In reference to Fr. Michaels' letter [TLC, April 5], it occurs to me that many of us are too ordered to find fault with any and everything that crosses our attention. There was nothing amiss in the photo to which he takes exception that I could see. Would a photo of the host and chalice alone have evoked the same response?

The Holy Eucharist is not the work of the priest alone, nor is it the work of the laity and the priest. It is the work of Jesus, recalled and dramatized by the mystical body of Christ, in which the priest portrays the person of Jesus and the laity portray the disciples gathered. The Holy Eucharist cannot be celebrated by a priest in our communion without at least one other person participating to complete the dramatic recalling of the Last Supper. It was and is a community event for the members of the body of Christ. To isolate the priest from the event and suggest that showing any portion of the event does not represent the whole of the Holy Eucharist (host, chalice, recitation, priest, laity and prayer) is incomprehensible in Anglican theology.

(The Rev.) James F. Graner, SSC Larned, Kan.