How do you receive the Body of Christ?

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It’s not my opinion, it is factual - historical. You are being extremely obtuse to not understand the situation. The Church allows it as an exception pressured by disobedience. If that’s the example you want to follow please don’t insult anyone’s intelligence by hiding behind obedience.
it is indeed ONLY AN OPINION of yours
becuase simply, its not where the Church is right now
the Church has gone in a direction YOU do not agree with. so what more blatant examply of an opinion can we make? no matter what silly excuse you cook up to support your opinion, the facts are against you. its here and it has been decided by people who know more than you, and who has the authority to make that decision which you do not have
 
And you say this with what authority? Are you a Bishop?
The authority Jesus Christ gave to St. Peter and his successors.
Regardless of how the indult came about- it has been granted in certain areas.
That’s a common refrain. Are you aware the US didn’t qualify for the Indult? How can you hide behind obedience when CITH came into being through disobedience? Is that not hypocritical?
From what I gather from your opinions, Paul VI was being a “wimp” and caved to the pressure of people whom he believed to be wrong when he allowed
the idult to be granted, instead of emphatically squashing the notion of CITH once and for all.
You nor I know why the Holy Father acted as he did. I’d never use the word “wimp” to describe a pope nor should you even in jest.
And that this decision, along with “Novus Ordo” are what is destroying the Cahtolic faith. Am I understanding correctly?🤷
Check the numbers pre and post V2. Do the math.
Quite honestly, and quite thankfully, your opinion on this matter ,Ockham, is not the one I need to listen too.
Listen to whomever you choose. I strive not to fill my posts with opinion but rather fact. If you choose to ignore facts that is your preogative.
 
it is indeed ONLY AN OPINION of yours
Sorry choy, but reality is against you. It is not opinion of which I speak but fact. You and people like digger claim facts but never present them. Follow Mark’s lead and back up your counter arguments with relevant sources. We may disagree but at least the contrary arguments are worthy of debate. All you are doing is spewing nonsense like a BP deep sea oil well.
 
The authority Jesus Christ gave to St. Peter and his successors.
and these successors, the Bishops, some of them has allowed CITH

you don’t have this authority
That’s a common refrain. Are you aware the US didn’t qualify for the Indult? How can you hide behind obedience when CITH came into being through disobedience? Is that not hypocritical?
your opinion. because the documents clearly state that the indult is granted by the Vatican as requested by a Bishop or Bishop’s conference of a country or region
You nor I know why the Holy Father acted as he did. I’d never use the word “wimp” to describe a pope nor should you even in jest.
yet you’d imply it to the Church as a whole who “gives in to pressure”
Check the numbers pre and post V2. Do the math.

Listen to whomever you choose. I strive not to fill my posts with opinion but rather fact. If you choose to ignore facts that is your preogative.
oh but your posts are full of opinions, especially personal interpretations of statements and Church documents
 
your opinion. because the documents clearly state that the indult is granted by the Vatican as requested by a Bishop or Bishop’s conference of a country or region
Wrong. Look it up instead of spewing off uninformed.
but your posts are full of opinions, especially personal interpretations of statements and Church documents
Right. I post Church documents. You should try it some time. Your posts would have more weight.
 
Wrong. Look it up instead of spewing off uninformed.

Right. I post Church documents. You should try it some time. Your posts would have more weight.
you’re the only one who seems uninformed here

or should i say, you are informed but you interpret every information to suit your personal beliefs

the truth speaks for itself. the indult is granted, no matter what you say, CITH is valid, it is allowed, it is authorized
 
The authority Jesus Christ gave to St. Peter and his successors.

That’s a common refrain. Are you aware the US didn’t qualify for the Indult? How can you hide behind obedience when CITH came into being through disobedience? Is that not hypocritical?

You nor I know why the Holy Father acted as he did. I’d never use the word “wimp” to describe a pope nor should you even in jest.

Check the numbers pre and post V2. Do the math.

Listen to whomever you choose. I strive not to fill my posts with opinion but rather fact. If you choose to ignore facts that is your preogative.
I am not going to reply to everything, as choy pretty much summed up my views in post #423.

Regarding the highlighted comment above.

Yes, I am aware of how CITH came about, and yes, I will give you,
that based on much of what I have read, maybe this was not the brightest of ideas
to come form the Church in the last 50 years
However, it is really not my problem.
I made my First Holy Communion in 1982.
We were taught both COTT and CITH.
One was not encouraged, as I recall, over the other.
We were told that both were acceptable,
and we should receive the way we could be most comfortable.

CITH and standing has been the norm in my Diocese for my whole life!
I have no problem with anyone who prefers to receive COTT.
I was an EMHC (at Mass, and to the sick in care facilities and hospitals), and learned from an elderly priest how to properly administer communion, so that I could comfortably and confidently perform my duties.
I do not share you notion that one is more reverent than the other,
and apparently neither does the Bishop of my diocese.

I respect your opinion.

I dislike your implication that what I have been taught, all of my life, by a Bishop, who has not been supressed or replaced by the Pope, is wrong, and that you, sir, are right.:mad:

I am not asking you to abandon the practices of the faith
that you grew up with and that are important to you.

