True, with an important caveat: Only a deacon, priest, or bishop can administer a valid blessing in this case. Lay extraordinary ministers sometimes give blessings to people who come up with arms crossed, but this is a liturgical abuse.https://twitter.com/TheBrometheus/status/1188082014227812353 …
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Used to happen in our diocese all the time.
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Extraordinary ministers are very common, regardless of emergency. Gives the old ladies something to do apparently.
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One of the first liturgical reforms I'd implement would be a ban on extraordinary ministers at Mass.
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