Gloria.tv: “On the tongue and while kneeling”

“On the tongue and while kneeling”

Gloria.TV – News Briefs 04/08/2011 06:39:08

4 August 2011
Lima, Peru

Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, has recommended that Catholics receive Communion on the tongue, while kneeling.

“It is to simply know that we are before God himself and that He came to us and that we are undeserving,” the cardinal said in an interview with CNA during a recent visit to Peru.

In response to a question concerning liturgical abuses, Cardinal Canizares stated that they must be “corrected, especially through proper formation: formation for seminarians, for priests, for catechists, for all the Christian faithful.”

“Bishops have a unique responsibility” in the task of liturgical formation and the correction of abuses, the cardinal said, “and we must not fail to fulfill it, because everything we do to ensure that the Eucharist is celebrated properly will ensure proper participation in the Eucharist.”

Please type your posting here

ACLumsden 05/08/2011 18:08:12

@philosopher - Quite! The subjectivity which men live by is just shocking! On the other hand, i do agree to the OBjective order which you posit. This is the reason for my point that kneeling at the altar rails and receiving on the tongue can become empty meaningless actions, UNLESS, the communicant is thoroughly catechised - are the Clergy equiped to do this? Most of them are no more than glorified social workers.....

philosopher 05/08/2011 12:53:15

@ACL, I agree, due to original sin, humanity does not always give the proper value response to being. Man attempts to relativize all values by making himself the ethical and metaphysical ultimate. They can, and often do, as you pointed out, have a value blindness rooted in pride; self-motivating reasons- they just don't see it. Good point, that you made, about liberal education and catechesis, which does have an influence in perpetuating value blindness, and it takes a person who is willing to … [More]

ACLumsden 05/08/2011 08:43:18

@Philosopher - Essentially I agree, however, due to the disorder which has accompanied original sin, man does not always see himself as beneath God! Man might THINK he is beneath God, yet, man goes off and commits murder, genocide, steals, takes advantage of nature, the poor, etc. All of these sins are examples of man BEHAVING superior to God in an attempt to assert his non-extant authority over God. What man thinks and what he feels is demonstrably at loggerheads with each other. Therefore, … [More]

philosopher 05/08/2011 01:28:04

Every objective entity, within the hierarchy of realty, warrants a value response. Plants are higher in value than stones; animals higher than plants; man higher than animals, and God higher than man. Once, you understand what the Holy Eucharist is, then the proper and most reverent value response toward the Creator of the universe is to go down on your knees, and receive Him on the tongue. There is an objectivity, because God is higher than man, therefore, the response would not standing, as … [More]

ACLumsden 04/08/2011 23:31:33

@ SBpfu - Well, if we go by the Descartian"cogito ergo svm", we need to express in concrete action that which we THINK (not feel). How many times have the Saints, Doctors of the Church warned us against following our 'feelings' (Teresa de Avila, Juan de la Cruz, Augustine of Hippo, etc). In fact they all, sans exception , instructed that we seek always to educate our emotions. I shall return to this later.

On the other hand, if we go with the existentialists, "facio ergo svm" , we get into a … [More]

Jaimemn 04/08/2011 22:45:47

The act of kneeling and tongue reception means Adoration.

ScripsitVeritas 04/08/2011 22:31:07

“It is to simply know that we are before God himself and that He came to us and that we are undeserving,” - I disagree with the rationale. Jesus instituted the Eucharist as an invitation to join him and share in his love. He was aware of the suffering he was about to endure. He wanted us to love both Him and the Father through the Eucharist. Before there were hosts as we know them, there was the breaking and tearing of bread between members. Reception of the Eucharist is a matter of … [More]

holyrope 3 04/08/2011 17:20:18

Hi Michel-Rene !

Your so right!

Michel-René Landry 04/08/2011 17:10:04

I am absolutly supporting that practice. It should be in every catholic churche. Jesus Christ has to be respected and every one has to be loyal towards him. He is are king.
Pray the lord so the latin mass can come back in every catholic churche like a raging fire of love.

Similar media