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Tag Archives: kneeling
More pain in Charlotte and Greensburg
UPDATE: At Tuesday’s presbyteral council meeting Bishop Martin requested that the use of altar rails be discontinued. We are hearing the meeting was contentious and 3 hours long. Canon lawyers were referenced. Priests & faithful: he can ask but cannot … Read More
Posted in Pò sì jiù, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged altar rails, communion rails, D. Charlotte, D. Greensburg, kneeling
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Yes… Communion rails are returning and it isn’t going to be stopped…
Today I received a text from a priest friend who sent photos of the brand new COMMUNION RAIL which they just installed in the “old church”. This one these places where they built a new church but kept the old … Read More
ASK FATHER: Priest told my CCD class NOT to kneel at the Consecration
From a reader… QUAERITUR: An assistant priest at my parish is telling my ccd class not to kneel during the Consecration of the Eucharist during mass. Any advice? I pondered this for bit and then asked some trusted clerics including … Read More
Another vain attempt to impose Novus Ordo lockstep unity on the faithful: Archdiocese of Seattle
It is at least ill-advised to attempt the same thing again and again and again with unvarying poor results, and yet keep on the poorly chosen course. Yet another discouraging example of episcopal over-reach, in the interest in trying to … Read More
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Tagged Archbp. Etienne, Archd. Seattle, communion rail, kneeling, standing
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ASK FATHER: Can a bishop forbid kneeling for Communion?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a few sincere questions and I believe answers to them may help other readers, too. For years I have heard it said that the “universal norm” for receiving Holy Communion is kneeling and on the … Read More
ASK FATHER: I’m 80 and I can’t kneel for Communion at a Traditional Mass
The other day Bp. Morlino told the priests of the Diocese of Madison that they should encourage their congregations to kneel to receive Holy Communion on the tongue. This is a wonderful development which will make a great difference in parishes … Read More
Banning kneeling violates religious freedom
At HPR Fr. Regis Scalon, OFM.Cap. has a good piece which might be sent to ever parish priest who seeks to force people not to kneel during Mass. Here is the introductory section: Kneeling Ban: Good Liturgy or Loss of … Read More
ASK FATHER: Isn’t the priest supposed to genuflect after the elevation?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Has the rubric requiring priests to genuflect after showing the Eucharistic Species to the people been altered? Did someone get an indult or something so that bowing is now legitimate? I wonder because at our local … Read More
ASK FATHER: Do I sin if I don’t stand while the tabernacle is open?
From a reader: Today at mass, our priest told the congregation that the archbishop wanted to emphasize that the people should remain standing after communion until the tabernacle is closed. This is to emphasize the unity of the people. If … Read More
Kneeless in Seattle
From Fr. Carota’s blog: I received this text message yesterday (Sunday) from a young man who is a member of “Juventutem” and had to go to Seattle for work. When he went to mass there, this is what happened: … Read More
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