Kneeling for Communion
Blogged by James Preece on 19th October 2012
Is allowed.
The following are extracts from two letters sent by the CDF in 2002. This is old news but it's good to be reminded now and then...
In fact, as His Eminence, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has recently emphasized, the practice of kneeling for Holy Communion has in its favor a centuries-old tradition, and it is a particularly expressive sign of adoration, completely appropriate in light of the true, real and substantial presence of Our Lord Jesus Christ under the consecrated species.
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Also...
Even where the Congregation has approved of legislation denoting standing as the posture for Holy Communion, in accordance with the adaptations permitted to the Conferences of Bishops by the Institution Generalis Missalis Romani n. 160, paragraph 2, it has done so with the stipulation that communicants who choose to kneel are not to be denied Holy Communion on these grounds.
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So now you know.
Reader Comments
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Chrysostom said...
Unless their is some kind of kneeler, it is difficult to kneel on the floor. Communicants are currently able to kneel at the Holy Name Church in Manchester. It will be interesting to see whether the Jesuits maintain this possibility when they take over from the Oratory fathers.
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Tim said...
You used to be able to kneel at the Carmelites in Kensington too but last time I was there (a few months ago) it was all standing - anyone know the current situation there?
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Mike said...
Here is a video on why we should receive Communion on the tongue:
Jesus is on the floor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjVNb4bSnU)
And, by the way, there are lots of other fantastic videos on that site (www.truefaith.tv)
One is about the sinfulness of lustful thoughts and how to deal with them:
http://truefaith.tv/2011/11/25/overcoming-sins-of-thought/
This chap is brilliant.
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Jock Spratt said...
"Kneeling and on the tongue" is not just permitted, or a possible alternative method of reception.
It is the normative way of receiving Holy Communion in the Western Church.
It is absurd that no provision is made for the universal norm in our churches.
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Richard Collins said...
Tim, the answer is to go to the Oratory at 9am on a Sunday or Spanish Place at 9.30am.
Kneeling is mandatory at both.
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JamesFJ said...
Or come to Oxford! Both at the Oratory and St Gregory & St Augustine, kneeling is obligatory and recieving on the tongue strongly preferred, (and we are regularly reminded)
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