Does your parish have altar rails?

[teresas1979]

Please forgive my ignorance but what is an altar rail? Is it like the Communion rail at the front of the Church where people kneel for Communion? They have those in Anglican Churches here but the only time I have seen them for Catholics is in Portugal. I know my Parish doesn’t have them but I wondered what they are. Sorry

 

[Lucania]

teresas1979:

Please forgive my ignorance but what is an altar rail? Is it like the Communion rail at the front of the Church where people kneel for Communion? They have those in Anglican Churches here but the only time I have seen them for Catholics is in Portugal. I know my Parish doesn’t have them but I wondered what they are. Sorry

The altar rail is the same as the Communion Rail. All Catholic churches(at least in the Latin Rite anyway) used to always have them. Many churches had them removed but there are churches who still have them. I grew up in the Episcopal Church where we always used the Communion Rail. When I converted to the Catholic Church, the one I attended did not have a Communion Rail. The church I attend now does have a rail but it is only used for the Tridentine Mass at 8:00 a.m. I think you’ll find that the Catholic churches who have a Communion Rail are the older ones like mine who just celebrated 150 years! I wish we would get back to using the rail on a regular basis, I prefer it to standing in a line.

 

[jlw]

Yes, an altar rail with kneeler, in a parish that has NO and Indult LM, and we recieve on the tongue.

 

[teresas1979]

Thanks Lucania. Yes I think they are a beautiful tradition. It is a shame they are not used much anymore. I will ask at my parish why this is (my home parish where I will be this weekend). My parish in Sheffield has a very modern church almost like a meeting room so I think its obvious why they don’t have one.

 

[chuffle]

Nope. My parish church building was gutted and “updated” when they merged all of the local Catholic Churches into one back in the 1980’s, and my church is the only church left.

Nothing from the old church was kept, save for the stained glass windows.

Joe

 

[space_ghost]

…pulled them out shortly after Vatican II… i miss them. I wish they were still there, if only for the character they gave the scantuary, i wouldn’t be against using them either… doubt that will happen…

Peace:thumbsup:

 

[RonWI]

I’m Lutheran. Every Lutheran Church of which I have ever been a member (and as far as I can recall, everyone I have been in) not only has alter rails, but uses them to distribute communion. You go up, you kneel down and the pastor puts the body and blood in your mouth. No walk-by communion, and no women/high schoolers handing it out.

 

[TNT]

TobyLue:

I didnt vote because none applied to my parish. Yes, we have altar rails, but my parish is AU…Even though its AU, we do have a Latin Mass every Sunday at 6PM. It’s the Latin Mass of Pope Paul VI…Oh, and everybody receives communion on the tongue.

SAN ANTON. OR ARLINGTON?

I BET SAN ANTON.

 

[TNT]

RonWI:

I’m Lutheran. Every Lutheran Church of which I have ever been a member (and as far as I can recall, everyone I have been in) not only has alter rails, but uses them to distribute communion. You go up, you kneel down and the pastor puts the body and blood in your mouth. No walk-by communion, and no women/high schoolers handing it out.

ATTA BOY!:clapping:

That was one point a Lutheran could teach a Catholi Parish…

 

[TNT]

RonWI:

I’m Lutheran. Every Lutheran Church of which I have ever been a member (and as far as I can recall, everyone I have been in) not only has alter rails, but uses them to distribute communion. You go up, you kneel down and the pastor puts the body and blood in your mouth. No walk-by communion, and no women/high schoolers handing it out.

ATTA BOY!:clapping:

That was one point a Lutheran could teach a Catholic Parish…

 

[cheese_sdc]

What does “TLM” stand for?

Thanks!

 

[TNT]

cheese_sdc:

What does “TLM” stand for?

Thanks!

Traditional Latin Mass. Usually the Mass as practiced from about 600-1969ad give or take a few additions. It was formally codified as to each prayer, rubric, etc. in about 1570 by St Pius V. (Now referred to as the Tridentine Latin Mass) The purpose of which was to increase precise conformity of standard and to build a firewall against Protestant heresies against it.

