Your Small Children being Blessed by the Priest, er, uh..EMC?

[Brendan]

Our 2 older children ( 6 and 5) stay in the pew. The 2 younger ones ( 2 and 4 mns) by necessity come with us.

Since we sit on the side of the church ministered to by the parish deacon, we feel comfortable having him bless our children.

I would not feel comfortable if an EMHC tried that.

 

[netmilsmom]

sherilo:

Actually, I heard on Catholic radio that going forward with arms crossed to receive a blessing was not in the rubrics, and as such, was not considered something that we should be doing, i.e. hand holding during Our Father, etc. It’s something we made up ourselves for our own benefit.

Do you have a reference for that?
I will stop if it is not allowed.

 

[netmilsmom]

sherilo:

Actually, I heard on Catholic radio that going forward with arms crossed to receive a blessing was not in the rubrics, and as such, was not considered something that we should be doing, i.e. hand holding during Our Father, etc. It’s something we made up ourselves for our own benefit.

Here is a link that agrees with you…
blessedsacrament.com/theology/q61.html

Thank goodness my daughter makes First Holy Communion on Saturday!

 

[sherilo]

netmil(name removed by moderator):

Do you have a reference for that?
I will stop if it is not allowed.

I was listening to Catholic Answers Live on the radio one day, and I heard Jimmy Akin advise a caller that since going up to receive a blessing was not in the rubrics, it is not something we should do. Also, the link you provided explains it very well.

Sherilo