Yes, yes, of course we all know I’m an awful sinful hand-receiver who couldn’t possibly ever truly understand the awesome sublimity of receiving Our Lord in the Eucharist as much as you do, and I’m in no way worthy to touch your shoelaces because you’re obviously so much better than me in every possible way being a receiver on the tongue
Yes, yes, of course we all know I’m an awful sinful hand-receiver who couldn’t possibly ever truly understand the awesome sublimity of receiving Our Lord in the Eucharist as much as you do, and I’m in no way worthy to touch your shoelaces because you’re obviously so much better than me in every possible way being a receiver on the tongue
I recieve on the tongue on my knees because I am not worthy. I don’t do it to get your attention or to make you feel less worthy. It has been made known to my soul that I am not worthy of this beautiful gift and I want to show how greatful I am for that gift. I don’t do it for anyones benefit. I don’t know how anyone else feels about receiving Jesus. This has been a very difficult year for me and to be able to join in the Mass brings me a profound peace. To know that all my children are with me, all my family, all the Saints and angles are coming together. Then Jesus comes in all his glory! Wow!!! I crave the Mass! I just wanted to share how wonderful it is to be a part of the most wonderful event there is.Yes, yes, of course we all know I’m an awful sinful hand-receiver who couldn’t possibly ever truly understand the awesome sublimity of receiving Our Lord in the Eucharist as much as you do, and I’m in no way worthy to touch your shoelaces because you’re obviously so much better than me in every possible way being a receiver on the tongue
You’re right, that word probably does get overused
:angel1: - things just seems to go straight downhill if I have a day where I don’t go to Mass. You probably feel the same.
Since when is what the early church did a mondernist practice, or radical?
But why is it still allowed in some places? I’m just curious, that’s all. After all, I didn’t know this, and I’m still not very clear after reading the posts.
What a beautiful testimony! Domine non sum dignus! Lord I am not worthy! I receive on the tongue too for this very reason. I’m not doing it out of a sense of being “better”. I recognize that I am not worthy of this gift. I’ll never forget back in 1990 when I started my current job. At my old job, I had a church 12 blocks away which had a noon Mass on holy days. No problem. I’d go to Mass and bring a sandwich in the truck.
‘Some places’ to the best of my knowledge includes St Peters itself, so regardless of whether or not John Paul II or Benedict XVI subscribe personally to the practice other ministers are giving in the hand under their noses.
Tell you what - if I were an unknowledgeable spectator - I’d find the whole idea of sticking out your tongue MOST disrespectful.
If I loved my Lord and my God I would show Him the highest honour and respect that I would have for Him. I would gladly follow what the early fathers of the church, the saints and martyrs and all the holy religious before us have always done. I would kneel in reverence and receive the Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ on the tongue. I would not be too concerned about an “unknowledgeable spectator” or “unbeliever” who may be present at the same time.
When you think about it, you’re taking a piece of Jesus Christ’s body and eating it. The whole idea seems disrespectful!
None of us are worthy to even be in the same room with the Eucharist. That’s what makes this sacrament so phenomenal! Not only is Christ really present at every single Mass, but God has invited us to come and partake in this feast!
The Eucharist is going to be in our mouths and digestive tracts, so I don’t think receiving it in the hand is a problem. The important thing is our attitude.
Except that plenty of saints and martyrs in the early centuries of the Church received in the hand. Including at least one Doctor of the Church - St Cyril of Jerusalem, who left some writings on the topic of receiving in the hand.
Really? Than the Roman Catholic Church of whom your fathers and forefathers were members were being ‘disrespectful’ each time they followed the holy teachings of the church to kneel and receive the Eucharist in the mouth. The important thing here is to gadge where you are coming from. Nothing that is a holy act ever changes - it is truly the attitude of the individual that makes it okay for him/her to receive as he pleases.When you think about it, you’re taking a piece of Jesus Christ’s body and eating it. The whole idea seems disrespectful!
None of us are worthy to even be in the same room with the Eucharist. That’s what makes this sacrament so phenomenal! Not only is Christ really present at every single Mass, but God has invited us to come and partake in this feast!
The Eucharist is going to be in our mouths and digestive tracts, so I don’t think receiving it in the hand is a problem. The important thing is our attitude.
