Do you make the sign of the cross after you receive communion?

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I voted yes. I’ve noticed that most people do it (make the sign of the cross after communion) at my parish.
 
Of course…you are on your knees , with hands clasped under the linen altar rail cloth, the priest comes to you, and after you sign yourself whist waiting for your neighbour to finish receiving , then you rise and return to your pew thanking the Lord God for the wonderful grace you have just received.
 
Yes I do, but can’t remember being instructed to do it, then again I was never taught to scratch my nose when it’s itchy, but still do.
 
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whiteyacht:
If there is no documentation requiring one to cross oneself, I would assume it’s simply a pious practice.
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Ever notice that around here one man’s pious practice is another man’s liturgical abuse? 🙂
 
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puzzleannie:
why should a faithful Catholic in the pews require documentation for something that is announced and taught from the pulpit in most of the parishes in the diocese?
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While I do hope what comes out of most of the pulpits in your diocese is sound instruction, that is not always the case. Just last weekend I was asking a priest to please include the Creed in the liturgy and he misrepresented certain guidelines of the GIRM while being flat out wrong on another. So a Catholic *shouldn’t *need documentation, but often does.
 
I was never taught to cross myself immediately after receiving. I do cross myself when I get back to the pew and kneel down to pray and again when I am done praying. Our congregation seems split on whether they cross themselves immediately after or not. I have watched from time to time and it seemed the nuns didn’t and neither do most of the older people. I assumed they knew better than me so I continue in the practice mentioned above.
 
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I was never taught to cross myself immediately after receiving. I do cross myself when I get back to the pew and kneel down to pray and again when I am done praying. Our congregation seems split on whether they cross themselves immediately after or not. I have watched from time to time and it seemed the nuns didn’t and neither do most of the older people. I assumed they knew better than me so I continue in the practice mentioned above.
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me too.
 
I was always taught to take Communion in the hand, step aside, look toward the crucifix, consume, and cross myself. It’s the way I’ve done it since I was 7, and even if it’s not the exact way anyone else does it, it works for me, and I think it has the reverence needed for such a special moment.
 
I make the sign of the cross after communion also, but I have always felt that its what is in the heart thats most important.

Bow, make the sign of the Cross, do whatever helps you feel closer to Jesus at that wonderful moment.

The act of making the sign of the cross, bowing etc should merely aids to helping you feel a deeper appreciation of receiving communion - ie. they are merely a means to an end - not the end itself.

Sorry if that was a bit garbled!
 
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