Traditional Practices

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FatHead said:
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Yes that was a typo- sorry
the sign reads - “No communion in the Hand!”

the first time I went to receive communion there I had not noticed the sign. I put my hands out, & was rather surprised when the priest pressed the Eucharist between my barely open lips!
 
anruari said:
Yes that was a typo- sorry
the sign reads - “No communion in the Hand!”

the first time I went to receive communion there I had not noticed the sign. I put my hands out, & was rather surprised when the priest pressed the Eucharist between my barely open lips!
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good for your priest. thats great.
 
anp1215 said:
But CITH is allowed in the UK. So unless it was an EF Mass, I don’t think the priest should do that. It should be up to the communicant.
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but it is still an indult, AND redemptonis sacramentum says if theres a risk of profanation, it should not be done. i trust that the priest has weighed the cirumstances, and has determined that there is a sufficient risk of profanitation to not allow cith
 
anruari said:
Why is it that we cant have - at least on a deanery level - at least one mass where the GIRM reccomendations are followed properly -
I suspect that if this were done more often fewer people would feel that they have to go all the way back to the Pre-Vatican 2 rites to experience this level of reverence in the Mass.

Am I just looking to have my cake and eat it?
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Not necessarily. I would still prefer the EF even if the OF was always celebrated according to the rules. A number of people from my parish feel the same (if not all of them). The reason: because ‘traditionalists’ believe liturgy should not have been changed in the first place and that there is good reason for continuity and tradition in the way we worship.
 
Here are a couple of very interesting posts from ArchBishop Dolan’s blog that talk about this topic. I found them very insightful.

blog.archny.org/?p=1567

blog.archny.org/?p=1691

I was just lamenting to my spiritual director that I do feel that sometimes we have lost a sense of the sacred and of wonder & awe that can be inspired by sacramentals and traditional practices.

In talking to some older friends, to whom many of the things the ArchBishops discusses seem like a giant step backward, they seem to look at these things as silly & superstitious and not what a “mature faith” needs.

I disagree, I feel that there is a place for these things, and that what our job is is to help people to understand their value and want to embrace them, instead of demanding that they do.
 
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