while serving mass today, i noticed a few changes to the old ways our parish priest celebrates the mass.

1. during consecration, after the "our father" the priest always says "lets offer each other the sign of peace" at this point we all shake hands with our neighbours, but today was different, the priest simply asked us to turn to our neighbours without shaking hands and say "peace be with you".

2. during the time for reception of Holy Communion, the priest gives the Holy communion to the parishioners in their mouth, but today was different, the priest told the parishioners to place their left palm on their right palm while he places the communion on their left palm and they use their right hand to put it in their own mouth.

after the consecration and reception of holy communion, the priest informed us that the changes in the way the mass was said was due to some changes made by the college of bishops in Nigeria due to the current situation in the country.
he told us that this was not permanent but will only continue for the main time.

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