Posted on 08/04/2014 8:22:12 AM PDT by Welchie25
Everyone seems to have their own definition of ick around here.
I think it is icky to stick out your tongue when receiving Holy Communion. But that is personal opinion. If people want to do it. Fine. I have no issues. Same with the sign of peace. If people want shake hands with their neighbor. Fine. If they don’t. Fine.
This and holding hands during the Our Father. Ugh.
Will a “fist-bump” work in these days of Ebola?
If done properly, in the hand is the correct method. But it is so ripe for abuse that, in practice, it is better to administer it on the tongue.
To be done correctly, one must have clean hands, form a cup with the hands so the the Host isn't dropped, and one must consume the Host in front of the minister of the Eucharist.
This is the body of Christ, and should be treated with the respect He deserves.
Could not the Host just as easily fall off the tongue as it could fall off your hand?
It is human nature that we do things the way we know, the way we were raised, the way we were taught.
I was born in the 1960s after Vatican II went into effect. All I know is Mass said in English, Holy Communion received in the hand, and the sign of peace.
It is all natural and normal for me because that’s what I raised with and how I was taught. But I have no issues with people who prefer the Latin Mass, Holy Communion on the tongue, or not making the sign of peace.
Don't do it.
I was educated on this issue as part of my training as a Confirmation teacher.
Technically, a parish cannot say "don't hold hands during the Our Father" because the present rules for the Liturgy do not specify what to do with your hands during the Our Father.
If your priest told you to hold hands he would be introducing extra-liturgical practices.
If your priest told you to NOT hold hands he would be introducing extra-liturgical practices.
In reality - those present at the CELEBRATION of the Mass do not become a unified community until AFTER they have received communion. Holding hands before receiving communion sort of short-circuits the celebration by showing a unified community BEFORE communion. If you want to hold hands with your spouse, that is fine, as you've been unified through the sacrament of marriage. But holding hands with strangers is the wrong symbolism.
Yes. This is why most parishes have their altar servers hold a platten under the jaw to catch the dropped Host. As an altar boy in the early 70s, I don't recall catching any Hosts placed on the tongue, but it could happen.
During the Our Father I usually hold hands with my wife while saying the prayer, but never with anyone outside my family. Not even friends or acquaintances at Mass.
It’s another one of those things I guess. Some people are comfortable doing it one way, others are not.
I have no problem shaking hands with people I don’t know when it is time to make the sign of peace. But I don’t like all of the hand holding during the Our Father except with my wife.
I never NEVER take Communion in the liquid form. Never.
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