The communion rail, or standing for communion?

[paramedicgirl]

You were gloating, that’s how it came off my dear and it doesn’t matter how ya spin it. It was belittling at least to me. If you don’t think so that’s cool. Me last word it

And I couldn’t be any calmer :yawn:

ana, you are definitely out to pick a fight, and I’m not playing your game.

 

[anamchara]

ana, you are definitely out to pick a fight, and I’m not playing your game.

naww just voicing an opinion I don’t pick fights but I do speak up if I don’t like something.

 

[paramedicgirl]

 

[Karin]

I am saying that the Protestants don’t believe in transubstantiation, only in the bread and wine as a symbol. So, yeah, that makes it a meal. It’s certainly NOT the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s certainly NOT the Holy Sacrifice that Catholics are privileged to be in the presence of.

This is exactly how I took the remark you made Paramedicgirl…
My SIL and BIL are protestants and the one mass I went to at their church they had “communion”…wonder bread and grape juice…when I asked them what “comunion” menat to them they told me they where symbols…and that they did not believe that they where recieveing the actual blood and body of our Lord!

 

[Karin]

You were gloating, that’s how it came off my dear and it doesn’t matter how ya spin it. It was belittling at least to me. If you don’t think so that’s cool. Me last word it

And I couldn’t be any calmer :yawn:

Sorry but how is it belittling to state that Protestants view the communion as “symblos”???

 

[paramedicgirl]

Sorry but how is it belittling to state that Protestants view the communion as “symblos”???

It must have to do with the new spirit of ecumenism.

 

[Karin]

It’s not “only a meal” for Protestants, not only does it sound as though you are gloating which is tacky but you are insulting Protestants who may very well come in here to seek out the Catholic faith.

There’s nothing wrong with being proud of our Catholic faith but in my opinion we should avoid being too boastful.

Boastful? Gloating?Insulting?

 

[Listener]

Ouch! Can you imagine what would happen if the Church brought back kneeling as the norm? With all of these aging Baby Boomers? Can you imagine all of these kneeling people who couldn’t get back up again? I’m guessing that standing is better, for practical reasons. I’ve noticed that even when I genuflect, I get a shooting pain up my knee!

I grew up in the 1950’s and spent a good part of my life kneeling to receive Communion. I don’t have a strong preference either way. I did, however, feel especially blessed when I got to start receiving from the chalice. I think that this would be harder to do when kneeling. Isn’t it more important that people actually get to receive the Body and Blood of Christ? If standing or kneeling at Communion was all I had to worry about, I would be fortunate indeed. I really think people spend far too much time looking down on their neighbors for nitpicking things like this. When I was growing up, if the Pope said “Jump!” the people said, “How high?” If the Pope said that something was going to be a certain way, people just accepted that. There are certain disciplines in the Church that aren’t set in concrete, and the Pope and the Bishops do have the power to change them. We were always told that the Church was not a democracy, so it was too bad if things weren’t exactly the way we wanted them. This goes for standing and/or kneeling at Communion, too. I may prefer one way or the other, but then IT IS NOT ABOUT ME!!!

One thing that did bug me was that they took away all of the missalettes in the pews because we are supposed to be LISTENING to the Word instead of reading. Well, sorry folks, but my hearing isn’t as good as it used to be either. If the sound system is faulty or the church has a bad echo, I may be LISTENING, but I’m not hearing a thing.

 

[anamchara]

Ouch! Can you imagine what would happen if the Church brought back kneeling as the norm? With all of these aging Baby Boomers? Can you imagine all of these kneeling people who couldn’t get back up again? I’m guessing that standing is better, for practical reasons. I’ve noticed that even when I genuflect, I get a shooting pain up my knee!

 

[Lil_M]

Caesar- What church in London has a TLM? I know where they are in KW but I haven’t gone, I haven’t been able to convince my friends to come with me, and they have the cars… My FH’s parents live near London, maybe I could convince him to come with me sometime and check it out when he’s home.
It took me 3 years of living here to find a good NO- I had been going on campus until I realized the extent of liturgical abuse there. And that’s what they call a Catholic university in Canada…

 

[TNT]

…I feel sorry for these old priests.

 

[anamchara]

One of the distinctions about the TLM Indult, FSSP, CTK priests is that they average 28yrs younger than the avg NO priest age.

That’s interesting, why is that?

 

[Church_Militant]

You were gloating, that’s how it came off my dear and it doesn’t matter how ya spin it. It was belittling at least to me. If you don’t think so that’s cool. Me last word it

And I couldn’t be any calmer :yawn:

I hate to say this PG, but the dude is right…you and Karin were mocking what he talked about.

We all pretty much know the differences in belief between the Methodists and our most holy faith, so why come off like that and offend the guy? Is that meant to impress him with your exemplary Catholic charity?

