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Tag Archives: Communion
7 February 2012
Another angle on kneeling for Communion
Michael Voris, of RealCatholicTV, has an interesting observation about something he saw in Nigeria compared to common practice in the USA.
Technorati Tags: Communion, kneeling, Michael Voris, Nigeria
5 January 2012
Still amusing, but it’s an old story.
Lots of people have sent me email begging me to write about an incident in which a Canadian Anglican “priest” named Marguerite gave “communion” to a dog.
Yes, that really happened.
Yes, I already wrote about it…. a year and a half … Continue reading
31 December 2011
If you install it, they will kneel.
Is kneeling the new standing?
From a deacon:
We just finished a refurbishing of the inside of our church shortly
before Christmas which included bringing out of the basement the old
altar rail and re-installing it . For midnite mass our pastor
announced before mass … Continue reading
13 October 2011
WDTPRS POLL – Preferences for reception of Communion: from priest or EMHC
Under another thread an idea for a WDTPRS was raised. Please choose your answer and give your reasons in the combox, below.
Because this can be a delicate topic, I ask that you DO NOT ENGAGE each other in the combox. … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS
Tagged Communion, Communion in the hand, EMHC
157 Comments
31 August 2011
A look at Archbishop Conti’s pastoral letter which has stirred things up
Pursuant to the CNA article about the Glaswegian Archbishop Mario Conti’s exhortation to Catholics to stand for Holy Communion, there is now some considerable discussion out there in the blogosphere.
Some are saying that Archbishop Conti has “decreed” in his pastoral … Continue reading
30 August 2011
Archbp. Conti of Glasgow tells people not to kneel to receive Holy Communion
I wrote about the GIRM for the USA and standing or kneeling for Communion here.
From CNA:
Scottish archbishop tells Catholics not to kneel for communion
By David Kerr
Glasgow, Scotland, Aug 30, 2011 / 12:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland … Continue reading
26 August 2011
Wherein Fr. Z rants about Communion
Get rid of row by row Communion during Mass.
Not much of a rant there, come to think of it. But the combox should be rich, if people will self-edit.
Technorati Tags: Communion, row by row
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Communion, row by row
82 Comments
21 July 2011
Bp. Nickless (D. Sioux City) issues guidelines for Communion under both kinds and also EMHC’s
I have written before about His Excellency Most Rev. R. Walker Nickless, Bishop of Sioux City. You may remember his outstanding pastoral letter.
Bp. Nickless has issued Guidelines and Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion
Under both Kinds and … Continue reading
2 July 2011
Austria – Where hell seems, in fact, to be prevailing.
When the Lord entrusted the Church to Peter and his successors He promised that it would endure. Hell will not prevail in the end. The Church will remain to the end.
The Lord didn’t say it would remain everywhere.
Andrea Tornielli writes, … Continue reading
19 April 2011
WDTPRS Tuesday in Holy Week: strengthening our grasp on Christ, His grasp on us
[A special note for priests alone at the end. Nobody else look! o{];¬) ]
COLLECT (2002MR):
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,
da nobis ita dominicae passionis sacramenta peragere,
ut indulgentiam percipere mereamur.
This prayer was in the 1962MR on Tuesday of Holy Week. It was in the … Continue reading
25 February 2011
QUAERITUR: Holy Communion at two Masses on the same day?
From a reader, comes a question I have answered quite a few times, but which bears repetitio.
Are there any circumstances in which one can receive Communion more than once a day? I spent Christmas at Clear Creek Abbey in OK … Continue reading
26 January 2011
QUAERITUR: Prayer for distribution of Communion at TLM and what to respond?
From a reader:
Fr. Z: Our parish priest often resorts to using “Corpus Christi” from the Novus Ordo rubrics in the distribution of Holy Communion at our extraordinapeory form Traditional Mass– when the deacon is not present and presumably he believes … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Communion
40 Comments
1 September 2010
QUAERITUR: self-communication from the chalice
From a reader:
I have a question about self-communication. I was at a monastery this weekend for a retreat and a monks allowed the laity to receive the Chalice. How they did it was a bit odd though. A lay brother … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged chalice, Communion, Precious Blood, self-communication
9 Comments
22 August 2010
QUAERITUR: lay Communion minister wouldn’t bless me
From a reader:
Today I attended a mass at my university and had a difficult experience with one of the Eucharistic ministers. I approached with my hands folded in order to receive a blessing (no communion for me this time), and … Continue reading
22 July 2010
Anglican eucharist for the “other specied”
About eucharistic communion for the "other specied" members.
I learned this morning about an Anglican giving their version of communion to a dog!
If you are worried about Our Lord’s admonition in Matthew 7:6, don’t. No sacrament was violated because Anglicans … Continue reading
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Anglican, Anglicanorum coetibus, Communion, communion for pets, dogs, Episcopalian, geese
52 Comments
