How do I not take Communion?

[liturgyluver]

He also mandated that if your received from him you must do so on your tongue. Was he overriding the Bishops of countries that allow for the reception of communion in the hand?

He also presided over Masses where pro abortion politicians Such as Nancy Pelosi, were given the Eucharist. Does this mean that abortion is ok or that you need not be in a state of grace to receive the Eucharist. If we go by what each Pope does and then implement it in our own parishes we are making the mistake of not acknowledging that a papal Mass is a special event, nor the need for rubrics at all!

Imagine if we took WYD Masses and implemented them on a smaller parish level at 8 AM in the morning!

The rules, the guidelines, are not changed by any pope by example. They are changed by any pope by declarations, instructions, and formal announcements.

False analogies. The point is that Bishops are permitted to allow blessings at Communion in their territories if they wish. It doesn’t really matter what you (or I) think. Period.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

False analogies. The point is that Bishops are permitted to allow blessings at Communion in their territories if they wish. It doesn’t really matter what you (or I) think. Period.

Yes, if they choose to address the issue. Some do not. That is not tacit approval. Otherwise any liturgical abuse that is not addressed by the Bishop would be approved. It is a Bishop’s right and privilege to choose to pastor as he sees fit. And if he sees fit to not address or to not interrupt the Mass to correct a posture he certainly can do so. But that does not mean that it is ok. But if a Bishop DIRECTS it in his diocese then we have a different issue all together. Because Even a Bishop cannot change the order of the Mass.
In the US I am unaware of a Bishop addressing this issue in the positive in his diocese via a proclamation. I am not familiar with your neck of the woods though.

 

[Elizium23]

I can think of two prime examples of things which were widespread liturgical abuses until they were indult’d and approved by Rome as standard practice later on.

Sometimes Rome decides it is just not worth pushing back in the fight against abuses. In fact, isn’t that how liturgical change is supposed to come about, though “organic development”? Organic development is basically a code word for disobeying the rubrics.

The fact of the matter is that this is currently not something envisioned by universal liturgical law, while it is something that occurs on a wide scale throughout the world. It is not inherently problematic, unless you throw EMHCs into the mix. As the Holy See pointed out, laypersons are “incapable of giving blessings” in the context of the Sacred Liturgy. So if this is just about clerics giving blessings in the communion line, it is an abuse that may soon be approved from the top. There is not a compelling reason to outlaw it entirely. So I doubt a repudiation is in the works for this. As much as we don’t like it, it is likely to spread more before it goes away.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

I can think of two prime examples of things which were widespread liturgical abuses until they were indult’d and approved by Rome as standard practice later on.

Sometimes Rome decides it is just not worth pushing back in the fight against abuses. In fact, isn’t that how liturgical change is supposed to come about, though “organic development”? Organic development is basically a code word for disobeying the rubrics.

The fact of the matter is that this is currently not something envisioned by universal liturgical law, while it is something that occurs on a wide scale throughout the world. It is not inherently problematic, unless you throw EMHCs into the mix. As the Holy See pointed out, laypersons are “incapable of giving blessings” in the context of the Sacred Liturgy. So if this is just about clerics giving blessings in the communion line, it is an abuse that may soon be approved from the top. There is not a compelling reason to outlaw it entirely. So I doubt a repudiation is in the works for this. As much as we don’t like it, it is likely to spread more before it goes away.

Now you have me curious about the two things.

Isn’t it abuse now even if it is approved later? People in jail for dealing marijuana in Colorado are not released upon decriminalization.

 

[Elizium23]

Now you have me curious about the two things.

Isn’t it abuse now even if it is approved later? People in jail for dealing marijuana in Colorado are not released upon decriminalization.

When priests do it with tacit approval from bishops and bishops do it with tacit approval from Rome, how much of an abuse can it really be? By a prima facie reading of the law, anything not found in the rubrics is prohibited. But we’re just laypersons and armchair quarterbacks here. The real interpretation of the law is by the hierarchy who are expected to know it well. The last Church document which mentioned projectors forbade them, yet I know a lot of bishops who require them to be used to promulgate messages throughout their dioceses.

 

[Butaperson]

I am in a similar situation. i found at one point, when I sat in the middle of the pew, it was especially awkward because even if I stood up to let people pass either they would have to get past me or I would have to get past them at some point.

Now I always try my best to sit at the very end when I am not receiving so that I can easily stand and let people pass.

 

[ProVobis]

Now I always try my best to sit at the very end when I am not receiving so that I can easily stand and let people pass.

That’s wise.

Interestingly enough, at the Spanish Mass, you do the reverse. If you desire to go to communion, you try to get the aisle seat, especially if you sit in back.