Priest says no Kneeling, prefer no receiving Communion on tongue

[johnnyt3000]

People wouldn’t be able to steal hosts or walk away with them if they couldn’t receive in the hand! If we really want people to believe in the real presence of the Eucharist, then we should stop treating hosts like another snack!

 

[johnnyt3000]

They appear, at least to me, to want to be much more holy than the rest of us in line. If they were at a church that still had alter rails, then I would see no problem, if it was the cultural norm. If, however, receiving in the hand is the norm, then it is only appropriate to receive kn the hand. If one asks the priest ahead of time and gets permission, then GO FOR IT!

How do you know they want to appear more holy to everyone in the line? What if they want to show and give great love and devotion to Christ in the Eucharist? You do not need permission to receive on the tongue. It doesn’t matter what the norm is. Jesus in the Eucharist is not another snack. I am not saying that Catholics can’t receive in the hand, but if it wasn’t allowed then people wouldn’t be able to steal or walk away with hosts.

 

[Mark121359]

If possible, find a parish in your area that offers the TLM…problem solved!

Peace, Mark

 

[johnnyt3000]

Yes, really. I remember those days also, and communion time could take 20 mins or more depending on the number of people in line.

Why would that be a bad thing?

 

[pianistclare]

This again.


Those who want to kneel should find a parish were they do this no problem.
Those who don’t can find a parish where this is the norm.
I receive on the tongue standing.
I guess that makes me irreverent and reverent at the same time.
Honestly.
Can we not be awestruck at receiving Eucharist…no matter what the local practice is and stop this debate once and for all?
People kneel in a lot of places. The Apostles didn’t.
Does it really matter if our hearts and souls are well disposed to receiving?
Don’t answer.
I don’t want to continue the arguments. Just putting in my 2 cents.

*If the priest has bothered to make such a statement, he must be wildly frustrated, and the debate must be causing great division in his parish. He wasn’t correct, as we know, but sounds like he was beyond frustrated with the people. I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes for anything. Juggling the “wants” of various parishioners is really hard on our priests. Let’s pray for them. *

 

[George_Stegmeir]

I am very uncomfortable with having Holy Communion in the hand. I guess it is because I grew up being taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Jesuits that touching the Host with unconsecrated hands was a sacrilege.
This was back in the 1940’s, well before V II.

 

[ProVobis]

Yes, really. I remember those days also, and communion time could take 20 mins or more depending on the number of people in line.

Not that many received where I grew up. But even if yours went 20 minutes how would that be a source for worry?

 

[Mark121359]

This again.


Those who want to kneel should find a parish were they do this no problem.
Those who don’t can find a parish where this is the norm.
I receive on the tongue standing.
I guess that makes me irreverent and reverent at the same time.
Honestly.
Can we not be awestruck at receiving Eucharist…no matter what the local practice is and stop this debate once and for all?
People kneel in a lot of places. The Apostles didn’t.
Does it really matter if our hearts and souls are well disposed to receiving?
Don’t answer.
I don’t want to continue the arguments. Just putting in my 2 cents.

*If the priest has bothered to make such a statement, he must be wildly frustrated, and the debate must be causing great division in his parish. He wasn’t correct, as we know, but sounds like he was beyond frustrated with the people. I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes for anything. Juggling the “wants” of various parishioners is really hard on our priests. Let’s pray for them. *

But you have to admit that no parishioner should ever hear the words; “receiving on the tongue was disgusting and unsanitary,” Nor should they hear; “*that they could not receive communion kneeling down, that it is not written anywhere that this is allowed.” * You have to agree that this is way out of line!

Peace, Mark

 

[Neofight]

We have an old priest who says one of the weekend masses. He told people that they could not receive communion kneeling down, that it is not written anywhere that this is allowed. All it does is mess up the communion line and causes the person behind you to trip over your feet. He also said that receiving on the tongue was disgusting and unsanitary because he invariably got saliva all over his fingers and then had to dig in for another host. The saliva ends up on the next person’s host. He says it also increases the chance of dropping the host. (I haven’t noticed any difference. I’ve seen him drop hosts several times for people who receive in the hand, too.) He says that there is no reason to receive communion on the tongue.

