Bow before receiving the Precious Blood...

[wcknight]

The question is, are you bowing because you are being reverent OR because you want others to see how pious you are ???

I’ve always bowed at saying or hearing the name of Jesus (I was taught that many, many --too many years ago in grade school)… but no one sees me because I am always at the very back of the Church… then a few year later, I noticed that my former pastor (he has since retired) started bowing also, when he said Jesus’ name during mass… someone did notice…

 

[lucusk]

Thank you all for your responses!! I’m glad to know that my catechesis was correct and will continue to lead by example by bowing when receiving the Precious Blood. Hopefully, it will inspire people will ask the same question I did.

On an unrelated note, I found the GIRM online and am discovering some things RCIA didn’t cover… I think I might suggest starting a continuing catechesis class (for lack of a better term) for those of us who have come into the faith through RCIA. It’s a huge amount of information packed into relatively short period of time, especially when you consider that cradle Catholics have had years of catechesis.

Thanks Again!!

 

[lucusk]

I also just realized that I posted this in the Traditional Catholicism forum. Many apologies if I posted in the wrong area, as I celebrate the OF…

 

[agnes_therese]

The normal thing should be NOT receiving the cup at all, except on very special days like first communion.

Apparently you don’t agree with Church teaching on this subject.

 

[fastenatingguy]

No, I bow in reverence to the Lord before receiving Him.

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I think the implication was that your eyes are wandering during the Our Father.
By the way, I close my eyes and clasp my hands in prayer whenever I find myself wandering.

However, assuming that is false, you probably have gained this knowledge from reading about this topic on many threads on CAF.

 

[acarlson]

This is a rather silly question, but here it goes… Are we supposed to bow before receiving the Precious Blood?.

When Holy Communion is received under both kinds, the sign of reverence is also made before receiving the Precious Blood.

Question answered.

Always look to official Church teachings - and NOT what others do. Very often, they are misinformed.

 

[Stylites]

I genuflect before I receive under each of the species. I don’t feel that merely bending your neck is enough due reverence to the Lord. If I could I would receive laying flat on my belly in complete prostration, though this is a fantasy as that would be hard to pull off every Sunday. I like Cardinal Arinze’s opinion on receiving that if you really believe the God of all creation is present under the accidents of bread and wine, why would you not show some humility and reverence why don’t you “crawl” before your Lord.

For Churches that receive standing do what the others do unless you have the view I do then do whatever you feel is needed. Again referring to Arinze he says that those who wish to receive in a certain manner should be left in “peace not in pieces”.

Well said. A humble person might be the one who bows interiorly, while the prideful one might make a wide and low bow for the eyes of others. Doing cartwheels might actually effuse reverence, too.

 

[Nils]

Apparently you don’t agree with Church teaching on this subject.

This is what “Sacramentali Communione” says:

“In order that the fullness of sign in the eucharistic banquet may be seen more clearly by the faithful, the Second Catican Ecumenical Council laid down that in certain cases - to be decided by the Holy See - the faithful should be able to receive communion under both kinds. —] (For list of occasions on which Holy Communion unde tboth kinds may be received, see 242.”

The list (found in “Cenam Paschalem - Instruction on the Extension of the Faculty to Administer Holy Communion under Both Kinds”, 242) includes: Newly baptized adults in the Mass following their Baptism, the bridegroom and bride at their Nuptial Mass, Deacons at their ordination Mass, an abbess in the Mass wherein she is blessed, persons commissioned for certain ministry and so on.

Why am I wrong? I am not saying that it should be forbidden, just that it should be restricted to special days. This is also what the holy documents says, as far as I can see.

Personally I am afraid that if the parishes start doing this every Sunday, people will start believing in the heresy that you need both forms in order to receive the full sacramental grace…

 

[Stylites]

This is what “Sacramentali Communione” says:

“In order that the fullness of sign in the eucharistic banquet may be seen more clearly by the faithful, the Second Catican Ecumenical Council laid down that in certain cases - to be decided by the Holy See - the faithful should be able to receive communion under both kinds. —] (For list of occasions on which Holy Communion unde tboth kinds may be received, see 242.”

The list (found in “Cenam Paschalem - Instruction on the Extension of the Faculty to Administer Holy Communion under Both Kinds”, 242) includes: Newly baptized adults in the Mass following their Baptism, the bridegroom and bride at their Nuptial Mass, Deacons at their ordination Mass, an abbess in the Mass wherein she is blessed, persons commissioned for certain ministry and so on.

Why am I wrong? I am not saying that it should be forbidden, just that it should be restricted to special days. This is also what the holy documents says, as far as I can see.

Personally I am afraid that if the parishes start doing this every Sunday, people will start believing in the heresy that you need both forms in order to receive the full sacramental grace…

You are correct that there was a heresy which said Holy Communion under both species was more full and complete than under one species. But to claim to interpret Church documents that the bishops are not following Church discipline, or to claim to be afraid over it, is a little over your “pay grade” so to speak, no? You are free to discipline yourself within the guidelines of the Church but you are not free to set discipline standards for the Church, and any advocacy for such seems inordinate and unprofitable.

 

[MissRose73]

I was taught to make a slight bow before receiving each species. That is the norm in the diocese I live in, and the way most people do so there. I do the same if I travel and attend Masses in other locales. I just don’t do it when going to the Extraordinary Form.

 

[Nils]

You are correct that there was a heresy which said Holy Communion under both species was more full and complete than under one species. But to claim to interpret Church documents that the bishops are not following Church discipline, or to claim to be afraid over it, is a little over your “pay grade” so to speak, no? You are free to discipline yourself within the guidelines of the Church but you are not free to set discipline standards for the Church, and any advocacy for such seems inordinate and unprofitable.

Some bishops promote receiving both species often, others do not. You say the bishops who promote it are reading the documents better, I say they are not. Christ knows…

I am not sure if this discussion will go any further, but I never understood this way of looking at the bishop. Of course we should obey them in many matters, but that does not mean we are not allowed to have an opinion about the way things are done. Tradition has allowed both species, but it has also been completely forbidden. The way I read the Church documents is that it should be allowed, but only on special days. If you find something in them that says differently, please inform me and I may change my mind…

Pax!

 

[Stylites]

Some bishops promote receiving both species often, others do not. You say the bishops who promote it are reading the documents better, I say they are not. Christ knows…

I am not sure if this discussion will go any further, but I never understood this way of looking at the bishop. Of course we should obey them in many matters, but that does not mean we are not allowed to have an opinion about the way things are done. Tradition has allowed both species, but it has also been completely forbidden. The way I read the Church documents is that it should be allowed, but only on special days. If you find something in them that says differently, please inform me and I may change my mind…

Pax!

It’s not my place to interpret Church documents, nor to judge the bishops, nor traditional or current disciplines. These ideas don’t ever even occur to me, as they are neither my duties nor responsibilities. I hear the shepherds’ voice and follow, without any analyzing, second-guessing, or spreading of doubts and fears to others.