Kneeling for Communion at OF Mass

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Well we have a lot of parishes that need to bring back the communion rail.
 
Cider said:
Well we have a lot of parishes that need to bring back the communion rail.
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Funny you should mention this.

My home parish is one of the bland Churches, sometime in the 80s, before I moved here they moved the altar from the back of the Church into the center and the pews are all around the alter, it’s horrendous. Behind the altar is one of those resurrected Jesus’, not a crucifix.

Anyway, no more whining…

Three years ago the parish took a vote whether or not to move the altar back to it’s original location, 90% said yes. :extrahappy: The kicker was if you said yes there was an additinal question, “would you be willing to pay for it?” and 95% of those that said yes said yes to paying for it too :dancing:

The project was delayed due to the downturn in the economy but is back underway. This past Good Friday the choir even sang the Pangue Linguia. There is hope…

I really want to ask for an EF Mass but I don’t even now how it would be done in the current configuration…
 
Revert_43 said:
Funny you should mention this.

My home parish is one of the bland Churches, sometime in the 80s, before I moved here they moved the altar from the back of the Church into the center and the pews are all around the alter, it’s horrendous. Behind the altar is one of those resurrected Jesus’, not a crucifix.

Anyway, no more whining…

Three years ago the parish took a vote whether or not to move the altar back to it’s original location, 90% said yes. :extrahappy: The kicker was if you said yes there was an additinal question, “would you be willing to pay for it?” and 95% of those that said yes said yes to paying for it too :dancing:

The project was delayed due to the downturn in the economy but is back underway. This past Good Friday the choir even sang the Pangue Linguia. There is hope…

I really want to ask for an EF Mass but I don’t even now how it would be done in the current configuration…
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Although it may be a little ackward, if the priest chooses to face east, and sets up the altar in the traditional way, people can just configure themselves behind him. It would not perfect, but we all start somewhere!
 
paperwight66 said:
Hmmm…that might be how you remember it. Many here would disagree that it was quite so wonderful.
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I do not need to remember it, I know it. And I still believe it to be beautiful. People either stand or kneel as they need do, but we still receive only on the tongue either way.
 
I went to a Novus Ordo mass for about a year and wore a mantilla and no one in the parish ever started wearing one. Don’t be surprised if this happens to you. We also wore mantillas at a different NO parish for over a year and no one began wearing one. At this particular parish it was myself and my five daughters. Most NO priests will give you communion on the tongue without batting an eye. I think you will have to ask the priest about the kneeling although technically he can’t refuse you if I remember correctly what I was told by a priest awhile ago.
 
marie_teresa said:
I went to a Novus Ordo mass for about a year and wore a mantilla and no one in the parish ever started wearing one. Don’t be surprised if this happens to you. We also wore mantillas at a different NO parish for over a year and no one began wearing one. At this particular parish it was myself and my five daughters. Most NO priests will give you communion on the tongue without batting an eye. I think you will have to ask the priest about the kneeling although technically he can’t refuse you if I remember correctly what I was told by a priest awhile ago.
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The Congregation of Divine Worship, in a document date June 17, 1977, states that so long as you request Holy Communion in a licit, and permissable, way, then no priest can refuse your legitimate desire. No priest can refuse Holy Communion on the tongue, or kneeling, since they are legitimate, traditional practices. Neither the Bishop, nor the Bishops’ Conference, may override this, as these are universal norms. However, in the traditional rite, Holy Communion in the hand may be refused, as it was not the norm in 1962. A bishop may also forbid the practice in his diocese, as it is only an indult.
 
GIRM:
  1. The priest then takes the paten or ciborium and goes to the communicants, who, as a rule, approach in a procession.
    The faithful are not permitted to take the consecrated bread or the sacred chalice by themselves and, still less, to hand them from one to another. The norm for reception of Holy Communion in the dioceses of the United States is standing. Communicants should not be denied Holy Communion because they kneel. Rather, such instances should be addressed pastorally, by providing the faithful with proper catechesis on the reasons for this norm.
I could be wrong - but I’m pretty sure this is the OLD GIRM being quoted. I believe the updated version from a couple years ago has changed this passage significantly…
 
I’ve never seen anyone kneeling to receive Communion at an OF Mass. I do see some people choose to receive on the tongue. I am also in the US too. I’ve seen it on some televised Masses especially on EWTN. Most everyone including myself receives in the hand standing up, and I’ve attended Mass in many different Catholic churches.
 
Will_S said:
Sorry, sorry, I really don’t want to derail… but I don’t think you’re allowed to say “Y’all” in New York City.
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NY’ers have been corrupted. Some of us say “Ya’ll”. Dont you see we have Targets now and soon we’ll be getting a Walmart.
 
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