Hey, you know me, I’ll scrap with anyone when they jump on the Catholic Church, but you’ve never seen me mock an opponent. (and Am isn’t even an opponent in this case…he’s been quite charitable).

Wassup w/you TCs? Can’t you guys actually explain and defend what you believe by dealing with the facts and not by dealing roughly with the persons?
Sorry, but when I saw that I just had to step up.

I think you guys can do a lot better.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.

 

[Karin]

I hate to say this PG, but the dude is right…you and Karin were mocking what he talked about.

Excuse me but whom was I mocking here, ANA?
She was the one I originally commented too in regards to communion in the Protestant Church…she stated once a month and I added and lets not forget it is wonder bread and grape juice.

We all pretty much know the differences in belief between the Methodists and our most holy faith, so why come off like that and offend the guy? Is that meant to impress him with your exemplary Catholic charity?

Once again whom was I mocking?
As far as I know Ana was and Is a Catholic…
Wassup w/you TCs? Can’t you guys actually explain and defend what you believe by dealing with the facts and not by dealing roughly with the persons?
Sorry, but when I saw that I just had to step up.
Sorry I stated a fact…communion in a Protestant Church is wonder bread and grape juice…

 

[Karin]

You were gloating, that’s how it came off my dear and it doesn’t matter how ya spin it. It was belittling at least to me. If you don’t think so that’s cool. Me last word it

And I couldn’t be any calmer :yawn:

ana, you are definitely out to pick a fight, and I’m not playing your game.

naww just voicing an opinion I don’t pick fights but I do speak up if I don’t like something.

This is exactly how I took the remark you made Paramedicgirl…
My SIL and BIL are protestants and the one mass I went to at their church they had “communion”…wonder bread and grape juice…when I asked them what “comunion” menat to them they told me they where symbols…and that they did not believe that they where recieveing the actual blood and body of our Lord!

Sorry but how is it belittling to state that Protestants view the communion as “symblos”???

Church Militant…please explain how/where I or PG was Mocking anybody here in these posts…

 

[Karin]

It’s interesting, I remember as a little girl we had a kneeling rail in the Methodist church, we would go up and kneel and take communion. I have seen these communion rails in other older Protestant churches as well, so I guess it’s something they also used to do. At least in the big mainline ones.

I loved it as a child, it was alway so special. Only once a month though.

and lets not forget…Wonder Bread and Grape Juice

But it’s only a meal, after all. No Real Presence.

It’s not “only a meal” for Protestants, not only does it sound as though you are gloating which is tacky but you are insulting Protestants who may very well come in here to seek out the Catholic faith.

There’s nothing wrong with being proud of our Catholic faith but in my opinion we should avoid being too boastful.

Whoa!! Such contentious remarks!! Calm down. I am saying that the Protestants don’t believe in transubstantiation, only in the bread and wine as a symbol. So, yeah, that makes it a meal. It’s certainly NOT the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s certainly NOT the Holy Sacrifice that Catholics are privileged to be in the presence of.

So **where **are we mocking anybody here??

 

[palmas85]

That’s interesting, why is that?

I would imagine the reason, and I’m just guessing here and could be wrong, is that for whatever reason, and they are indeed debatable, the traditional seminaries are fairly full and sending out more Priests, percentage wise, then are the mainline seminaries.

 

[palmas85]

It’s not “only a meal” for Protestants, not only does it sound as though you are gloating which is tacky but you are insulting Protestants who may very well come in here to seek out the Catholic faith.

There’s nothing wrong with being proud of our Catholic faith but in my opinion we should avoid being too boastful.

OK I’ll bite in this one. If communion to a protestant is not just a memorial of the Last Supper, then what is it?

 

[paramedicgirl]

I hate to say this PG, but the dude is right…you and Karin were mocking what he talked about.

We all pretty much know the differences in belief between the Methodists and our most holy faith, so why come off like that and offend the guy? Is that meant to impress him with your exemplary Catholic charity?

Hey, you know me, I’ll scrap with anyone when they jump on the Catholic Church, but you’ve never seen me mock an opponent. (and Am isn’t even an opponent in this case…he’s been quite charitable).

Wassup w/you TCs? Can’t you guys actually explain and defend what you believe by dealing with the facts and not by dealing roughly with the persons?
Sorry, but when I saw that I just had to step up.

I think you guys can do a lot better.
Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.

Michael, if you read post 75 from Karin, I think you will see that there is no mocking going on anywhere. It’s obviously based on a misconception that ana has demonstrated about my exchange with Karin over her wonderbread and grape juice post. I suppose we could have done that by PM, though.

And I stand by my statement that there is no Real Prescence in the protestant communions, so why pretend otherwise?

 

[Jo_Benedict]

Note:

Please redirect the conversation from speculation over who was mocking whom to the topic under discussion, which is preferences for receiving Communion. Thanks!