The Sign of Peace is complete descretional. Talk to your priest and ask if he has ever thought about eliminating it.
Not in my parish. I tried abstaining once and did I get dirty looks!
" A Humble and Contrite heart He will not ignore."
We have a problem with pride at times. I sometimes at first think it is an inconvience yet I look up and can see Christ on the Cross. We preach Christ crucified. If he did this for our souls. What is the problem with the sign of peace. It reminds me how mortal I am as Christian and a person on this earth.
I have humbled myself towards others. I told an anti-type I loved her after discussion on thread. It took a while to type believe me. Afterwood I was bathed in the Holy Spirit. It was too good to explain. I had to lay down on the bed. The Peace of God was so great. His glory is great. I believe the Holy Spirit is in the Sign of Peace.
Galatians 5:22-23
Fruit of the Spirit
22" But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, PEACE, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law."
What did Jesus Say! Remember You will know them by their Fruits! What is the Fruit of the Spirit= Galatians 5:22-23!
Praise Jesus and Hail Mary!!
AMEN!!!
If it is discretional, then we should not protest if our priest chooses to include it even after we suggest it could be eliminated.
I don’t see how it helps to provoke those who we find to be uninformed (or misguided or obstinate) by trying to force them to opt for the option that we prefer.
We should first focus on ensuring the essentials are licitly offered.
If the non-essentials are licit but poorly done, we should be wary of the temptation to insist on changes we prefer but that are not mandatory.