Kneeling at Domine non sum dignus

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I hope I am not restarting something already covered but I searched and couldn’t find it.

I travel a lot throughout the US and try to get Mass each day. In most Dioceses I go to, people are kneeling from the Domine Non Sum Dignus through the priest’s communion. I am in the Rochester Diocese and we stand. But the more I kneel in my travels, the worse I feel about standing at home, so I have started kneeling. Is this wrong? Is it disobedient to the Bishop? Does the GIRM have anything to say about kneeling at this point in the Mass? Thank you to anyone who can help.
 
this has been covered here many times, briefly the universal discipline is not to kneel at this time (rather we kneel for the Eucharistic prayer, from the end of the Holy Holy Holy to the Great Amen). An indult was granted for the US, where the practice of kneeling at this time was the custom when the changes to the Mass were instituted. The current discipline is to stand, sit or kneel for the fraction and reception of communion depending on direction of the local ordinary (bishop).
 
I personally do kneel at this point, and would prefer to, but if my Bishop said not to I would obey since he is lawfully entitled to specify these things.

If I’m out of my diocese, I tend to go with whatever is being done in the parish I’m at. If it is mixed, I will kneel however.

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puzzleannie said:
(rather we kneel for the Eucharistic prayer, from the end of the Holy Holy Holy to the Great Amen)
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By way of clarification, that is also an indult in the US (and probably other places). The universal norm is to kneel for the consecration (from the end of the *Sanctus *until the proclamation of the Mysterium Fidei).

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A translation of the 2002 Latin edition of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, n. 43, is:
“… Where it is the practice for the people to remain kneeling after the Sanctus until the end of the Eucharistic Prayer and before Communion when the priest says Ecce Agnus Dei (This is the Lamb of God), this practice is laudably retained. …”

This is what it has the GIRM approved for England and Wales, except that somehow the word “kneeling” was omitted.

From the 2002 GIRM approved for the USA, which can be accessed from romanrite.com/girm.html it has:
“43. … The faithful kneel after the Agnus Dei unless the Diocesan Bishop determines otherwise.”

So this decision of the dicoesan bishop is unique to the USA. To me it seems a good way to resolve things, instead of trying to decide “What is the practice? What should the practice be? What should the practice have been? What if people want to change the practice?”

On the other hand, if a Conference of Bishops can make a decision this seems better, more in line with 2002 GIRM:
“390. It is up to the Conferences of Bishops to decide on the adaptations indicated in this General Instruction and in the Order of Mass and, once their decisions have been accorded the recognitio of the Apostolic See, to introduce them into the Missal itself. These adaptations include
• The gestures and posture of the faithful (cf. no. 43 above);”
 
Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the CDW, responded to the question on June 5, 2003 (Prot. N. 855/03/L):
Responsum: Negative, et ad mensum [No, for this reason]. The mens [reasoning] is that the prescription of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, no. 43, is intended, on the one hand, to ensure within broad limits a certain uniformity of posture within the congregation for the various parts of the celebration of Holy Mass, and on the other, to not regulate posture rigidly in such a way that those who wish to kneel or sit would no longer be free.
The question C. Arinze was responding to was re: sitting or kneeling after communion, but the answer covers "for the various parts of the Mass"
So, what he is essentially saying is, “kneel if you like” . Rome has spoken. You are NOT being “disobedient” to your bishop. Rome allows it, so must he. He can suggest and request, but not order or demand. Disobedience is NOT at issue here.
 
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