tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post4196284327770573941..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Historical argument favors Communion on the tongueFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50793311855355484432008-04-25T23:55:00.000+01:002008-04-25T23:55:00.000+01:00It's matter of humility to receive on the tongue....It's matter of humility to receive on the tongue. <BR/><BR/>The document that Rome released on that was called Redemptionis Sacamentum<BR/><BR/>I have a priest that agrees with me that Communion in the Hand should be banished.<BR/><BR/>Whenever I go to the OF, I always kneel to receive Communion and on the tongue. (and run around to get in the priest line)Joe of St. Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506671882770822003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-57348115935354803662008-04-24T22:12:00.000+01:002008-04-24T22:12:00.000+01:00Pelerin, I felt exactly the same way as you. I see...Pelerin, I felt exactly the same way as you. I seemed to get my Amens and my opening my mouth all in a muddle. But l have finally done it. I feel terribly self conscious still because l am still convinced l'm not doing it right but being self conscious is strangely humbling. If you are at St Mary Magdalen's then come along to a weekday mass and try to communicate in the mouth there. Somehow that feels easier than trying to do it on a Sunday. It is really hard but l guess taking Communion should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-59728180086627482352008-04-24T12:10:00.000+01:002008-04-24T12:10:00.000+01:00I'm pleased for you however I cannot hlep but feel...I'm pleased for you however I cannot hlep but feel that it sad also, you could have done much good as a sign of contradiction in your old parish.Volpius Leoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273209983337706262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-81686891262529712192008-04-24T09:20:00.000+01:002008-04-24T09:20:00.000+01:00Volpius Leonius said... david, kneel any way, have...<I>Volpius Leonius said... <BR/><BR/>david, kneel any way, have some courage for crying out loud.</I><BR/><BR/>I left the parish where I did my RCIA and now kneel and receive on the tongue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-69280792596440448282008-04-23T22:12:00.000+01:002008-04-23T22:12:00.000+01:00I receive on the tongue in the ordinary form, out ...I receive on the tongue in the ordinary form, out of about 150 people I think only me and one old lady do this.<BR/><BR/>Pray to God for courage and then do it, you will feel so much better believe me.<BR/><BR/>If your feeling really brave you could even kneel, the Priest cannot lawfully refuse you communion for this, Rome released a document saying as much though I forget what it is called.Volpius Leoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273209983337706262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-86397592903130482412008-04-23T20:32:00.000+01:002008-04-23T20:32:00.000+01:00Pelerin,Do what you can do with devotion. That's t...Pelerin,<BR/>Do what you can do with devotion. That's the most important thing.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-68397925882760491632008-04-23T19:28:00.000+01:002008-04-23T19:28:00.000+01:00Following this post I have listened again to Fr Z'...Following this post I have listened again to Fr Z's Podcazt on Communion on the Tongue. I have a deep desire to return to receiving in this manner but each time feel too nervous to do so, afraid that 'something would go wrong.'<BR/><BR/>Fr z says that we should approach Holy Communion with 'fear and trembling' which I have done but for the reason stated above. Deciding to receive in the hand I can concentrate on the Mass without worry but regret the missed opportunity.<BR/><BR/>For the first few years before the changes strangely receiving on the tongue never caused me any problem until one occasion, which I remember to this day. My parish priest at the time suggested I change to receiving in the hand and I have done so ever since.<BR/><BR/>Father, what would you advise someone who wishes to receive on the tongue but who would probably spend the first part of the Mass worrying about it?<BR/><BR/>Incidentally I had no problem when I attended three TLMs last year. Perhaps that was because I knew I would not have to say Amen beforehand - somehow saying Amen makes me forget to open my mouth wide enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-22492673708329512472008-04-23T18:10:00.000+01:002008-04-23T18:10:00.000+01:00And I suppose if the pastafazzo slingers attached ...And I suppose if the pastafazzo slingers attached to the Vatican decide that all women must have their heads covered at Mass because it was "ancient practice" I'm supposed to prostrate myself and say "yes sir." Feh. Push someone else to the back of the bus, I'm not going.<BR/><BR/>If they really wanted to have reverence for the Eucharist, then they should outlaw those freakin' frisbee altar breads. But oh, no, one of their confreres might be offended. So who do they pick on? Why 100% of the laity. Not just the people who are "casual" about reception either on the tongue or in the hand -- no, 100% of us have to be scolded.<BR/><BR/>I think people who tell other people that to receive in the hand only are wrong, but I also think it's equally a pain in the rear to insist the laity must receive on the tongue.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-69265061642698186142008-04-23T15:21:00.000+01:002008-04-23T15:21:00.000+01:00david, kneel any way, have some courage for crying...david, kneel any way, have some courage for crying out loud.Volpius Leoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273209983337706262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-44727935684850518182008-04-23T15:19:00.000+01:002008-04-23T15:19:00.000+01:00Not just on the tongue but note also KNEELING.Not just on the tongue but note also KNEELING.Volpius Leoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273209983337706262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-47511273352561000482008-04-23T15:10:00.000+01:002008-04-23T15:10:00.000+01:00On this subject as with many others concerning the...On this subject as with many others concerning the litugy nowadays, there is often a strong dose of 'special pleading' at work. For instance one should also look at the questions concerning 'communion under both kinds' (history and theological developments) in the East as well as the West of the Church. What Msgr. Ranjith refers to is a development in the Roman Rite with unleavened hosts, which was a development around the time of Charlemagne -- and much later in many places. One has to look carefully at the documentation and the historical context when one is making assertions concerning 'practices', and certainly when one wants to draw general conclusions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-3745270577171003262008-04-23T14:08:00.000+01:002008-04-23T14:08:00.000+01:00...and yet at the present most Catholics in the UK......and yet at the present most Catholics in the UK receive Communion in the hand, standing up, and with no bow or genuflection before receiving. <BR/><BR/>I think unless the Bishops start to encourage parishioners to receiving Communion on the tongue that practice will not return to Britain any time soon. And, to be honest, I can't see the present run of Bishops doing that.<BR/><BR/>I know of a priest in Ayrshire who has told his Eucharistic Ministers that to receive on the tongue is "wrong" and that the proper way is to receive in the hand. In the RCIA I was told by the priest that to kneel was "disobedient". He would also refuse to give Communion to anyone kneeling. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com