The Catholic Lector

When two lectors are assigned the Sunday readings and one of them doesn't show, is it all that catastrophic? In some parishes it may not be a big deal to simply grab any lector in the pew 10 minutes before Mass; but in others with higher standards, it's a practice ito avoid.

In Mark 4:21-22a, Jesus asks, "Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?" The ambo is that lampstand from where our hidden emotions can be made visible,

As lectors, let us always remind ourselves that each time we proclaim God's word from "just the ambo," typically just a few feet from "The Altar," we are literally standing on Holy Ground.