No, Communion in the Catholic Church requires a priest for consecration of the host. Priests take vows to dedicate their lives to continue Christ's mission and they receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which is a sacrament of apostolic ministry. Your concern about not being equal to priests or beholden to them isn't an issue. Priests serve God by serving the Church and parishioners.
What can sinful corrupted man do for us? Jesus said that "where there are 2 or 3 gathered in my name, there I am among them." The power of prayer is stronger when we pray together, even though we are all sinners.
Of course I have read the entire Bible. The Catholic Mass on Sundays covers the entire Bible in three-year cycles. Each Mass includes a reading each from the Old Testament, New Testament, Gospels. The Old Testament and Gospel readings are usually related. I know what is in it after reading it many times over my lifetime, and I still learn something new every time.
Like everything else on earth, the Catholic church is suffering from long-standing corruption. It was, however, the early Catholic Church that evangelized despite persecution by the Romans, compiled the books of the Bible, and kept the lights of western civilization burning during the Dark Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire.
No, Communion in the Catholic Church requires a priest for consecration of the host. Priests take vows to dedicate their lives to continue Christ's mission and they receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which is a sacrament of apostolic ministry. Your concern about not being equal to priests or beholden to them isn't an issue. Priests serve God by serving the Church and parishioners.
What can sinful corrupted man do for us? Jesus said that "where there are 2 or 3 gathered in my name, there I am among them." The power of prayer is stronger when we pray together, even though we are all sinners.
Of course I have read the entire Bible. The Catholic Mass on Sundays covers the entire Bible in three-year cycles. Each Mass includes a reading each from the Old Testament, New Testament, Gospels. The Old Testament and Gospel readings are usually related. I know what is in it after reading it many times over my lifetime, and I still learn something new every time.
Like everything else on earth, the Catholic church is suffering from long-standing corruption. It was, however, the early Catholic Church that evangelized despite persecution by the Romans, compiled the books of the Bible, and kept the lights of western civilization burning during the Dark Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire.