On the knees, On the tongue

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It is my understanding that COTT is the universal norm, whilst CITH is an exception. Same with standing rather than kneeling.
 
MartyrForJesus said:
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Sure. In Eucharisticum Mysterium (1967), the Holy See directed:
In accordance with the custom of the Church, Communion may be received by the faithful either kneeling or standing. One or the other way is to be chosen, according to the decision of the episcopal conference, bearing in mind all the circumstances, above all the number of the faithful and the arrangement of the churches. The faithful should willingly adopt the method indicated by their pastors, so that Communion may truly be a sign of the brotherly union of all those who share in the same table of the Lord.
This is accordingly reflected in the universal text of no. 160 of the GIRM (not the one you see on the USCCB site, which has the American adaptations already put in):
Fideles communicant genuflexi vel stantes, prout Conferentia Episcoporum statuerit.

The faithful communicate kneeling or standing, according as the Conference of Bishops shall have determined.
Thus, as you can see, there is no universal norm with respect to communion posture. Rather, the universal principle is that the bishops are to determine the norm.
 
MarkThompson said:
Sure. In Eucharisticum Mysterium (1967), the Holy See directed:
In accordance with the custom of the Church, Communion may be received by the faithful either kneeling or standing. One or the other way is to be chosen, according to the decision of the episcopal conference, bearing in mind all the circumstances, above all the number of the faithful and the arrangement of the churches. The faithful should willingly adopt the method indicated by their pastors, so that Communion may truly be a sign of the brotherly union of all those who share in the same table of the Lord.
This is accordingly reflected in the universal text of no. 160 of the GIRM (not the one you see on the USCCB site, which has the American adaptations already put in):
Fideles communicant genuflexi vel stantes, prout Conferentia Episcoporum statuerit.

The faithful communicate kneeling or standing, according as the Conference of Bishops shall have determined.
Thus, as you can see, there is no universal norm with respect to communion posture. Rather, the universal principle is that the bishops are to determine the norm.
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I see, thanks.
 
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