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I remember watching a news report on this, can’t remember where, but in the report it stated that the Pope wanted to remind the world that this was still the normal way to recieve communion withhin, the Church, though it is permitted to stand and recieve in the hands. This article seems to state it is when receiving from the Pope only.
I made my 1st Communion way after Vatican II, 1987, and we still knelt at the rails at the alter, and recieved on the tongue, even though it was Novus Ordo. This was the case at this particluar Church for many years. In the other Church / Chapel in the parish, while standing, you still recieved on the tongue. This may have been due to the instructions of the priest at the time, (who while tradtional on some aspects, was considered a deep and holy man by many who would ask him to intercede for them, my father included, and something I also believe.) At some point, I don’t rember when exactly, standing and recieving in this Church was permitted, and became the norm, although the alter rails are still there.
Would this priest have needed some kind of dispensation for the congregation kneeling.
I will always remember a sermon, when referring to recieving the Eucharist, this priest said that there where those looking to recieve on the hands, and ‘their hands were by no means clean.’ Presumably spiritually as well as physically.
Considering Benedict VI’s statement, "Kneeling and receiving Communion on the tongue highlights “the truth of the real presence (of Christ) in the Eucharist, helps the devotion of the faithful and introduces the sense of mystery more easily”, can anyone see this practice becoming more widespread in the Church generally, as I outlined, I never realized it was officially gone. Would anyone hope that this will become the case?
I remember watching a news report on this, can’t remember where, but in the report it stated that the Pope wanted to remind the world that this was still the normal way to recieve communion withhin, the Church, though it is permitted to stand and recieve in the hands. This article seems to state it is when receiving from the Pope only.
I made my 1st Communion way after Vatican II, 1987, and we still knelt at the rails at the alter, and recieved on the tongue, even though it was Novus Ordo. This was the case at this particluar Church for many years. In the other Church / Chapel in the parish, while standing, you still recieved on the tongue. This may have been due to the instructions of the priest at the time, (who while tradtional on some aspects, was considered a deep and holy man by many who would ask him to intercede for them, my father included, and something I also believe.) At some point, I don’t rember when exactly, standing and recieving in this Church was permitted, and became the norm, although the alter rails are still there.
Would this priest have needed some kind of dispensation for the congregation kneeling.
I will always remember a sermon, when referring to recieving the Eucharist, this priest said that there where those looking to recieve on the hands, and ‘their hands were by no means clean.’ Presumably spiritually as well as physically.
Considering Benedict VI’s statement, "Kneeling and receiving Communion on the tongue highlights “the truth of the real presence (of Christ) in the Eucharist, helps the devotion of the faithful and introduces the sense of mystery more easily”, can anyone see this practice becoming more widespread in the Church generally, as I outlined, I never realized it was officially gone. Would anyone hope that this will become the case?