tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post8274046134694213630..comments2024-03-27T11:26:55.051-04:00Comments on Vox Cantoris: Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: What does the Church really say?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20981956.post-91070946531852255032012-09-23T09:27:44.315-04:002012-09-23T09:27:44.315-04:00The distribution of Holy Communion in the hand is ...The distribution of Holy Communion in the hand is the greatest and most disturbing change in discipline in the Latin rites. It has incalculable psychological consequences of down-playing, denying the Real Presence. Its spread was by stealth and rebellion. This was not the practice in Canada (e.g.); and any abuse at the time would have been just that. Thus, any polling of bishops of determine if it was widespread to apply for an indult to Rome would have been duplicitous to say the least. Take a poll on disobedience, and it is widespread allow it!!!? <br /><br />This is my line in the sand. I must add that given that the Church allows it, I cannot say that reception per se is a sin. No. But I can say that in my humble observations I see a liturgical practice that leads very, very quickly to an undermining of the Mystery of Faith. It is possible, under the strict rules (which are virtually never obeyed) to distribute Holy Communion piously on the hand. But this would be very rare. One sees this with the terrible disrespect towards the Blessed Sacrament. <br /><br />I will always remember with horror a Mass I attended in honour of Cardinal Ambrozic's reception of the Cardinalate. It was in a church in mid-north, downtown Toronto. Upon completion of the Mass; the congregation arose, and a huge din and hub-bub commenced. Talking, laughing etc. But what shocked me most was the casual strolling past the Tabernacle without any sign of reverence. <br /><br />They had forgotten our Blessed Lord; they probably did not know whom they had just received. They were ignorant, un-catechized and half-protestantized. <br /><br />Conclusion: dear Cardinal Collins, please suppress Communion in the Hand. You can do so, you have the power, you are the guardian and legislator in the archdiocese (not your advisors, lay and/or clerical). You are the bishop (not your advisors lay and/or clerical). You are the supreme authority, always with and never against Peter (not your l;ay advisors and/or clerical). Please also, in every parish bring back Catechetical instruction on Sundays. Please heed the warnings of our dear Pope about the dangers of bureaucratic administration impeding the life of the local church (as he recently warned the French bishops). Please be in direct touch with us; please be our pastor. We desperately want a bishop who is close to the people. <br />Baronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265555388172261643noreply@blogger.com