tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post1657173346524929452..comments2023-09-26T00:42:29.508-07:00Comments on Caritas in Veritate: Cathedral Rector writes to his parishioners about 7 Common Communion AbusesFather John Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581732723849634398noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-33060676449798618422011-06-05T02:05:54.856-07:002011-06-05T02:05:54.856-07:00Since returning to the practice of the Faith as an...Since returning to the practice of the Faith as an adult, I have always received on the tongue even when I still attended the Novus Ordo. This was the result of a practice at the cathedral in Vancouver, Holy Rosary, where communion was distributed from behind their intact altar rail. People could stand and stick out their paws, or they could kneel. No one would look at you funny either way. So I knelt and stuck out my tongue. I received no instruction on reception (nor on anything else in the Faith), but it just seemed naturally like the best way. Many years (and two bishops) later, I returned to Vancouver for a visit and went to Mass at the Cathedral and found that the incumbents had created a horrible situation. A truly dirty trick was being played on the devout parishioners. You still had the option of kneeling down at the communion rail and receiving on the tongue, but the only people distributing Communion at the rail were lay people, women (dressed up in some combo of albs). The priest, meanwhile, would leave the sanctuary and distribute Communion to a queue of people, standing, and normally on the hand. So if you wanted to receive from a priest, you had to stand, and if you wanted to kneel, you had to receive from a lay woman. <br /><br />No wonder the SSPX chapel was doing so well in Vancouver. <br /><br />Vancouver was also the place where if you wanted to go to the FSSP for their Mass, and you didn't have a car, you had to plan well ahead. It took two hours to get there on public transit, topped off with a death-defying walk across a noticably swaying highway bridge and a dash across the highway on the other end. <br /><br />Oh, you could go to the daily too, if you could find it, tucked away in a tiny (and totally moderist) suburban parish in remote Coquitlam. <br /><br />Yeah. spring time...Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-42878469366479620122011-06-04T20:38:13.104-07:002011-06-04T20:38:13.104-07:00I commented on this list on my blog. As to Abuse 1...I commented on this list on my blog. As to Abuse 1 and some what 6 good points. But if Catholic Priests rarel ydo Benediction how do we knowJames Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406049343115557137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-21887764659186257592011-06-04T19:11:46.264-07:002011-06-04T19:11:46.264-07:00God Bless Father Lankeit! Hopefully, he provides ...God Bless Father Lankeit! Hopefully, he provides for those who wish to receive on the tongue while kneeling.TLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699746979019393620noreply@blogger.com