Hands raised during segments of the Mass

[CatholicFireman]

The raising of the hands and holding of hands is not for me and it used to really bother me. Now I just bow my head and press my hands together in prayer. This is how I teach myself humility and my prayer life benefits too because I concentrate on* it *which is what I’m supposed to be doing in the first place.

 

[TheRealJuliane]

I’m another revert and this has become more common in my church over the last 15 years or so. I think it smacks of the congregation almost puppeting the priest’s hand motions, and I don’t like it at all. I prefer to keep my hands folded in prayer. I just say the words. When I go to the weekday Masses, we don’t hold hands during the Our Father either. Heaven.