[SuziQ]

I'm an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and I would never refuse Holy Communion to anyone who is kneeling before God. There is no one in our Parish who does so, but there are some who genuflect before receiving and I just wait until they are done. Most folks in our Parish receive in the hand but there are a few who receive on the tongue. I don't understand why this would be a problem to the Bishops, these folks are certainly not bothering anyone.

The ones I have trouble with are the ones who try to snatch the host from my hand, or those who barely raise their hands and open them, then amble halfway down the aisle before they put it in their mouths. But the most disconcerting thing I've seen so far (and I forgot to tell our Pastor about last week) was the woman who broke off a piece of the host to give to her little daughter who was about 3 because the little girl was running alongside her mother whining! We need a sermon on the proper attitude for receiving the Body and Blood of Jesus!

[Aristophanes]

I'm an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and I would never refuse Holy Communion to anyone who is kneeling before God.

Suzi,

Were you aware that the Vatican in a motu proprio has condemned the habitual use of "Extraordinary" Eucharistic Ministers? Probably not. Yet another unheeded, unenforced instruction by the Vatican, which is dutifully ignored by the disobedient AmChurch.

No offense intended toward you -- only the American bishops.