kneeling for communion

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So is there a good reason for standing?..

I have heard good reasons not to and the reasons given to stand so far have been to reject the Real Presence of Christ or human pride.

Can anyone give a good Catholic reason?
Please give me a bit of faith in the state of the Church, it really can’t be that bad could it?
Scylla
 
scylla said:
So is there a good reason for standing?..

I have heard good reasons not to and the reasons given to stand so far have been to reject the Real Presence of Christ or human pride.

Can anyone give a good Catholic reason?
Please give me a bit of faith in the state of the Church, it really can’t be that bad could it?
Scylla
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I don’t think there is one… hence my suggestion that the admission be made:
“… because we want you to not kneel…”

Gee whiz… if I told my family that they should stand around the dinner table tonight, I think they might ask
“… why don’t you want me to sit…?”

Should I then instruct them in the new “proper etiquette” and say:
“…well it is okay if you sit, but in the spirit of unity, you should stand, cuz everyone else is…”

The liturgy of the Mass must be vertical… more of Him, less of me.
 
I can’t give a good Catechism-based answer, but this is what my dad (a retired Navy sailor) told me:

“When the captain or admiral comes on deck, everyone stands up and salutes. It’s respect and it’s admission that that man is higher ranked than you. So when God comes to be with us at Mass, we who salute a mere human should get on our knees.”

I won’t shove that down anyone’s throats, but that’s the way I’ve been raised.
 
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I can’t give a good Catechism-based answer, but this is what my dad (a retired Navy sailor) told me:

“When the captain or admiral comes on deck, everyone stands up and salutes. It’s respect and it’s admission that that man is higher ranked than you. So when God comes to be with us at Mass, we who salute a mere human should get on our knees.”

I won’t shove that down anyone’s throats, but that’s the way I’ve been raised.
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You make a good point which is disheartening to me, as if that is the reason people stand it illustrates the denial of the Presence of God, if we treat Him like just an important human.

I would stand to respect a lady or out of respect for someone who walks in the room. We kneel for the King.

So does anyone have a positive point of view that might show a Catholic reason for standing?

God Bless
Scylla
 
So I am bumping this, to see if there is any good reason.

Is the word “Catechesis” put in that sentence as a joke or to drive home a point that there is no real Catholic teaching that makes standing better than kneeling? I am beginning to suspect whomever put that word in there did it on purpose to make that point.

Any thoughts,
Scylla
 
I spoke with a fellow Catholic friend of mine, and he pointed out that in the early Church, kneeling was not encouraged because it was a sign of penance. Standing was the posture of joy and elation. And since every Mass was a celebration of the risen, living Christ, Christians didn’t kneel during Mass. Maybe they did in other prayers, but not at Mass.

While I find this a good explanation, though, I still prefer to kneel as a sign of submission to our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
 
scylla said:
So I am bumping this, to see if there is any good reason.

Is the word “Catechesis” put in that sentence as a joke or to drive home a point that there is no real Catholic teaching that makes standing better than kneeling? I am beginning to suspect whomever put that word in there did it on purpose to make that point.

Any thoughts,
Scylla
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Looks like a way to side step the stipulation/condition that allowed them to receive the recognitio from Rome. This stipulation being that the faithful not be denied communion for kneeling. The statement itself seems to send the message that after “catechesis” a person is to give in-- to being imposed upon to not kneel.
 
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