Why are you expectng it of me?🤷😦
 
no, it really isn’t. because there were many in the past that didn’t believe even if EMHCs and CITH were non-existent. the data is as simple as that.
The data are as simple as that? Where is this data you speak of? I said that EMHCs and CITH,* in my opinion*, contributed to a lack of belief. And that’s true, it is my opinion, just as valid as yours.
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choy:
well, you can’t just say, “this is the Body of Christ” and people will suddenly accept it. that is why proper Catechisis is important. is it enough to make a simple statement to convince people of the truth?
Catechesis? Really? If people don’t believe, I think that we are talking evangelization. Even many protestants believe in the Real Presence, even if we don’t agree on how they can confect it.

Frankly, if people don’t believe, why in the world are they presenting themselves for Holy Communion? Why don’t they believe? They’ve been told. It’s a central tenant of our faith.
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choy:
when the host touches your tongue, it touches you. its not like the host doesn’t have any physical contact with your body. what makes your tongue more worthy than your hand?
You have to slow down to receive on the tongue. It fosters reverence.
 
I am not asking you to abandon the practices of the faith
that you grew up with and that are important to you.
Please don’t dismiss this as just another practice to be allowed or disallowed by the Church. There is some misconception perhaps. I’m no moral theologian but it seems matters of sacrilege and profanity are covered under divine law, not Church law. As one of the conditions is that any risk to profanity is to be avoided in the CITH, I’d consider this more than a simple matter of preference. Perhaps there is no risk where you are, but I have yet to see of a place where there is absolutely no risk. Most places don’t use patens and most places places still don’t insist on the proper method of reception in the hand so to me, that’s a very sloppy and slippery slope. But as they say, advance at your own risk. But you don’t need to take it to gain the same graces.
 
i said that you cannot make people feel bad for doing something that is valid
that last part is essential

is it just our personal belief that CITH is valid? are you denying that i has been made valid by the Church?

and no, receiving CITH is not the same as not going to mass. its a great big difference of two things that are in no way similar. it has been explained why, i don’t need to repeat it again.
I am trying to convince people of what I believe to be the truth (as I am sure you do yourself). There is no reason for my writing to make anyone feel bad and that is certainly not my goal.

The word “valid” does not really apply in this context. Usually one speaks of whether or not a Sacrament is valid. Since we are speaking of a practice, I think the word we want here is “licit”. Is is licit, i.e. permitted, for Catholics to receive CITH? Yes, it is, in places where the indult applies. It is not, however, recommended.

Think of the situation in hypothetical terms rather than this specific one. Practice A is allowed everywhere and recommended. Practice B is allowed in some places and not recommended. It is therefore reasonable to say that practice A is objectively better than practice B.

And, yes, I agree that, speaking objectively, receiving CITH is not the same as not going to Mass. It was a comparison that I was using to explain my subjective experience, but, since the analogy clearly does not work for you, just ignore it.
 
you’re the only one who seems uninformed here

or should i say, you are informed but you interpret every information to suit your personal beliefs

the truth speaks for itself. the indult is granted, no matter what you say, CITH is valid, it is allowed, it is authorized
You are wasting my time. I already acknowledged the indult and speaking of it in greater depth then the surface. If all you can offer is “if’s allowed” then we don’t have anything more to discuss.
 
I don’t know about expecting. Perhaps, like the Pope, suggesting?
To help build up the body of Christ, which is sick in many parts. 😦
I can think of several other areas that need to be worked on other than this issue, but that’s just me.
 
Just did in the "Liturgy & Sacraments forum. 🙂

Thread title is “Problems in the Church”
Cool. It will be good to discuss them with you. However, could you move the thread over here? Debates often get locked quite quickly in the L&S forum.
 
Cool. It will be good to discuss them with you. However, could you move the thread over here? Debates often get locked quite quickly in the L&S forum.
I would, but I am not quite sure how to.:confused:
I was not sure if it was apporpriate for this forum, which is why I posted there.
Any advice as to how to move it would be greatly appreciated!
 
I am trying to convince people of what I believe to be the truth (as I am sure you do yourself). There is no reason for my writing to make anyone feel bad and that is certainly not my goal.
no problem there, but if you’re going to quote me or refer to me, at least make sure what i said is reflected in its entirety. i don’t want people to make an assumption that i said something when i clearly said something else.
The word “valid” does not really apply in this context. Usually one speaks of whether or not a Sacrament is valid. Since we are speaking of a practice, I think the word we want here is “licit”. Is is licit, i.e. permitted, for Catholics to receive CITH? Yes, it is, in places where the indult applies. It is not, however, recommended.

Think of the situation in hypothetical terms rather than this specific one. Practice A is allowed everywhere and recommended. Practice B is allowed in some places and not recommended. It is therefore reasonable to say that practice A is objectively better than practice B.

And, yes, I agree that, speaking objectively, receiving CITH is not the same as not going to Mass. It was a comparison that I was using to explain my subjective experience, but, since the analogy clearly does not work for you, just ignore it.
i wouldn’t be so hasty to say that just because Practice B is allowed only in some places, Practice A is always better. thats not the case all the time. in some instances, the exception is better than the norm. not that i’m suggesting thats the case here. because the mode of reception is really trivial to whats going on, which is receiving the Eucharist
 
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