tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post8668465843089555972..comments2023-08-19T23:23:19.849+10:00Comments on Sentire cum Ecclesia: Kneeling for Communion: "For I have Given You An Example" (John 3:15)Schützhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026181010471282505noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-35094829448568818532008-05-28T02:32:00.000+10:002008-05-28T02:32:00.000+10:00In my parish in the Divine Service (Lutheran) the ...In my parish in the Divine Service (Lutheran) the norm is still (outside of Easter) to receive kneeling and to receive on the tongue.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-22339869918886958552008-05-27T13:00:00.000+10:002008-05-27T13:00:00.000+10:00Can't speak for the priests you know, anonymous, b...Can't speak for the priests you know, anonymous, but the rubric recommends that all should stand. Perhaps the priests are trying to be faithful to the rubric, and perhaps their efforts are inept.<BR/><BR/>There is no reason why you should feel ashamed or embarrassed to kneel, and certainly no priest should make you feel this way. Perhaps you should talk directly to the priests with whom you find this problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-19738080980575730712008-05-27T12:34:00.000+10:002008-05-27T12:34:00.000+10:00so why does every priest I know of actively discou...so why does every priest I know of actively discourage kneeling and make me feel ashamed and embarrassed to do so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-37084228918729313662008-05-27T11:06:00.000+10:002008-05-27T11:06:00.000+10:00Ah, but the Italian GIRM makes specific provision ...Ah, but the Italian GIRM makes specific provision for this. It explicitly provides that communicants may stand or kneel, subject to any contrary provision by the Bishops' conference (and, on my reading, the choice is the communicant's, not the celebrant's). <BR/><BR/>The Australian GIRM provides that "standing is the most common posture", and adds that "the customry manner of reception is recommended to be followed by all". So the communicant can kneel, but a celebrant who encouraged this or, worse still, required it would be engaged in unauthorised liturgical experimentation. And we know what we think of that, don't we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com