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OTM:
The technical term is *dubium *which gets a responsum ad dubium.
To all:
The GIRM (General Instruction to the Roman Missal) is the universal instruction on saying Mass. It is not limited to the United States. There is, however, an appendix that contains the modifications that the bishops of the United States have asked for and which Rome has granted. Among these are the norm of standing from the Lord’s Prayer until after one has received communion.
The request to remain standing until all have received communion (as found in Los Angeles) is a local adaptation that falls withing the rights of the ordinary.
Note that, in general, one is to follow the dictates of the bishop with regard to posture as Mass in order to provide a uniform action by the congregation. Individual piety is, generally, of less import than the communal whole since the community is Church in the local sense.
Those who insist on receiving kneeling, or who insist on kneeling at times when others stand may be counseled by the priest (who will not leave his chair during Mass to do so). However, it is expected that those who come to Mass do not come for a “me and Jesus” experience (that is Protestant theology) but, rather, for a “we and Jesus” experience in which we, as a community led by the priest, worship God together.
Deacon Ed
The technical term is *dubium *which gets a responsum ad dubium.
To all:
The GIRM (General Instruction to the Roman Missal) is the universal instruction on saying Mass. It is not limited to the United States. There is, however, an appendix that contains the modifications that the bishops of the United States have asked for and which Rome has granted. Among these are the norm of standing from the Lord’s Prayer until after one has received communion.
The request to remain standing until all have received communion (as found in Los Angeles) is a local adaptation that falls withing the rights of the ordinary.
Note that, in general, one is to follow the dictates of the bishop with regard to posture as Mass in order to provide a uniform action by the congregation. Individual piety is, generally, of less import than the communal whole since the community is Church in the local sense.
Those who insist on receiving kneeling, or who insist on kneeling at times when others stand may be counseled by the priest (who will not leave his chair during Mass to do so). However, it is expected that those who come to Mass do not come for a “me and Jesus” experience (that is Protestant theology) but, rather, for a “we and Jesus” experience in which we, as a community led by the priest, worship God together.
Deacon Ed