Charlotte Diocese Removes Portable Kneelers for Communion
On Sunday, Rector Peter Ascik of the Cathedral of St Patrick in the Charlotte diocese in North Carolina, announced that the portable kneelers used during Eucharists were removed, reports X user 'Charlotte Latin Mass Community'.
Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte is notorious for his various letters and directives attacking kneelers in parishes and schools.
Furthermore, since last weekend, all but one Masses in the Roman Rite are banned. Catholics are crammed into the one chapel that is left.
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@elpepe1970 From now on, the faithful should carry their cushion when they approach for Communion and place it in front of them. It would also be good for the faithful to carry holy water in their pockets to the bishop's cathedral and discreetly sprinkle it inside the church. Likewise, they should carry exorcised salt and discreetly sprinkle it in their office, so that the devil may be fought.
Universal law does not, but the local "adaptation" of the USCCB does -- with the proviso that a communicant who wishes to receive kneeling "should not" be denied reception of Holy Communion. So the "norm" has a built-in exception that is concomitant. Any denial of reception of Holy Communion on the tongue is actionable canonically, if the communicant was at the time of attempted reception on the knees "otherwise unimpeded" pursuant to cann. 843 par. 1 and 915 CIC. If denied, it is important to seek immediately the assistance of any witnesses to the denial, obtain their names and contact information.
@canonist El derecho universal no lo establece, pero la adaptación local de la USCCB sí, con la condición de que a quien desee recibir la Sagrada Comunión de rodillas no se le niegue. Por lo tanto, la norma incluye una excepción concomitante. Cualquier negación de la recepción de la Sagrada Comunión en la lengua es procesable canónicamente si, al intentar recibirla de rodillas, el comulgante se encontraba sin impedimentos, de conformidad con los cánones 843, párrafo 1, y 915 del Código de Procedimiento Civil. En caso de denegación, es importante solicitar inmediatamente la asistencia de cualquier testigo de la negación y obtener sus nombres e información de contacto.
"For the reason I Bow my knees to the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ"
Ephesians 3:14
Nowhere does canon law state that you MUST stand for Holy Communion.
From Catholic Answers: "Persistent liturgist influence succeeded in establishing standing as the “normal” way to receive Communion in the United States. This posture was codified in the new, revised GIRM promulgated by Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee Year 2000 (but not actually issued until March 18, 2001). Among the approved “American adaptations” to this new revised GIRM is one that specifies “the norm for reception of Holy Communion is standing” (GIRM 162:3). The text goes on immediately to say, “Communicants should not be denied Holy Communion because they kneel.”
final Traditional Latin Mass has taken place at Saint Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte, North Carolina