Kneeling to receive Communion

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adrift said:
Unless you are a priest or a deacon you are not a Eucharistic Minister. The correct title is Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.
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Yeah, I know what the “correct title” is, but “E.M.” is what we are all called informally, even by the priests, and is the term I used to save wear and tear on my two typing fingers.
adrift said:
Other than the one poster who said, Absolutely correct! If an EM ever said anything to me other than what is prescribed I would file a complaint with the pastor to have that person removed. It’s sad enough that we even have a need for EMs, we don’t need them ad libbing as well, the response to your were charitable. They seemed to be quite careful not to be harsh.
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And yes, my “harsh” comment was aimed particularly at one particular responder, but all of the responses seemed to isolate and rather icily and condescendingly paint me as someone “who just fell off the turnip truck” or maybe someone “who really isn’t what he claims he is” and really “was too stupid to know what he was doing, and therefore shouldn’t be doing it.”

If this red-quoted high and mighty poster knows so much, and deems himself authoritatively fit to read me the riot act, why did this brilliant person repeatedly refer to us as an “EM” if our correct title is “Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion”? Mr/Ms Adrift, you certainly should have also corrected his/her titular incompetence as well as mine.

However, I do believe that I spelled and punctuated my responses properly…
 
choy said:
wow, i’ve finally met the anti-bleep (sorry can’t say the name, its uncharitable)
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Do the words you`re forbidden to utter have bovine connotations?

Were you, too, struck speechless by the assertions made?
 
Chirp said:
Kneeling to receive communion seems to me to be a means displaying a ‘holier than thou’ attitude. I seriously doubt that the apostles knelt at the last supper to receive Christ’s body and blood.
The communion rail was removed to bring a closer feeling with Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. We don’t need a barrier between the faithful and the tabernacle.
Also, if you are a civilized human being, please receive in the hand. Don’t lower the Eucharist to the form of giving your pet a treat by taking it directly on the tongue. That’s the form I use when I give my pet a bone.
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I’m sorry but this comment is absolutely disgusting.
 
HollyMustardSee said:
I actually PREFER to receive communion in the hand.
Less germs
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This is, of course, nonsense. Number of germs is the same either way. However, you may pick up more of them if you take from the minister and add more of your own when you finally consume it.
 
ProVobis said:
This is, of course, nonsense. Number of germs is the same either way. However, you may pick up more of them if you take from the minister and add more of your own when you finally consume it.
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Add to that the handshakes at the (shudder) “Sign of Peace”.
 
ProVobis said:
This is, of course, nonsense. Number of germs is the same either way. However, you may pick up more of them if you take from the minister and add more of your own when you finally consume it.
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Not necessarily. If the Priest, Deacon or EMHC touches your tongue inadvertently and then touches the tongue of the next person. Number of bacteria, viruses are not as important as which ones…

…but that is a different subject.

But relating this to the subject, just think about all those "germs’ that you pick up on your clothing by kneeling. 😉

Seriously, though, priests pick up GIRMs all the time. :rotfl:
 
HollyMustardSee said:
I actually PREFER to receive communion in the hand.
Less germs
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It is the Body and Blood of Christ. There is nothing that can harm me when receieving them. By the way, just how would there be less germs by placing it in the hand than on the tounge? the same hame it touching either way. If placed in then hand then I have to touch it as well so whatever I may have picked up from the pew, missllette, shaking hands during the sing of peace, etc is now on my hands. It would appear that it would be less germ to receive on the toung.
 
oneGODoneCHURCH said:
It is the Body and Blood of Christ. There is nothing that can harm me when receieving them. By the way, just how would there be less germs by placing it in the hand than on the tounge? the same hame it touching either way. If placed in then hand then I have to touch it as well so whatever I may have picked up from the pew, missllette, shaking hands during the sing of peace, etc is now on my hands. It would appear that it would be less germ to receive on the toung.
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The danger we are talking about is not from germs on your own hand, but because the Minister (Ordinary or Extraordinary) could possibly have touched the tongue of the person before you, and so will transfer that person’s germs straight into your mouth.

