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Thank you for this wonderful advice.

Music at outset was disturbing.

Thank you for your advice on this topic. While I've only just begun my own journey into this ministry, it came to me because I would prefer people proclaim as you suggest, with life, with intonation using the entire vocal spectrum, eye contact. Some would say it is dramatizing the Word, but I say phooey to that. And anyone who's spent time reading to children ought to understand this.

This is awesome. Very useful. Thank you so much for putting it together.

This brought me to tears. I miss our beloved Fr. John. Thank you for posting.

Pray before proclaiming the word.

Thank you!

Thank you for this video!❤🙏

Could you give us an example of how an instruction, an acclamation, or a liturgical song should be read. I am referring to GIRM 38 which says '... the tone of voice should correspond to the genre of the text..." Some readers are overly dramatic like a theatrical performance. Is that allowed?

Only 190 likes in 8 years? This training is fabulous - easy to understand and exceptionally well explained. Thank you!

Are you a Priest Why did you make this video? Do your homework on this subject. Watch Fr . Grimmer video Attend an exorcism session and get the exorcist to ask the possessed about Lay Extraordinary Ministy Beware of ego. pride, etc . Priests are Consecrated and not lay people.

Thank you for your wonderful ministry, I will be showing it to our parish lectors in Montreal. Blessings to your team,

Excellent, THANK YOU!!! I am in South Africa and really pray to be allowed to start my Ministry of Lector

These ministers are not necessary at a regular Sundays. Maybe at Easter and Christmas. That's it.

Praise God from whom all good things come. It is good to take the word into the street. I am a lector. And I do a street outreach for Jesus against abortion. Brother, you assume that each person comes from a nuclear family. I am privileged to come from a large family with a God - fearing mother and father. Yes we do reflect on various members of our family, and extended family. However many people today come from broken or dysfunctional families. The congregation are perceptive. The listener sees your heart. You may have little emotion, but if your heart is pure the WORD has impact. The seed is sown. NO MATTER HOW SIMPLY YOU READ. I personally have little eye contact. I am thinking of the words as I read slowly and loud. Yes I read the daily Mass readings in the morning, and last things at night. I meditate on the Gospel. Couldn’t get through my day without holy scripture. Sometimes a barrel chested orator is off putting. Some times we hear orators , tv evangelists who have all the verbal skills you talk of, but their genuineness is questionable. I have been a reader for a long time. And it is a huge privilege. I read slowly and loudly and my heart is in the words. This is important. When Jesus took the scrolls in the temple or synagogue, he read. And all eyes were fixed on him. He is my model. Good reading as a lector begins in the heart. It is annoying when a word or phrase is mis pronounced showing sometimes that there has been little or no preparation. We have all had this shortcoming at some time. What is really devastating is when the priest, after proclaiming the word begins the homily by talking about himself or an experience he had. The relevance to the Gospel is an ‘add on’ at the end. The Gospel needs no introduction. The congregation and the lector thirsts for the Word of God to be proclaimed. The priest should ALWAYS proclaim the Gospel by a homily . No financial appeal or news bulletin, or Bishop’s letter or papal message should be a substitute for the sermon. The priest doesn’t ‘need a break’ from giving a sermon. The Gospel is the reason he took on the responsible task of priesthood. Come Lord Jesus.

I loved Father Gallagher. I miss him.

What a powerful video It was wonderful to watch and feel such bitter sweet memory’s . I loved seeing him filled with the joy and chrism of the Holy spirit . He was my Father Confessor and saved my life

Msgr. Gallagher and I were friends for many years. I still miss him. Thank you for this video.

Thank you for an outstanding presentation on the ‘Proclamation of the Word’. Beside what was mentioned.......a dressed code should also be included. However this is opened to interpretation by many. Dress makes the man or women which there forth clothes the Word. I have seen many lector’s dress as if the proclamation was a causal occasion instead of a foremost occasion.

Beautiful!

Great job, Brian.

Thanks for doing this. I enjoyed watching it. RIP Msgr

Communion in the hand is just so wrong in so many ways and there is no true teachings for the Laity to be touching the Sacred Holy Eucharist... The N O Bishops rolled all this out without regard to 2000 years of Church History or Authority. Read this before you attack me... www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/ottaviani.htm

Thank You and may God Bless us all!!! <3

Aloha! I appreciate this awesome inspiration for us lectors.. May the Holy Spirit dwell in us in proclaiming the scriptures. God's blessings! ;-)

I am a lector for my church and I really enjoyed this. Thank you! I'm reading for Palm Sunday tomorrow I'm so nervous!

Awesome! Very refreshing and hope all lectors in all the churches would take a moment to view this.