Assertion: deacon | /r/CapableOf | proclaim the gospel
Facets:
value: to people
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: They include announcing the Penetential rite, proclaiming the Gospel, preaching the Homily, voicing the general intercessions (or petitions), assisting with the Eucharistic gifts, serving as a minister of the Eucharist, purifying the vessels after communion, and dismissing the people at the conclusion of the Mass. Deacons are permitted to assist the Pastor of a parish by Baptizing and officiating at the sacrament of Holy Matrimony.
text: As they proclaim the gospel, lead intercessions, wait at the eucharistic table, and direct the order of the assembly, deacons act as sacred messengers, agents, and attendants.
text: We can trace Catholic thought about bringing back the permanent diaconate to the 1840s in Germany, to the correspondence of a priest who envisioned it as a way to make the church less distant from the average person, because a deacon would proclaim the gospel to people where he lives.