Archbishop Lenga is a member of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, a religious community founded in Poland, and famous for spreading the Divine Mercy devotion. Also, given his name, he is probably Polish.
Posted on 10/06/2005 10:13:03 AM PDT by Pyro7480
FOURTH GENERAL CONGREGATION
VATICAN CITY, OCT 4, 2005 (VIS) - The Fourth General Congregation of the Eleventh Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops began in the Synod Hall at 4.30 p.m. today, Tuesday. The president delegate on duty was Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, and there were 242 Synod Fathers present.
Following are excerpts from a number of the speeches given:
ARCHBISHOP JAN PAWEL LENGA M.I.C. OF KARAGANDA, KAZAKHSTAN. "Among the liturgical innovations produced in the Western world, two in particular tend to cloud the visible aspect of the Eucharist, especially as regards its centrality and sacredness: the removal of the tabernacle from the center and the distribution of communion in the hand. ... Communion in the hand is spreading and even prevailing as being easier, as a kind of fashion. ... Therefore, I humbly propose the following practical propositions: that the Holy See issue a universal regulation establishing the official way of receiving communion as being in the mouth and kneeling; with communion in the hand to be reserved for the clergy alone. May bishops in places where communion in the hand has been introduced work with pastoral prudence to bring the faithful slowly back to the official rite of communion, valid for all local Churches."
Archbishop Lenga is a member of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, a religious community founded in Poland, and famous for spreading the Divine Mercy devotion. Also, given his name, he is probably Polish.
Catholic ping!
Ping!
Someone listen to this guy!!!!
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Amen!
Thank you for posting this!
And half of the American Bishops fainted dead on the floor when he said it!
God Bless this Archbishop!!!!!!
All the good ones are stationed in the most random, far off places (Kazahkstan, Lincoln, NE, etc.) These guys need to be put into spheres of influence in prominent dioceses.
(AGI) - Vatican City, Oct 5 - Martyrs to communist regimes in the 21st century in the Soviet Union and elsewhere in the world gave their lives to safeguard the Eucharistic Bread, said Kazakh arch-bishop Jan Pawel Lenga in his speech at today's Synod meeting. But, he added, it seems that their example is largely being ignored these days. "Innovation in the liturgy," he said, "is somehow overshadowing the central and holy role of Eucharist." Lenga also spoke against the "removal of tabernacles from the middle of Catholic churches to shift them to the sides, and the distribution by hand of the Holy Communion. By removing the Lord from the heart of the church," he observed, "and by distributing the communion by hand, we have increased the chance that the Host be seen as little more than ordinary bread. All this," he concluded, "plays against deep religious faith and devotion." (AGI) .
Well done Archbishop Lenga!
Or the Holy Father needs to start ordaining more Bishops from Poland and Slovakia. They are VERY Holy!
http://www.saintcyrils.org
Check out my parish. Communion by intinction, on the tongue and kneeling.
(altar BOYS and eight seminarians)
On 25 June 1995, Bishop Lenga consecrated Kazakhstan to Mary Queen of Peace at the shrine dedicated to Our Lady under this title at Oziornoje, northern Kazakhstan. This is the only Marian shrine in this part of the world. It was built as an act of thanksgiving by deported Poles who in 1941 were literally dying of hunger. A nearby lake was miraculously filled with fish and the people survived.
Our Lady is a powerful intercessor, and she always come through!
Amen, and right on!!!!!!! I wish our bishops in the US were like him! Spot on! May God bless you real good Archbishop Lenga!!!!!!!!!!
I hope to receive the Holy Eucharist from via kneeling at a Communion rail. It seems romantic in humility.
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:
Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga, M.I.C. (1991)
Francesco Cardinal Colasuonno † (1975)
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917) (aka Pius XII)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907) (aka Benedict XIV)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884) (aka Pope St. Pius X)
Pope St. Pius X is known as the "Pope of the Blessed Sacrament," and his father was Polish.
I've never heard of this... the story gave me goosebumps!
Though it's not officially prohibited, it is definitely frowned upon in certain circles. I've read some "horror stories" concerning that.
If you don't want Communion by hand, then don't take it by hand.
If you're against abortion, then don't have one?
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