Priest said not to kneel at communion

[jamesrussell49]

“If you don’t eat your peas, the big bad monster will gobble you up.”

We already settled this -see post 18 and 19 (the ones right before yours).

 

[Padraig1972]

What is correct then?

To stand and recieve in hand?
To stand and recieve on the tongue?
To kneel and recieve on the tongue?

My parish priest says that all three of them are allowed. So is this a phenomena in US and Canada or other places as well?

I can tell you for a fact that in Norway all three of them are allowed.

 

[GwenL]

I do believe that the OP was about the “new Roman Missal.” This would apply, I do believe, to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.

How the Eastern Rites receive, or received, communion would seem to have little bearing on the discussion. It’s interesting, of course, how our eastern brethren celebrate Divine Liturgy, but probably not helpful toward answering the OP’s question.

OP, GIRM 160 says that the faithful may receive kneeling. The same paragraph specifies that the communicant “…bows his or her head before the Sacrament as a gesture of reverence and receives the Body of the Lord…” This is the new, 2011 GIRM.

 

[GwenL]

What is correct then?

To stand and recieve in hand?
To stand and recieve on the tongue?
To kneel and recieve on the tongue?

My parish priest says that all three of them are allowed. So is this a phenomena in US and Canada or other places as well?

I can tell you for a fact that in Norway all three of them are allowed.

GIRM 160 says that you may receive standing or kneeling. The same section says that you may receive in the hand or on the tongue. This is the GIRM approved for dioceses of the U.S. You’ll have to get someone with the Canadian version to answer that one.

 

[Padraig1972]

GIRM 160 says that you may receive standing or kneeling. The same section says that you may receive in the hand or on the tongue. This is the GIRM approved for dioceses of the U.S. You’ll have to get someone with the Canadian version to answer that one.

Thanks for clarifying that one. It is interesting. I remember in classes (much like RCIA), our priest that is from Germany told us that there are many different ways of practices in european churches as well (some of them don`t even have benches for kneeling). Much of it has also to do with culture and traditions it seems.

 

[MartyrForJesus]

Actually no, people stood ever since until today in the Eastern Rites.

We’re talking about the Latin Rite.

 

[MartyrForJesus]

In the Latin Rite, it has been a tradition for 1500 years to receive on the tounge while kneeling. The Eastern Rites have been standing to receive for centuries, but they are not the Latin Rite. The Latin Rite should keep the Latin Rite tradition, which is receiving Holy Communion on the tounge while kneeling, because it deepens our appreciation of the Holy Eucharist.

An excerpt from an article on ‘Courageous Priest’.

Here are 7 common Holy Communion profanations that I see all too frequently:

Blessing oneself with the host before consuming it. (The act of blessing with the Eucharist is called “Benediction”and is reserved to clergy).

Receiving the host in the palm of the hand,contorting that same hand until the host is controlled by the fingers,then consuming it (resembling a one-handed “watch-the-coin-disappear”magic trick).

Popping the host into the mouth like a piece of popcorn.

Attempting to receive with other items in the hands,like a dirty Kleenex or a Rosary.

Receiving the host with dirty hands.

Receiving the host,closing the hand around it,then letting the hand fall to the side (as if carrying a suitcase) while walking away and/or blessing oneself with the other hand.

Walking away without consuming the host.

Giving the host to someone else after receiving (including animals)…yes,it happens!

We would never treat a piece of GOLD with the same casualness –especially in this economy! Yet many treat the Eucharist “piece”of GOD with casualness at best,indifference and irreverence at worst. Of course,much abuse is due to ignorance,owing to poor catechesis,which is precisely why I have written about this issue for four consecutive weeks.

Yet we have another great incentive…

When Holy Communion is received on the tongue…every single one of these abuses is instantly eliminated!
The way we treat another person says more about our relationship with that person than any words we might say. This is especially true of our relationship with the Divine Person,Jesus Christ. So let us continually seek to increase our reverence for our Eucharistic Savior,and to eliminate anything that degrades the respect He deserves.

God’s Blessings…
my prayers…

Rev. Fr. John Lankeit,
Rector, Ss. Simon & Jude Cathedral

 

[Deo_Gratias42]

If you are in the USA, the 2011 GIRM actually explicitly recognizes that individual members of the faithful may chose to receive kneeling. This is a major change from the prior version which instructed pastors to “catechize” such people as to why standing was better. That has been stricken from the US adaptations and now reads basically as I stated in my first sentence.

The same is true in Canada (although they’re doing a pretty good job hiding it in their instructions). After much fretting over this “sign of unity” thing I found a copy of the new GIRM for Canada, and it does in fact state that communicants may receiving kneeling if they choose.

 

[Rosalinda]

[sign]160 "In the Dioceses of Canada, Holy Communion is to be received standing, though individual members of the faithful may choose to receive Communion while kneeling.[/sign]The new General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 2011

I would have to agree. The website of the CCCB has not been as transparent as their American colleagues. The new GIRM has spelled it out clearly. It is a good balance. The Canadian bishops have their indult while the freedom of the faithful to choose is respected.

Article 161 establishes communion on the tongue as the norm and the exception is reception in the hand. Again, in plain English, for all to see, “the choice lying with the communicant.”