tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post7456572740548880546..comments2024-03-28T08:42:07.659-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Back to Calvinist Communion in the Hand at Papal Masses -- Priest’s choice?Tancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-76442962444867068092013-06-02T06:11:40.368-07:002013-06-02T06:11:40.368-07:00We know what we should, I dont communion with my h...We know what we should, I dont communion with my hands, I communion while kneeling & using tongue only. somehow the people can see & somehow we pray that they may also follow it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-62793827313181306842013-06-02T06:09:21.329-07:002013-06-02T06:09:21.329-07:00Mother Teresa reportedly said, "Wherever I go...Mother Teresa reportedly said, "Wherever I go in the whole world, the thing that makes me the saddest is watching people receive Communion in the hand."20 Father John Hardon, S.J. also proclaimed, "Behind Communion in the hand — I wish to repeat and make as plain as I can — is a weakening, a conscious, deliberate weakening of faith in the Real Presence . . . Whatever you can do to stop Communion in the hand will be blessed by God."21 Even the great Pope John Paul II reportedly said: "There is an apostolic letter on the existence of a special valid permission for this [Communion in the hand]. But I tell you that I am not in favor of this practice, nor do I recommend it."22Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-107352953105417592013-04-30T18:22:57.636-07:002013-04-30T18:22:57.636-07:00I frequently distributed Holy Communion at papal M...I frequently distributed Holy Communion at papal Masses while living in Rome from 2001 until 2011. While the Holy Father--both Pop John Paul II and Pope Benedict--only gave Holy Communion on the tongue and to those kneeling, the rest of us priests were never instructed to do the same. Indeed not once did any one present themselves kneeling to me for Holy Communion in Saint Peter's. And while many did receive on the tongue, even in Rome the majority of the faithful receive Our Lord in their hand. Fr Paltrick McMahonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-76067712030905316422013-04-29T19:52:41.060-07:002013-04-29T19:52:41.060-07:00How very good. Thanks Tancred. I almost feel like ...How very good. Thanks Tancred. I almost feel like an almost dunce. But I haven't seen The Scarlet Pimpernel for years, Leslie Howard (I think). I've never read the book but maybe I will. Very clever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-73957894794070466982013-04-29T15:56:53.180-07:002013-04-29T15:56:53.180-07:00Scarlet Pimpernel.Scarlet Pimpernel.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-29760973377670323432013-04-29T15:18:01.947-07:002013-04-29T15:18:01.947-07:00Tancred, Thanks. I hadn't either realized Aged...Tancred, Thanks. I hadn't either realized Aged parent's Great Expectations connect. Now I confess I can't figure the Mystery of the Eponymous Flower. edelweiss? ST.Tancred? a little child? Will you give a hint? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-83520341280983067012013-04-29T08:21:38.173-07:002013-04-29T08:21:38.173-07:00Sorry, I”m not sure what your point is. The fact ...Sorry, I”m not sure what your point is. The fact of the matter is that Communion in the hand is back at papal liturgies whether we like it or not, although the Pope doesn’t allow it from his Deacons.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-80067159302403522782013-04-28T17:19:56.796-07:002013-04-28T17:19:56.796-07:00Old friend, Tancred! there are couple of errors i...Old friend, Tancred! there are couple of errors in your post.<br />1. ) >>>>.Pope Benedict XVI. had only gave Holy Communion kneeling and on the tongue to the faithful shortly after he became POpe<<<<<<<br /><br />Wrong. Pope Benedict became Pope in April 2005. Pope Bendedict started kneeling Communion on the tongue on the Feast of Corpus Christi, 2008. i.e. For more than three years, Pope Benedict, himself, distributed Communion the same way the crowd-pleasing priests in today's papal Mass distributed, i.e. Any-Old-Way. I remember the great disappointment I felt seeing this during his visit to America in 2008.<br /><br />2)>>>>>>>> During dozens of scheduled Papal Masses, priests were instructed under Pope Benedict XVI. from 2008 to give the consecrated host only on the tongue. With few exceptions, the traditional practice was quickly put into effect again<<<<<<<<<br /><br />Wrong. Tancred! please find me more than one video of Benedict's priests denying people Hand Communion. I've only seen one --on your blog :-)....that's for 8 years of Benedict!! I have seen three videos of this occuring under Francis and that's for ONE MONTH. Incidentally, extrapolating from that....Francis' enforcement of the 'hand-Communion ban' is 250 times stronger than Benedict's. Watch some of Benedict's WYD videos, friend! outside of the sphere of the Pope's personal distribution, it was a free-for all!<br /><br />Tancred and all fellow traddies! I share your disappointment that the camera man could not catch a priest correcting hand-Communicants, nor did I get to see the Pope's own personal distribution to kneeling communicants ((this might have taken some of the shock/scandal/sting value out of the first communicants being filmed casually taking the Host in their hands)). Some of this could be the luck of the camera draw.....however it clear that IF MSGR Marini has instructed the Priests to emphasize and enforce Communion on the tongue, then many priests are simply defying him.<br /><br />I pray MSGR M is not being left to twist in the wind!Kneeling Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797815971446807261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-22066640391691798082013-04-28T13:44:26.531-07:002013-04-28T13:44:26.531-07:00One step forward untold steps back. ...One step forward untold steps back. <br />I "third" Aged parent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-45149003211519260992013-04-28T13:43:31.912-07:002013-04-28T13:43:31.912-07:00I never made the connection between AP’s moniker a...I never made the connection between AP’s moniker and Great Expectations. Thank you for that.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-79177882074496157942013-04-28T12:48:43.205-07:002013-04-28T12:48:43.205-07:00Aged P says it all.Aged P says it all.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-10702040316582001032013-04-28T11:22:54.840-07:002013-04-28T11:22:54.840-07:00Would that Archbisop Athanasius Schneider sit down...Would that Archbisop Athanasius Schneider sit down with Francis and talk to him about the horrors of this practice.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.com