Bishop offers consecrated wafers by mail

By Damian Thompson
May 25, 2009

Archbishop Jonathan Blake, a former Anglican priest who is now a bishop of the Open Episcopal Church, has hit on a neat solution to the problem of worshippers who cannot get to his Eucharists. He consecrates the host, then pops it in the post to allow members of the public to say their own "Masses" (minus consecration).

Blake, who blessed Jade Goody's marriage to Jack Tweed, has posted a series of videos to YouTube showing the different ways you can celebrate the service once the host has dropped on to the doormat. (Hat tip: Max from Ship of Fools.) The liturgy shown above is his "Street Mass". the rest