His last words in mass were that if you couldn’t hear what he had to say, you might as well have stayed in bed.

I know that Jimmy Aikins has said that a person can kneel for communion. He said it was in the 2010 GIRM, but I can’t find it anywhere. Can anyone recommend a source?

Isn’t this an exact cut an paste of a thread of a couple of weeks ago, or are they all blurring together, even the responses, in my mind?

 

[Brendan]

Why do people want to kneel and receive on the tongue? I remember the old communion rail days as a kid. It was scary trying to stay with the family especially when you knelt down after father had passed and your parents received but you had to wait for the whole cycle to come around to you again. It was always a source of worry for us kids.

We still have the communion rail at my parish. And there are lots of kids, for those who get worried about finding their way pack to their pew (and there are not that many), the parents simply hang back and wait.

As for kneeling, it is a form of reverence that some appreciate and the Church allows Universally

 

[Brendan]

This again.


Those who want to kneel should find a parish were they do this no problem.

That would be in every Roman Catholic parish in the world, or those are the instructions from Rome at least.

If there IS a problem, the problem does not exist with the communicant, thus it is not incumbent on the communicant to change.

 

[agnes_therese]

He also said that receiving on the tongue was disgusting and unsanitary because he invariably got saliva all over his fingers and then had to dig in for another host. The saliva ends up on the next person’s host.

I’m an EMHC, and I’ve NEVER had that problem with those who receive on the tongue.

 

[Share_love]

shakes head

Pray for him. If you are in the United States, he cannot refuse you Communion if you wish to receive kneeling and on the tongue.

 

[dochawk]

As for kneeling, it is a form of reverence that some appreciate and the Church allows Universally

Not quite universal.

Originally, kneeling was a posture of penitence, while standing was the posture of respect. This remains the case in the east, for both Catholic and Orthodox.

Kneeling supplanted standing in the west when people started kneeling before earthly kings as a sign of respect, and certainly the King of Kings deserved the same . . .

hawk

 

[Brendan]

Not quite universal.

hawk

It IS universal in the Church, the Roman sui juris Church

 

[Deus_tecum]

I am very uncomfortable with having Holy Communion in the hand. I guess it is because I grew up being taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Jesuits that touching the Host with unconsecrated hands was a sacrilege.
This was back in the 1940’s, well before V II.

We were taught to never touch the host and a supposedly true story was told for emphasis. A little girl grabbed the host, and her hand immediately began bleeding profusely. She darted out of the church in fear, and her life was only spared when a priest caught up to her, took pity, and healed her hand.:tsktsk:

 

[CruceSignati]

He says that receiving on the tongue was a new thing and that Vatican II returned it to the older more reverent practice of receiving it in the hand.

Incorrect. Vatican II said nothing about CITH. It was Pope Paul VI in 1969 (I think…) who was approached by some archbishops from Belgium and the Netherlands (again, I think) who wanted CITH to be an option. How it ended up in the States? Mostly Cardinal Bernardin. Here is one link that gives more info. PM me if you want more.

Mark121359:

CruceSignati…you’re the limit! :thumbsup:

Peace, Mark

:curtsey:

 

[Sunbreak]

Why do people want to kneel and receive on the tongue? I remember the old communion rail days as a kid. It was scary trying to stay with the family especially when you knelt down after father had passed and your parents received but you had to wait for the whole cycle to come around to you again. It was always a source of worry for us kids.

In my parish, this is the only way it is done even today. Even as a child I never found it scary because my parents sent us to church - they didn’t go so we were on our own anyway (we only lived a few houses away from the church).

 

[Galnextdoor]

Isn’t this an exact cut an paste of a thread of a couple of weeks ago, or are they all blurring together, even the responses, in my mind?

I did a search, but couldn’t find what I was looking for. The link provided in the second post gave me the information I needed.

 

[victrolatim]

Saliva? He doesn’t need to stick his hand in your mouth. Place one edge on the tongue and hold the other edge.