It survives today as an Indult in the Church. About 60% of the dioceses in America have provisions for the TLM.
check here to see if there is one in your diocese.

Features:
Communion kneeling
Communion on the tongue.
Communion under the Host only, except the priest.
Only priest or deacon distributes communion.
Everything but sermon, Gospel and epistle in Latin/Greek.
Women normally have head covering.
Men normally in suits/ties.
Before Mass prayers.
After Mass Prayers.
Hymns in Latin

 

[TNT]

chuffle:

Nope. My parish church building was gutted and “updated” when they merged all of the local Catholic Churches into one back in the 1980’s, and my church is the only church left.

Nothing from the old church was kept, save for the stained glass windows.

Joe

Being from Pgh, Where exactly was this?
I grew up in Sheridan, Crafton, Ingram area…St Phillip’s, Holy Innocents, both still intact.

 

[Genesis315]

TNT:

After Mass Prayers.

The St. Michael prayer is such a good way to send people out into the world from Mass. Our missalettes say that this prayer (as well as the Hail Marys, Hail Holy Queen, etc.) were omitted from the 1962 missal. Is that true and if so, do you know why?

 

[peregrinator_it]

Does your parish have altar rails?

Yup. And uses them at the English Mass, the Pauline Latin Mass, and the TLM; all 3 of which my parish offers. I love my parish.

 

[RonWI]

Michael Savage fan, are we, TNT?

 

[EddieArent]

RonWI:

I’m Lutheran. Every Lutheran Church of which I have ever been a member (and as far as I can recall, everyone I have been in) not only has alter rails, but uses them to distribute communion. You go up, you kneel down and the pastor puts the body and blood in your mouth. No walk-by communion, and no women/high schoolers handing it out.

Wow! The Lutherans are more Catholic than the priests here in Orlando.

 

[betrublu2Him]

:crying: :banghead:

ok, the above little faces can discribe how i feel about this question…

I cry because my church doesn’t have altar rails…I long for them!

It makes me made that churches like mine are designed in a circular fashion with the Tabernacle that’s waaaaaaay off to the side!!!

**I am frustrated with it all, because I don’t feel like I’d get anywhere complaining to my Pastor…like he can really change the fact we don’t have altar rails! **

I guess I should feel grateful we have kneelers in the pews!!!

Don’t mean to be such a baby about this!

**ps - we are a NO parish. **

got this somewhere…traditioninaction.org/religious/m002rpMisunderstandingMass.htm

 

[TNT]

RonWI:

Michael Savage fan, are we, TNT?

Yep. In most subjects…Language (latin) culture and borders.
Funny thing. M-Savage was NOT the first one to assert Liberalism as a mental disorder.
Way back in 1926, a priest - writer who authored “Liberalism and Catholicism” stated it very clearly in the introduction:
“It is rather a sickness of the mind…”

M-Savage was born into a Catholic family, but never really practiced it. He is indifferent to religion except for the moral code being set by God, not man.

 

[TNT]

Genesis315:

The St. Michael prayer is such a good way to send people out into the world from Mass. Our missalettes say that this prayer (as well as the Hail Marys, Hail Holy Queen, etc.) were omitted from the 1962 missal. Is that true and if so, do you know why?

Definitely NOT. They were possibly in the 1965 Interim missal on the way to the NOM. But those missals are so rare, few have a copy to verify.

The 3 Ave Marias, the Hail Holy Queen, the Sacred Heart petition all come with the 62 TLM today. It doesn’t have Pwr windows, cruise control, or Sunroof though.

do you know why?

Let me guess. Of course some will say the following is a post hoc fallacy, but:
St Michael includes hell, ruin of souls. In universalism, there is no permanent hell for humans, and no soul gets ruined. Besides, who prays to mythical angels anymore?
The Ave Maria and especially the Hail Holy Queeen, offend most protestants.
Of cousre, all this could have been a completely unrelated series of coincidences:whacky:…It just happened to LOOK that way.