News from Adoremus Bulletin 12/02

Adoremus Bulletin ^ | December 19, 2002 | Adoremus Bulletin Staff

[ninenot]

Some Bishops cannot help but to lie, all the time, about anything. Others are in Lincoln, NE. and Wichita, among other places.

[ninenot]

Ping and Happy New Year!!!

[Ken522]

... unbelievable! This is why the Latin Mass is so important.

[Desdemona]

Happy New Year!

I haven't seen kneeling for Communion in so long....

[Arthur McGowan]

Now that the distracting matters of the past year have been tidied up, back to the really important task of a bishop: Wiping out devotion to the Eucharist.

Recent changes in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal have been positive, constructive changes. But you can count on bishops and their loyal liturgical swishes to exploit any document that comes out of Rome as an opportunity to attack the Faith and authentic liturgy.

[ultima ratio]

Clearly the faithful associate kneeling with adoration. It has always been so, contrary to what modernists assert. St. Paul tells us "every knee should bend" at the sound of the name of Jesus. This is nothing but another assault on Catholic Tradition.

[sinkspur]

The Archdiocese of Boston responded to an inquiry in May, saying that communicants are free to choose their posture for receiving Holy Communion.

This is the only rational response.

You know, of course, that this thread belongs in the religion forum.

[ninenot]

On this we agree. I shall NEVER regard as "disobedience" what my father, his father, his father's father, and his father's father's father did EVERY TIME THEY RECEIVED the Sacrament.

Of course, it is true that many Bishops can perceive 'disobedience;' they have practiced it for many, many years.

[ninenot]

Sinkspur suggests that this thread be moved to the "Religion" forum.

One of these days I will figure out posting protocol. My apologies.

[Scupoli]

The day Fabian Bruskewitz is labelled 'more liberal' than the wreckovators is the day I've entered an alternate universe. How does one even respond to that?

[Domestic Church]

"I shall NEVER regard as "disobedience" what my father, his father, his father's father, and his father's father's father did EVERY TIME THEY RECEIVED the Sacrament. "

AMEN!

[Domestic Church]

"Fabian Bruskewitz is labelled 'more liberal' "

But he is not conserving the Gramscian AMChurch so he truly is more liberating.

[Siobhan]

Bishop Bruskewitz as a liberal -- what an extraordinary thing to read on the first day of 2003. Perhaps this will be a year through the looking glass for sure.

The rest of it just underlines the fact that many of our dioceses are ruled by cads in pointy hats who want to be mini-popes in their own right and would just die before they were obedient to the Holy Father.

[Desdemona]

Bishop Bruskewitz as a liberal --

That did seem strange.

BTW, at Eucharistic Adoration yesterday, Archbishop Rigali kneeled the whole time and outlasted everybody in the Cathedral. We all had Mass yet to go.

Happy New Year, Siobhan!

[Siobhan]

God bless Archbishop Rigali!

And God bless you, Desdemona, and may you have a most happy and blessed new year!

[B-Chan]

At St. Mary the Virgin, we kneel before the King.

At times, my Christian calling to love is forced to struggle with my fleshly desire to break a nine-iron over the face of the kind of person who, despite his Bishop's ring and miter, persists in refusing to honor the Body and Blood of Christ. A nod of the head, indeed!

I'd like to wish all of my Catholic brothers and sisters here on FR a happy new year and a blessed Solemnity of theVirgin Mary, Mother of God. Her heel has crushed the Serpent's head!

[G Larry]

Guess this would be a bad time to complain about the absence of bell ringing at the Consecration?

[Desdemona]

Guess this would be a bad time to complain about the absence of bell ringing at the Consecration?

No, actually, it's a great time. It's jolting when the bells aren't there.

[ninenot]

break a nine-iron over the face

Amazing the similarity of thought.

I, personally, prefer the old 'buttstroke to the nose' (that's the butt of an M-14) technique.

I don't golf, but I do shoot...

[ninenot]

Keep looking around.

At my Parish in Milwaukee we have had kneeling for Communion for at least the last 7 years; about 1/2 the congregation kneels, the other half stands.

We also have bells BEFORE the Consecration, and AT the Consecration. Perhaps I will remind the sacristan that bells should also be rung just before Communion.

Incense, too--during the entrance procession, the Altar is incensed, before the Gospel the Book is incensed, and at the Offertory the congregation is incensed (following the incensing of the bread and wine.)