Kneeling when receiving the blood of Christ

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MiserereMeiDei said:
Does the communicant take the chalice? That would reduce the risk greatly instead of trying to pour down the mouth of someone on their knees. I have this recollection that the EMHC usually holds it and pours, which I have to say wouldn’t make much sense if communion in the hand is a thing.
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Generally, the LEM holds the chalice and the communicant gently guides the bottom of it. Teamwork!
 
I agree with you @HopkinsReb. My Dad was Episcopalian and there was never a problem receive from the cup while kneeling.
 
I prefer to give God all proper reverence. We should always kneel to honor Jesus Christ, who gave his life for our salvation!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
 
I don’t disagree with you on that sentiment; I just don’t think it’s appropriate to tell someone or imply a “rule” that doesn’t exist. You do what’s best for you, but the Church has given us guidance for a reason, and it’s not appropriate for us to dispute that guidance for those trying to learn the faith or struggling with scruples, etc. We shouldn’t try to be holier than the Church - we’ll likely fail.

In short, saying “We should…” implies an official position vs. “I prefer…” which is what you’re really saying.
 
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I don’t disagree with you on that sentiment; I just don’t think it’s appropriate to tell someone or imply a “rule” that doesn’t exist. You do what’s best for you, but the Church has given us guidance for a reason, and it’s not appropriate for us to dispute that guidance for those trying to learn the faith or struggling with scruples, etc. We shouldn’t try to be holier than the Church - we’ll likely fail.

In short, saying “We should…” implies an official position vs. “I prefer…” which is what you’re really saying.
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An eminently sensible post.

Get that out of here.
 
I am implying nothing. You are trying to pick a fight.
At one time, we said the Mass in Latin. Now English.
At one time, we did not meat on all Fridays. Now it is permissible, except during Lent.
The Church does this and the Church does that.
I believe that we attend Mass to give praise and glory to God. The Catholic Church is God’s Church.
Since I was a little boy, I have accepted communion from the priest’s hands to my mouth and I have knelt. I always kneel before the Crucifix and make the sign of the Cross.
If you have a problem with the way I accept communion, so be it. I am Old School. What was good for my dad and his dad, and his dad’s dad is good enough for me.
 
The Church is here to serve God.
I am here to serve God.
That’s the way it is.
Every kneel should bend before Jesus. Jesus is in the sacrament. I kneel before Jesus.
 
I agree that it is more difficult to administer the Cup to someone kneeling. Just as it is difficult to administer “down” to a child. We don’t tell the child : “get taller.”
In our parish the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are instructed to “just give it to them” when people want to receive kneeling.
 
After the V2 council, the Church wanted to restore the ancient tradition of receiving under both species. It’s not required but a lot of parishes do it.
 
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Standing and kneeling also varies by locale.

The point is that both are disciplines and can be changed by the Church anytime. When the Church says standing is allowed that is it.
You may prefer one over the other but you may not tell us, even by implication, that we should be kneeling because that contradicts the Church.
 
Out of curiosity, what country are you in?
The chalice is rarely distributed in some places, this is true. It is very common in the US and parts of Canada. In my archdiocese the chalice is not generally distributed. We also use the altar rail at our cathedral.
 
That’s not a good comparison as that varies by locale and in the UK eating meat is prohibited for Catholics again on a Friday for example.
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Umm that’s too sweeping a statement to be completely true. It depends what you mean by the UK, and it also depends what you mean by ‘prohibited’… In fact, our parish is having a chicken curry fundraising supper next Friday. AFAIK it was only the Bishops of England and Wales who made the announcement. I don’t know about Scotland and Wales.

The Bishops of England and Wales announced that Friday penance should take the form of abstinence, but in the Briefing Notes produced for the press at the time, it was clearly said that ‘Failure to observe Friday abstinence did not rise to the level of mortal sin’.
So I really wouldn’t call that being prohibited’.

Our parish clergy seem quite happy about meat being served on a Friday, as I say. It’s up to the individuals going to substitute another penance.
 
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I find administering the Precious Blood to a kneeling person to be no more difficult than administering it to an elderly person sitting in a pew. You simply bow at the waist while maintaining a level chalice and hand it to the person. You receive the chalice back and straighten back up. I’ve done this dozens of times without any spillage. (Now watch me spill!)
 
Thanks (name removed by moderator). I appreciate your post very much!!!
 
Genuflect rather than kneeling, because of the risk of spillage. Remember that the smallest drop contains the whole Christ.
 
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