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--- Adam Walker <carrajena@hidden.email> wrote: > This is the only day of the year when Eucharist > is > taken in the home and included as part of a > meal. > Otherwise it is a rite performed in the > churches by > the clergy and administered to the faithful. > Each > family tends to have a certain Gospel which is > tradition within that family to read/recite > from on this night. But doesn't a (qualified and spiritually whole) priest still have to consecrate the bread in advance? Or is the father allowed to do this once a year? > I hear tell that families become so attached to > the > wording of a particular Gospel account that it > can > become an issue in marriage negotiations. . . Fascinating, indeed! In Teleran and other Eastlands, I don't think there is any such attachment to one wording over another. There are certainly several different possibilities, but I'm not yet sure if they've adopted a cyclical alteration of variants or whatever. It has long been tradition that each church or diocese is free to choose which variant gets read at Liturgy. Mind you, a "diocese" can be pretty big, so it's really up to individual pastors. Padraic. cucnasat-te-he is-ca stesteytar; salamar-ta is-ca testestentar; wact�s-ta is-ca nenemti; alistat-co-ta is-ca telelamtar; watar-ta-he is-ca xexewehti; xawi�talawattan-ta is-ca warkati... From the meal he stood up; the clothes he set aside; the towel he took up and with that girded himself; water he poured out; the disciples� foot washing he accomplished. [Divine Liturgy of St. Thomas, Teleran] -- Ill Bethisad -- <http://www.geocities.com/elemtilas/ill_bethisad> Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .