How can I defend that communion in hand is not sacrilege?

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What about the Holy Spirit? Are we dismissing the influence of the Holy Spirit? Particularly when our Lord specifically and clearly stated that the Spirit would lead them to all truth and remind them of all He had taught?

Does not “unlettered” mean “uneducated” No? Do explain!
 
It is not a good idea to debate these people, especially if not thoroughly grounded in the topic. That can cause a lot more damage.

We do not have to defend a thing the Church already has. All we have to do is refer them to the indult.
I pick my defences these days according to the intentions of others.
I dont online as in fb or twitter because I am never sure if another is genuine or trolling. In life , face to face discussions, not debates, are more fruitful.
 
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Please feel free to pm me rather then withdrawing your comment 🙂
I understand your concerns, I share them myself with sometimes public comments here.
I will say I attend TLM and OF and know both sides of the argumentative coin. It seems no matter what we do or say, we are branded one or the other, its either well the younger generation don’t understand, the older generation don’t understand, everyone has it wrong, some have it wrong, some have it right… in the meantime we just go and do our thing wherever we worship God.

As I keep saying, God likes variety. I think Bishop Fulton Sheen said that’s why He created it.

Given I got the notification that you had responded to my comment, I do disagree about minimizing and maximizing damage. I see the division as doing that and see passionate people everywhere who believe in their causes. And that is ok.

The sin of pride exists everywhere and creeps into even the way we worship
 
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I don’t like communion in the hand because it looks beggarly. It always calls up in my mind the image of a Soviet breadline.

Communion on the tongue, at the altar rail, had a kind of nobility to it. You the recipient kneel, but the priest serves the host directly to you. It also calls to mind the image of a mother bird feeding her young which I think is also appropriate.
 
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How should I approach?
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Ignore him. His temptation to tell you how much holier he is than you is a near occasion of sin for him.
Just take the stance that you’re both better off avoiding correcting each other and leave it at that.
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I don’t like communion in the hand because it looks beggarly. It always calls up in my mind the image of a Soviet breadline.

Communion on the tongue, at the altar rail, had a kind of nobility to it. You the recipient kneel, but the priest serves the host directly to you. It also calls to mind the image of a mother bird feeding her young which I think is also appropriate.
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There is nothing wrong with explaining to those who ask why you find receiving directly on the tongue is more edifying for you or whatever advantage you think it has. That is not issuing a correction, but sharing an experience or an insight. Those are different things.
 
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The fishermen were not uneducated. Peter wrote in Greek and it is clear from the drop in quality of Greek in his later epistle that by this time he did so without any help.

Jesus’ relatives James and Jude also wrote letters in Greek which are included in the New Testament.

It is untrue that every word Christ uttered that is recorded verbatim is Aramaic. Sometimes he quoted the Septuagint as opposed to the Hebrew Bible, which he also quoted.

It is unthinkable that his long conversation with Pilate took place in Aramaic; it would have been in Greek or possibly Latin.
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There are many places in the world where people without formal education still understand several languages.
 
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