[sinkspur]

I'd then remind folks that in matters of discipline, not just matters of faith and morals, we are bound by the instructions of our sacred pastors, and that's that.

Yeah. That's about all I could come up with. Do it 'cause I say so.

Also, what "abuses" have there been to communion in the hand? Most people who receive in the hand are just as "reverent" as those who stick out their tongues. Plus, communion on the tongue is much less sanitary for all involved.

[sitetest]

Dear sinkspur,

LOL. Remember, I'm on YOUR side of the question. I prefer communion in the hand. But you asked, and I did what I could. ;-)

But I'd switch in a heartbeat if the pope said that communion in the hand was no longer permissible. Wouldn't think twice. Need no rationale.

As to abuses, frankly, when I see folks receive in the hand, a few seem a little... cavalier with the Host. Note, I'm not commenting on their interior state. But the way some folks handle the Host, I get worried about their dropping the Blessed Sacrament. Especially the folks who receive in their palm, and then with the fingers of the same hand do this little Houdini thing to extract the Host from their palm.


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