Tag Archives: Communion

Another angle on kneeling for Communion

Posted on 7 February 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Michael Voris, of RealCatholicTV, has an interesting observation about something he saw in Nigeria compared to common practice in the USA.

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Still amusing, but it’s an old story.

Posted on 5 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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If you install it, they will kneel.

Posted on 31 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices | Tagged altar rails, Communion, kneeling | 30 Comments

WDTPRS POLL – Preferences for reception of Communion: from priest or EMHC

Posted on 13 October 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

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A look at Archbishop Conti’s pastoral letter which has stirred things up

Posted on 31 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

Posted in Crackit Gaberlunzie, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, O'Brian Tags, Our Catholic Identity, Puir Slow-Witted Gowk | Tagged Archbp. Conti, Archd. Glasgow, Communion, Fr. Finigan, kneeling, silence in church, standing | 51 Comments

Archbp. Conti of Glasgow tells people not to kneel to receive Holy Communion

Posted on 30 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae | Tagged Archbp. Conti, Card. Medina Estévez, CDW, Communion, D. Glasgow, kneeling | 59 Comments

Wherein Fr. Z rants about Communion

Posted on 26 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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.

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Bp. Nickless (D. Sioux City) issues guidelines for Communion under both kinds and also EMHC’s

Posted on 21 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Our Catholic Identity | Tagged Bp. Nickless, Communion, communion under both kinds, EMHC | 55 Comments

Austria – Where hell seems, in fact, to be prevailing.

Posted on 2 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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 →

Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices | Tagged Austria, celibacy, Communion, dovorce, ordination of women | 51 Comments

WDTPRS Tuesday in Holy Week: strengthening our grasp on Christ, His grasp on us

Posted on 19 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

[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 →