How All of Us Celebrate the Mass

What are the symbols of the Eucharist?"" asks DeGidio. ""Most people will list bread, wine, the word of God, prayers, music, even the collection. Few people, in my experience, remember to include the assembly or the congregation. Yet, no other symbol, no other particular or individual ministry can substitute for the unique ministry that comes from us: the celebrating community, the assembly."" Identifies six ways that people in the pews can more fully exercise at Mass the ministry they received at baptism.