tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post2653112302359725353..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: How to Receive Holy CommunionFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-79809007872070745912011-07-18T20:23:20.795+01:002011-07-18T20:23:20.795+01:00Receiving Holy Communion is so easy, even a 7-year...Receiving Holy Communion is so easy, even a 7-year old can do it. I believe I was 8 in 1949, when Sr. Mary Clemencia provided appropriate instruction to us, after which we went to our first Confession and the on Sunday to First Holy Communion.<br /><br />Kneel. Open mouth with tongue slightly extended. Receive. Go back to pew and thank God for this wonderful gift.<br /><br />Sounds easy to me.Fr William Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807139722072520023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-72597064556847373522011-07-14T15:41:14.555+01:002011-07-14T15:41:14.555+01:00I wonder what percentage of clergy are of the same...I wonder what percentage of clergy are of the same mind as the Pope?Kitchener Waterloo Traditional Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05841918177526232804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-39800736859619805682011-07-13T16:48:28.836+01:002011-07-13T16:48:28.836+01:00Thank you Fr Simon for that, I too hope that our b...Thank you Fr Simon for that, I too hope that our bishops read it.<br />I attended a Mass for the reception of the body of a priest friend some 2 years ago & rather than create a difficulty I approached the celebrant (the VG of Hexham & Newcastle) to be asked why I wished to receive Communion on the tongue. I used the fact that a priest's hands are specially anointed to touch the Body of Christ & his response was that he would 'bless' my hands. With that reaction from a senior cleric where are we going? To complete the picture he insisted that my wife & I go for Communion after everyone else.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-83068812054115200472011-07-13T10:31:16.776+01:002011-07-13T10:31:16.776+01:00Matthew 7:16
By their fruits you shall know them....Matthew 7:16<br /><br />By their fruits you shall know them.torchofthefaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09128214322674215841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-16534991909711419552011-07-12T20:15:34.401+01:002011-07-12T20:15:34.401+01:00We should not forget some basics here.
The priest...We should not forget some basics here.<br /><br />The priest's hands are consecrated and anointed to allow him to handled the Sacred Species and vessels.<br /><br />As such, lay people, including extraordinary distributers of Holy Communion should not handle the chalice or the Host, and receiving by hand, self administration, is equally wrong.Jacobinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-25837917066643099082011-07-12T18:44:56.807+01:002011-07-12T18:44:56.807+01:00I wonder, Father, if someone is trying to take adv...I wonder, Father, if someone is trying to take advantage of the two meanings of the word,'norm'? To say, 'It is the norm in England and Wales to receive Holy Communion in the hand standing.' is, sadly, a matter of fact. Most Catholics do. But what they want the faithful to understand by it is: 'It is the RULE in England and Wales...', which it isn't. The people have the right to receive in the traditional manner. I suppose it will be up to us priests to make sure the faithful are aware of their right so that no one pulls the wool over their eyes. Father Ian O'SheaFather Ian O'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970120313248658372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-49235516938858334642011-07-12T18:23:58.237+01:002011-07-12T18:23:58.237+01:00When Our Holy Father came to the United States, I ...When Our Holy Father came to the United States, I tried getting this same point across: "Perhaps if we clung to Peter and listened to his teaching, we would not be in the mess we are!" <br /><br />For whatever reason, no one seems much interested in doing this, and I do not know why, but it clearly would be a big help in straightening out our forty plus years crisis.<br /><br />VeronicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-33991724114716458962011-07-12T16:37:20.853+01:002011-07-12T16:37:20.853+01:00Thank you for this Father. I only hope someone in ...Thank you for this Father. I only hope someone in the CBEW reads your blog (as I am sure they do).Richard Collinshttp://linenonthehedgerow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-15965063076111461362011-07-12T14:32:45.263+01:002011-07-12T14:32:45.263+01:00All kneel at The Holy Name, Manchester, majority a...All kneel at The Holy Name, Manchester, majority appear to partake on the tongue, Mass is ad orientem, and, the Canon in Latin. Not to mention a TLM weekly and plentiful provision for Confession.<br /><br />No wonder the church is popular and to think the Jesuits had it destined to be a conference centre.Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.com