>>It is a pious idea but it has become difficult for today’s celebrant to have to distribute Communion to all the faithful at Mass. <<
And how do you think the amount of Catholics were handled Pre-Vatican II?
I find this to be strange. We had many more Catholics when we received on the tongue, yet, there was never a thought of “too many for the priest to handle”
Maybe the problem is the lack of communion rails.
“..there was never a thought of “too many for the priest to handle”
Masses were of longer duration than now, because of the larger number of (Latin) prayers in those days and the faithful were accustomed to it. Today, if a Mass lasts longer than 45 minutes, the people get antsy.
But I agree, it is not the Church that should accomodate the faithful, but the reverse should be the case. But you still have not addressed the problem of distribution of Communion to patients at home and hospital. If our priest had to do it by himself, he would not have time to do anything else.