Everyone receives gifts from the Lord that were given for the good of that community. Not all gifts are the same. Not everyone has received the same gift. This is important, for it means that we need everyone and their gifts to make the community complete. If we do not allow certain members of the community to share their gifts, we will be subtly rejecting the gifts that the Spirit of God has given to us, and we will be lacking something of what we need to grow in the Spirit.
Rev. Jude Winkler, O.F.M. Conv, Introduction to The New St. Joseph Handbook for Lectors & Proclaimers of the Word
















