SPLIT: Abuses worth reporting to the bishop?

[Phemie]

There could be more, no doubt, but there are plenty such that EMHC does not have to be the norm.

I don’t know where you live, but where I live deacons are as rare as hens’ teeth. There isn’t a single deacon in our diocese and for the entire regional conference there are ~30 deacons for 11 dioceses. Most of them minister within one archdiocese, the one where the school of theology is located. We have no great number of priests either, many of the parishes in my diocese are run by lay administrators (pastoral assistants).

 

[thistle]

No, it is not a totally different issue. It is central to the issue. This is why Redemptionis Sacramentum addresses it. Profanation does not include only things like spitting out the host.

An entire congregation can be refused in the hand. Read the document, and the answers from the Vatican again.

I know what profanation is. The spitting out was simply one example of how that can be done even if you receive on the tongue because you seem to be implying that profanation is exclusive to receiving in the hand. Do you expect me to reel off a complete list of everything that is profane??
I read RS. That cannot be done by the local bishop. It would have to be the decision of the Bishops Conference. I would doubt that such a step has ever taken place in any country.
I personally receive on the tongue but if I go to Mass today and want to receive in the hand I cannot be refused.

 

[smndtupidisaftr]

I guess my issue is not whether or not it is valid or an abuse. Maybe my point is that I see something that is better, though the other still may be in the realm of acceptable. For instance, receiving while kneeling seems more solemn than receiving while standing. Is it still acceptable? Yes, but why settle for that when I am able to do something more solemn?

And I hope we all (myself especially included) remain humble when discussing these matters.

 

[TheMc]

For instance, receiving while kneeling seems more solemn than receiving while standing. Is it still acceptable? Yes, but why settle for that when I am able to do something more solemn?

And I hope we all (myself especially included) remain humble when discussing these matters.

I would use the word reverent instead of solemn, but I think that’s what your trying to say.

That’s the exact question I always wonder…