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Someone here said that the article is full of errors. Do you know if that is true?

I hate that raising hands business. A number of people in my parish do it. It makes me want to say,"Knock if off! Stop drawing attention to yourself." And the handshake is annoying enough. I refuse to start hugging people.

I hate that raising hands business . . . And the handshake is annoying enough. I refuse to start hugging people.

LOL!
I went to a Catholic grade school, and Mass was a requirement every morning. If one of the students so much as looked at another student during Mass, she risked getting her hair yanked by Mother Superior.

Now they want us to hug each other?
HA! Not likely. If I want to get all touchy-feely, I'll join the Methodists.

Someone here said that the article is full of errors. Do you know if that is true?

According to the Revised GIRM ...

The Lord's Prayer

81. In the Lord's Prayer a petition is made for daily food, which for Christians means preeminently the eucharistic bread, and also for purification from sin, so that what is holy may, in fact, be given to those who are holy. The priest says the invitation to the prayer, and all the faithful say it with him; the priest alone adds the embolism, which the people conclude with a doxology. The embolism, enlarging upon the last petition of the Lord's Prayer itself, begs deliverance from the power of evil for the entire community of the faithful.

The invitation, the Prayer itself, the embolism, and the doxology by which the people conclude these things are sung or said aloud.

The Rite of Peace

82. The Rite of Peace follows, by which the Church asks for peace and unity for herself and for the whole human family, and the faithful express to each other their ecclesial communion and mutual charity before communicating in the Sacrament. As for the sign of peace to be given, the manner is to be established by Conferences of Bishops in accordance with the culture and customs of the peoples. It is, however, appropriate that each person offer the sign of peace only to those who are nearest and in a sober manner.

HOWEVER there is a codicil entitled: " Adaptations Within the Competence of Bishops and Bishops' Conferences". I find nothing in here that says anything about raising hands or hugging people. You decide ...

Adaptations Within the Competence of Bishops and Bishops' Conferences

"I refuse to start hugging people."

Just in case you go to Mass in Cleveland, and somebody tries to hug you at the Sign of Peace, introduce him to your friend "Lowell". In case Lowell's not available, just clobber the guy (peacefully, of course).

Orangutan corners zoo worker to get a hug

By Associated Press, 8/27/2003
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Sometimes even an orangutan needs a hug.
Seneca Park Zoo volunteer Paul Lewis was cleaning out a monkey habitat when he heard something move behind him Tuesday. He turned his head and saw Lowell, a 300-pound orangutan who had escaped from an adjoining cage.
Lewis, 56, an animal lover who took the part-time job three months ago because he always wanted to work at a zoo, says he wasn't afraid.
Lewis tried to slip out through a gate but the orangutan followed him and stopped him from closing it. Then Lowell wrapped his arms around Lewis' legs and held on calmly -- for nearly five minutes.

http://www.boston.com/news/daily/27/odds_orangutan.htm