[LadyDoc]

kneeling at the altar rail is fine. but when you are in a line of people wanting to receive the sacrament, it slows things down. And there is a danger of the priest dropping the sacrament when he tries to bow down low enough to put it on the tongue, especially if the person receiving is short.

Here in the Philippines, we have the option to receive on the tongue or in the hand, but since for years I had to assist my husband I received in in the hand. Now that I am a widow, I continue to do so. Why? Because the usual Eucharistic minister is usually shorter than I am and it would be awkward for him to try to reach my tongue. Only once since moving here did I ask to receive on the tongue: With a new young priest who was nearly 6 foot tall. However I suspect he had problems giving it to the 4 foot ten Filipina ladies.

[ebb tide]

Did any of the documents of the Second Vatican Council ever call for ripping out the communion rails?

If not, why has it been done?

Oh! Could it be that evil modernist spirit of VC II that keeps on ticking?