Believe me, it does happen, and is not always due to poor technique on the part of the Minister. Most of us who are EMHCs can tell you of people who close their mouths too suddenly, or hump up their tongues, or don’t open wide enough. I have several times had to secretly wipe my fingers on my jacket, or even start using my wrong hand… I try not to show my disgust by my expression, but it is very difficult sometimes

A priest friend confided to me once how delighted priests he knew were when CITH was introduced
 
Contra_Mundum said:
I’m sorry but this comment is absolutely disgusting.
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Yes, it was – and I hope you’ll post the same thing the next time someone describes receiving Communion in the hand as “like snacking on a potato chip.”
 
Ponyguy said:
but all of the responses seemed to isolate and rather icily and condescendingly paint me as someone “who just fell off the turnip truck”
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😃 I’ve not heard that expression in quite a while. I appreciate hearing it again. It is apt. Apt not to describe you, but apt to describe how people might experience these forums at times. We’ve got to avoid giving that experience to people, yet still communicate helpful information.

And I know what you mean about the use of EM. That is what most priests will call you/us IRL (in real life).
 
paperwight said:
The danger we are talking about is not from germs on your own hand, but because the Minister (Ordinary or Extraordinary) could possibly have touched the tongue of the person before you, and so will transfer that person’s germs straight into your mouth.
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Are you assuming that minister used Purell after he or she shook a few hands right that?
 
I would love to do this, but hardly anyone every does it at my Church. Those who do are elderly. I’m afraid people will say, “Why is this teenager being so mature (and not in a good way.” or, “Does she want to be a nun?” I should probably feel honoured if they say that (even though they don’t mean it in a good way) but I would be :o. I hope to find a more tradional Church once I get a car 😛
 
paperwight said:
The danger we are talking about is not from germs on your own hand, but because the Minister (Ordinary or Extraordinary) could possibly have touched the tongue of the person before you, and so will transfer that person’s germs straight into your mouth.

Believe me, it does happen, and is not always due to poor technique on the part of the Minister. Most of us who are EMHCs can tell you of people who close their mouths too suddenly, or hump up their tongues, or don’t open wide enough. I have several times had to secretly wipe my fingers on my jacket, or even start using my wrong hand… I try not to show my disgust by my expression, but it is very difficult sometimes

A priest friend confided to me once how delighted priests he knew were when CITH was introduced
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And the germs you may pick up from touching the hand of the person receiving could not posabbly transfer any germs to the ministers ( OM or EM) hand? Yes, touching the wet toung of the communicatan may seem more germ filed than the dry hand, but think about it for a minute do you know when the last time this person washed their hand was, or what they have touch since?
 
Flame4 said:
I would love to do this, but hardly anyone every does it at my Church. Those who do are elderly. I’m afraid people will say, “Why is this teenager being so mature (and not in a good way.” or, “Does she want to be a nun?” I should probably feel honoured if they say that (even though they don’t mean it in a good way) but I would be :o. I hope to find a more tradional Church once I get a car 😛
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who cares what they think?
as long you’re reverent in your heart, right? if your intention is to glorify God and not to merely show off to other people, then you’re doing the right thing. people should be preparing themselves for Jesus while on the Communion line and in prayer when back in the pew, they shouldn’t be worried about what other people are doing
 
choy said:
who cares what they think?
as long you’re reverent in your heart, right? if your intention is to glorify God and not to merely show off to other people, then you’re doing the right thing. people should be preparing themselves for Jesus while on the Communion line and in prayer when back in the pew, they shouldn’t be worried about what other people are doing
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Your right 🙂
 
paperwight said:
The danger we are talking about is not from germs on your own hand, but because the Minister (Ordinary or Extraordinary) could possibly have touched the tongue of the person before you, and so will transfer that person’s germs straight into your mouth.
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Then perhaps people haven’t been instructed properly on how to receive on the tongue. In all my pre-Vatican II days serving, I had never seen the priest actually touch tongues when I was holding the paten under the chin. It seemed as if they had known how to receive on the tongue. There is a proper way to do that, you know. If you educate people now to receive in the hand (if you call that educating) then they probably wouldn’t have had that much practice receiving anything on the tongue. Let’s face it, some just don’t know how to do it or even bother to practice anything. You (and I don’t mean you, paperwright) can’t condemn the practice of COTT because of this.
 
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