Crossing Arms, Comunion

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I atended the Vigil Mass at 4 pm today. I had to work right after, I worked at 5 30 and it takes about a half hour to get to work. I could not stay for the whole Mass and i was sure that i was goign to be late if i stayed. I decided to leave after/during comunion. However, I did not want to be disrespctful to the Euchrist or to the priest or anybody or to God or to the people of the parish or to sin…my friend that was with recived, but i chose not to becuase i did not feel it was right for me to recive comunion and then just leave in the middle of mass…so i walked up to the priest and crossed my arms for the blesing…Did I do the right thing???

also, i went to the 7 15 mass this morning, recived communion. and lets asume for a moment i stayed for the whole vigil mass and recived communion, and then i went to the 10 am mass on sunday, and recived communion…would that have been allowed? i know you can only recive 2twice in one day… but… i just want to make sure.
 
I am assuming you are describing an NO Mass. I see people do that alot when I attend an NO Mass. I don’t think you did anything wrong. If it had been me I would not have even presented myself to the priest, knowing I would not be staying long enough to offer prayers of Thanksgiving afterwards. Besides you left Mass before it was over.
 
This is a novus ordo procedure. You did not do anything wrong.
 
Why didn’t you just stay in the pew until the mass was over?
 
Crossing arms across your chest and appearing in the Communion line IS NOT a Novus Ordo Mass procedure. Where did anyone get the impression that this stance was an accepted thing to do at a Novus Ordo Mass?

Who knows where it first started but there have been many threads on CAF about this very question.

I had never seen anyone do this at any Mass I have attended over many years except for a number of years ago when I saw a Knight of Columbus who was part of a televised funeral Mass in D.C. appearing in the Communion line doing this very same thing. I did not understand what he was doing (and I have been around a long time - long before the Novus Ordo Mass) so I started a thread about it - and found that most people hate to see it and fortunately, it is a fad that is dying out.

You never see it at a Daily Mass on EWTN anymore except for very small children who have not yet received their First Holy Communion (and they are generally in line because their parents did not want to leave them alone in the pew).

If the OP was in the Communion line long enough to stand before the Priest with his arms crossed over his chest why was he not inclined to accept the Holy Eucharist? And, why use the excuse that you had to leave Mass early. The Mass would not take an hour and you would have had plenty of time to receive Communion, stay to the end of the Mass and then go to work.

f you are not going to receive Holy Communion for any reason, stay in your pew and pray a Spiritual Communion.

Let’s not blame the Novus Ordo Mass for every little pecularity some people come up with.😦

:amen:
 
if i did not leave when i did, i would not have made it to work on time. i barely got to work on time. i had a half hour to drive directly from church to work, and i got there literly, JUST IN TIME.
 
When you are not receiving communion for whatever reason, and that is your own prudential judgment, you simply remain in your pew and make a prayer, formal or informal, of spiritual communion, and do not join the communion procession. All present at Mass receive a blessing at the beginning and end so there is no need to ask for another blessing. You may receive communion twice in one calendar day if the second reception is in the context of Mass and you attend the entire Mass. Should for some reason you be in danger of death before the end of the day you could receive again as viaticum. When there is a work conflict try to find Mass at another time, or on the other day, Saturday evening or all day Sunday, even look for a church closer to your workplace.
 
I am a bit confused. I was specifically told by my priest to get up out of the pew and come forward with my arms crossed to at least receive a blessing for however long it takes until I can fully enter the church. I have been doing this every week for eighteen months. Now I hear it may be wrong? :confused:
 
pandacordova said:
I am a bit confused. I was specifically told by my priest to get up out of the pew and come forward with my arms crossed to at least receive a blessing for however long it takes until I can fully enter the church. I have been doing this every week for eighteen months. Now I hear it may be wrong?
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this question is on the traditional forum and this is not a traditional practice hence my response. Nor btw is there any document that makes this part of procedure at the NO Mass. Many churches discourage this custom. You should do as you have been directed where you go to Mass, but don’t expect ministers at other parishes to understand or respond if you come forward with crossed arms.
 
WhiteDove359 said:
if i did not leave when i did, i would not have made it to work on time. i barely got to work on time. i had a half hour to drive directly from church to work, and i got there literly, JUST IN TIME.
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I am not saying that coming forward for a blessing is the wrong thing to do–that depends on the practice wherever one is–but I suppose what I am wondering is why you attended this Mass if you had to be at work at 5:30PM? Why not simply attend the next morning, which you did, anyway? Then there is no question. I am confused.
 
