How do you receive the Body of Christ?

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Ockham said:
It isn’t my opinion that the Church directs us to COTT - it is the universal norm. Why hasn’t CITH been made a norm?
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TLM isn’t the norm, why do you go to mass in TLM? its not the Ordinary Form, which is the norm
Ockham said:
Why does the Pope only distribute COTT?
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its his option. each Bishop has the option to allow it or not. he chose not to allow it. the fact that someone can allow it doesn’t mean they’re any less than those who doesn’t allow it. the Church gave them the choice, the ability, the authority to allow it.
Ockham said:
The laity got CITH into the GIRM so actually our opinions and practices do matter. Disobedience is being tolerated by the Church, that doesn’t mean its right.
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oh please, if the laity can get something into the GIRM or any Church document, CITH would be the last thing in there. there are a lot of other things that the laity wants more than receiving communion on their hands. divorce for example. but it definitely not true that the laity can impose what they want if it is not in accordance with the teaching of the Church
Ockham said:
It isn’t about what you feel inside it is the external display of reverence to our Lord. This isn’t about you it’s about Him. CITH seems to appeal to people who are egocentric rather than the Divine.
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so you’re telling me if i kneel and receive COTT and think about the NBA Finals or the World Cup while receiving, i’m more reverent than the person standing and receiving CITH and thinking about Jesus? interesting
 
mick321 said:
WRONG. Before V2, those who did not believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist properly called themselves Protestants.
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can you back that up?

and many of these Protestants were Catholics. Martin Luther was even a Priest. not that he eliminated the Real Presence but he changed the fundamentals of the belief by saying the bread and wine is still there along with the presence of Jesus Christ

and the founder of the Iglesia ni Cristo was also born and raised a Catholic in the early 1900s. he not only left the Catholic Church whilst he grew up in the TLM and COTT only practice, he put up a religion that doesn’t believe Jesus is God at all.

just to name a few, there are those in the Church that doesn’t believe in the Real Presence back then. not all of them formed new faiths and beliefs. i’m pretty sure many stayed and kept silent
 
choy said:
oh please, if the laity can get something into the GIRM or any Church document, CITH would be the last thing in there. there are a lot of other things that the laity wants more than receiving communion on their hands. divorce for example. but it definitely not true that the laity can impose what they want if it is not in accordance with the teaching of the Church
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You clearly have not researched the history of CITH or just out right attempting to deceive. Either way your argument is seriously flawed. Step up or step out of this discussion choy, right now you are over your head.
 
choy said:
can you back that up?
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Check the stats. All you ever contribute is your own opinion and usually wrong conclusions. Provide some evidence or do us all a favour and blow air somewhere else.
 
ProVobis said:
At the EF I attend, you can ask an usher to tell the priest that you are unable to approach the altar and the priest will personally come and distribute it to you in your pew.
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Sorry, but I’m not going to do that. I can still walk (albeit it’s not fun to do so) so I itnend on going up to receive. I will walk up to receive my Lord.

Any other suggestions from the Piety Police?
 
Melchior said:
Any other suggestions from the Piety Police?
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Is that a charitable attitude?

Haven’t others suggested there is nothing wrong with you receiving COTT while standing due to your condition? Of course you are required to make an additional sign of reverence (bow) but you know that already, right?
 
Any other suggestions from the Piety Police?
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That was unnecessary. If you’re able to go by yourself, then fine. My reply to you was meant in good faith. I’m just saying the priest can go out of his way in case you need it. I said nothing about piety.
 
not any less charitable than some of the other posters i would say
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Need some help with capitalization? Or do you consider yourself the master or rule-setter of some crazy vernacular?
 
jam070406 said:
Do you disagree with this statement?:

(receiving Communion on the tongue) “better highlights the truth of the real presence in the Eucharist, helps the devotion of the faithful, and introduces more easily the sense of mystery — aspects which, in our times, pastorally-speaking, it is urgent to highlight and recover.”
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You didn’t ask me, but I can see the mystery aspect of it. It is unusual in our culture to kneel in a line along a rail and place our hands under a cloth and have something set on our tongue. It seems kind of practical to stand in a line and have something handed to you at the head of the line. Thus, they can be seen as having different feelings of mystery about them, as simple actions.

Of course, I want an altar rail. But I grew up Protestant, which is why I am accustomed to them. I felt their lack when I converted.
 
I see comments all the time on these boards with people who question the reverence of others. I’ve been called a modernist and a heretic for my (legit) preferences as it pertains to the Mass. I was hoping those people would respond, hence I asking the Piety Police. The comment wasn’t directed at ProVobis specifically, who thus far despite differences of opinion I’ve had nothing but positive dealings with. I suppose I should have clarified that further. Mea Copula.

EDIT: I do stand by the fact some posters on here do act as if they are the Piety Police.
 
ProVobis said:
As I understand it, 1 more than a third of the bishops can cut it in those countries where CITH is currently practiced and they can do it tomorrow. The Pope has never granted universal approval and doesn’t need to do anything.
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There must be a reason why they do not. Changes like that ought to be proceeded by instruction. However, they have had plenty of time to do the change if their only concern was instruction. I really don’t know why they choose what they do. It might be nice if our bishop would address the issue in one of his columns in the paper, so we could know why things are the way they are. In fact, he might have, but I’ve been too cheap to pay for the paper continuously. Sigh.
 
choy said:
oh, i know i have been defeated so many times in your mind
i’m not worried about what you think. i’m perfectly fine with reality
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I guess that’s why you hang out in the Traditional Catholic forum.
 
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