource provides spiritual nourishment for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. Rooted in the Sunday gospels, this indispensable aid invites reverent and prayerful preparation for liturgical ministry. Living LiturgyTM for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion highlights the connections between the Word, Eucharist, and living in service of others. Ministers will find this resource to be formative for their own personal reflection and a helpful tool for facilitating prayer with people who are sick and homebound.

Living LiturgyTM for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion begins with the First Sunday of Advent 2024 and includes:

Gospel readings for each Sunday and other significant liturgical celebrations
Prompts for personal reflections and prayer
A separate insert card with the Rite for Administration of Communion to the Sick by an Extraordinary Minister
Inscription page for the minister’s name, ideal for commissioning ministers of the Eucharist
Ministry prayers that correspond with the Music Ministers and Lectors editions of Living Liturgy, promoting unity among all liturgical ministers

About the Author

Katharine E. Harmon is a pastoral liturgist and American Catholic historian currently serving as Project Director, Obsculta Preaching Initiative, School of Theology and Seminary, Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame's liturgical studies program, Harmon has contributed both scholarly and pastoral pieces on topics of liturgical renewal and American Catholic faith and practice, including There Were Also Many Women There: Roman Catholic Lay Women in the American Liturgical Movement, 1926-1959 (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2012). Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the president of Catholic Theological Union and the first woman to hold the position. She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was also president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014-2015.