I sometimes stay kneeling just to make it so no one will try to hold my hand. I do this because it is easier than saying no to a hand holder. At Sunday mass no one kneels except for a few rebels once in a while (including me). So you have to say no on join the group. I pland to bring some of these issues up the next time I go to confession. This lack of reverency for the liturgy makes mass uneasy, and for the wrong reasons. These issues are the last things that I should have in my thoughts during mass. Many of the problems I see are practices that were part of the non-Catholic church I use to attend before I converted, including the “toss!”
>>Many of the problems I see are practices that were part of the non-Catholic church I use to attend before I converted, including the “toss!”<<
REALLY!
When I used to state that these practices were from Protestant churches, people told me I was nuts, including my ex-Presbyterian hubby.