[GrannyML]

Here in the Green Bay, WI diocese, the new bishop doesn't do it himself, but it has spread like smallpox to individual parishes. There is a handful of people who refuse to do it in our parish, but we must sit off to ourselves to avoid it. Otherwise, the people next to you actually grab your hand and won't take no for an answer...

[dsc]

"Otherwise, the people next to you actually grab your hand and won't take no for an answer..."

How about a good, loud, "Get your hands off me!"

[Mrs. Don-o]

I take my glasses off and hold them in my left hand just before the Our Father, and in my right hand I try to either hold the missalette or the hymnal. Works for me.

BTW I have theumatoid arthritis, and it is actually painful sometimes to have anyone grab my hand.

I make an exception for little children.