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I atended the Vigil Mass at 4 pm today. I had to work right after, I worked at 5 30 and it takes about a half hour to get to work. I could not stay for the whole Mass and i was sure that i was goign to be late if i stayed. I decided to leave after/during comunion. However, I did not want to be disrespctful to the Euchrist or to the priest or anybody or to God or to the people of the parish or to sin…my friend that was with recived, but i chose not to becuase i did not feel it was right for me to recive comunion and then just leave in the middle of mass…so i walked up to the priest and crossed my arms for the blesing…Did I do the right thing???

also, i went to the 7 15 mass this morning, recived communion. and lets asume for a moment i stayed for the whole vigil mass and recived communion, and then i went to the 10 am mass on sunday, and recived communion…would that have been allowed? i know you can only recive 2twice in one day… but… i just want to make sure.
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Nobody should be in the Communion line unless they are going to receive. It is not permitted to join the line simply for a blessing.
 
Panda, Do whatever your priest tells you to do. Each priest has their own way of thinking.

I always follow the priest’s orders. I always believe what they say to me too about any subject regarding my catholic religion.
I don’t think that any priest at any church will not bless you if you walk up with your arms crossed and want to get a special blessing from the priest. I don’t see anything wrong with that if a person really feels the need to be blessed.

WhiteDove, I have an idea for you. Since you have to drive a long ways to work… you can always ask one of the priests after mass to give you a special blessing for when you drive your car to work. To keep you safe from accidents. You most likely will drive safer.
I always ask one of my priest after mass to bless me if I am going on a vacation trip.
I always come home safe.
 
LaLucia, you will not find many priests who will actually invite parishioners to come into the Communion line just to receive a “special” blessing. That would place an unnecessary burden on other parishioners who are in line, it would add time to the length of the Mass and then what happens to people (like the OP) who must go to work, but who are waiting to actually receive Holy Communion.:confused:

Everyone receives a blessing from the priest at the end of the Mass. Why the need for a special blessing unless, of course, the example that you used of leaving on vacation, and then you would ask the priest when Mass was over and he was, presumably, at the back of the church saying goodbye to parishioners.

What I learned from posts on many threads on this Forum about this very subject (and this subject has been covered completely if you will just research the threads) is that people get in the Communion line when they are not going to receive the Holy Eucharist for several reasons:
  1. They are not in the State of Grace;
  2. They have not fasted for the necessary hour before receiving;
  3. They are not Catholic.
  4. Also mentioned was that perhaps their marriage was not valid in the eyes of the Church so they could not receive the Sacrament.
Whatever the reason, it is out of order and all of the above should just stay in the pew and make a Spiritual Communion. Enough said.:highprayer:

:amen:
 
puzzleannie said:
Many churches discourage this custom.
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The fact that you call it a “custom” implies that it is not rare. I personally would not do this, but to tell the OP that he is doing something wrong marginalizes his participation in the OF mass.
 
mullenpm, I don’t set the church rules. What about a person who just has a strong need to be blessed at that moment for some unknown reason? We shouldn’t judge others on what their needs may be in their lives. It only takes one second to be blessed because the priest just touches the person’s head and the person moves on.
I am sure it makes that person feel good that they were blessed by the priest because they felt they really needed it at that moment.
Plus, I am sure the priest is joyful that a person cared enough to be personally blessed by
him who is the representative of God.
 
The Communion line is for the purpose of receiving the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Savior Jesus Christ in the form of the Holy Eucharist.

If a person, for whatever reason, feels the need for some “special attention” then that person should seek out the Priest when the Mass is over.

I believe you are wrong in thinking that many Priests may be joyful that such a person would interject themself into the Communion line. This fad is being discouraged at many churches and a lot of people are wondering how it ever got started in the first place. It has no place in the Mass.:knight2::knight1:
 
I will ask my priest how he feels about that tonight. Our church is having a Communal Penance Service. We will be having approx. 8 priests to hear our confessions.

Our church has 3 priests that I talk with whenever I get the chance to say hello to them when I see them on the church grounds or office.

I will report back tomorrow. PEACE, LaLucia
 
LaLucia said:
I will ask my priest how he feels about that tonight. Our church is having a Communal Penance Service. We will be having approx. 8 priests to hear our confessions.

Our church has 3 priests that I talk with whenever I get the chance to say hello to them when I see them on the church grounds or office.

I will report back tomorrow. PEACE, LaLucia
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I can tell you that it’s not a regular practice in any of the many parishes where I’ve worshipped over the past 20 years. In fact, it’s unheard of.

Most priests wouldn’t even spontaneously bless the children who came up in their parents’ arms. I had one parishioner almost apoplectic because her darling wasn’t being blessed every time she went to Communion. The pastor was excellent with children but he knew that the Communion line wasn’t the time & place for blessings.
 
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