Would you take advantage of greater access to the TLM?

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MrS:
somehow, I think you actually believe the highlighted parts… perhaps the new “crop” of young, zealous, orthodox priests we witness filling new pastor roles will rub off on you…I see most of them anxious to say, not mumble, the TLM.

“…try it,… you’ll love it…”
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No, I’ve been to one. Left me cold. And I clearly said that’s what I’ve been told.
 
OK, I don’t know why I bother, but here I go anyway.

Regarding Communion in the hand, for anyone truly interested:

Communion in the Hand
Rethinking Communion in the Hand
By Jude A Huntz
**HOMELITIC & PASTORAL REVIEW ** March 1997
Has the practice of Communion in the hand really strengthened and clarified our faith in the Real Presence?
Read here: catholic-pages.com/mass/inhand.asp
Some Considerations on Communion on the Hand
Historical Considerations on Communion on the Hand
Here are some patristic and historical considerations on our theme,as well as an additional aspect.

Was it Universal? The history of communion in the hand is usually told as follows: From the Last Supper on, and during the time of the apostles, Holy Communion was, of course, given in the hand.
Read here: unavoce.org/cith.htm
Mother Teresa’s "Secret"
Peter and Paul Ministries
Father George Rutler
Read here: geocities.com/peterpaulmin/CommunionInTheHand.html
Quotes:

“There is an apostolic letter on the existence of a special valid permission for this [Communion in the hand]. But I tell you that I am not in favor of this practice, nor do I recommend it.” - His Holiness Pope John Paul II, responding to a reporter from Stimme des glaubens magazine, during his visit to Fulda (Germany) in November 1980.

Holy Communion received on the tongue “signifies the reverence of the faithful for the Eucharist … provides that Holy Communion will be distributed with due reverence … is more conducive to faith, reverence and humility… It [Communion in the hand] carries certain dangers with it which may arise from the new manner of administering holy Communion: the danger of a loss of reverence for the August sacrament of the altar, of profanation, of adulterating the true doctrine.” - **Pope Paul VI ** in his instruction Memoriale Domini (May 29, 1969)

“Wherever I go in the whole world, the thing that makes me the saddest is watching people receive Communion in the hand.”- As reported by Fr. George Rutler in his 1989 Good Friday sermon at St. Agnes Church, New York. When **Mother Teresa of Calcutta ** was asked by Fr. Rutler, “What do you think is the worst problem in the world today?” without pausing a second she gave the above reply. She stated that to her knowledge, all of her sisters receive Communion only on the tongue.

"Behind Communion in the hand—I wish to repeat and make as plain as I can—is a weakening, a conscious, deliberate weakening of faith in the Real Presence… Whatever you can do to stop Communion in the hand will be blessed by God.”
  • Fr. Hardon, S.J., November 1st, 1997 Call to Holiness Conference in Detroit, Michigan, panel discussion.
“There can be no doubt that Communion in the hand is an expression of the trend towards desacralization in the Church in general and irreverence in approaching the Eucharist in particular… Why—for God’s sake—should Communion in the hand be introduced into our churches when it is evidently detrimental from a pastoral viewpoint, when it certainly does not increase our reverence, and when it exposes the Eucharist to the most terrible diabolical abuses? There are really no serious arguments for Communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.” - **Dietrich von Hildebrand ** (called a “20th century doctor of the Church” by Pope Pius XII), in an article entitled “Communion in the Hand should be Rejected,” November 8, 1973.

I could go on, but I’ll stop here. It appears that those that question this practice, or find it less reverent, are not being irrational.
 
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