[ebb tide]

I had a holy diocesan priest who offered the TLM once on Sundays, but the rest of his Masses on Sundays and weekdays were all novus ordo Masses. And he kept the altar rail in his church.

At the novus ordo Masses, he would only offer Holy Communion, by intinction, to people kneeling (those physically able to kneel) at the altar rail; thus everybody received on the tongue.

What I find hypocritical is that intinction (Body and Blood of Christ) is only permitted on the tongue, yet the Body of Christ, alone, is slapped on the hand.

Is the Blood more precious than the Body?

[cloudmountain]

I had a holy diocesan priest who offered the TLM once on Sundays, but the rest of his Masses on Sundays and weekdays were all novus ordo Masses. And he kept the altar rail in his church. At the novus ordo Masses, he would only offer Holy Communion, by intinction, to people kneeling (those physically able to kneel) at the altar rail; thus everybody received on the tongue. What I find hypocritical is that intinction (Body and Blood of Christ) is only permitted on the tongue, yet the Body of Christ, alone, is slapped on the hand. Is the Blood more precious than the Body?

I'll get to this tomorrow.

[ebb tide]

The Italian bishops’ willingness to suspend public worship was in contrast to the response of the Diocese of Hong Kong, where public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament has been organized, so that the faithful may pray for an end to the coronavirus epidemic. It is also in contrast to the response of their predecessors, who believed that such plagues were divine chastisements, calling for more public prayer, not less.

Don Pietro Leone: The Coronavirus and Holy Communion in the Hand

[Wonder Warthog]

"What I find hypocritical is that intinction (Body and Blood of Christ) is only permitted on the tongue, yet the Body of Christ, alone, is slapped on the hand."

Exactly "how" does one offer intinction "in the hand"?? Kind of messy, don't ya think...........