As I`ve probably mentioned, the next book for our parish reading group to digest is Dominus est by bishop Schneider of Kazakhstan, which concerms the method of receiving Holy Communion. Recently Leo Darroch, the president of Una Voce International, who lives in this diocese, told me he was going to Wigratzbad for the ordinations for the Fraternity of St Peter and as bishop Schneider was the celebrant he asked me if I would like to see if he could get the good bishop to sign my copy of his book. I was delighted and sent him the book. Here we see the bishop signing a copy of his book, as Leo and Joseph Shaw, LMS chairman, look on. Many thanks to Mark Miles for the photo. I`m looking forward to seeing what the parish reading group make of the book.
I see today Paix Liturgique reports that Cardinal Caffarra of Bologna is following the example of the Holy Father and has given instructions that communicants at his cathedral, in the basilica of St Petronius and the shrine of our Lady of St Luke, are to receive only on the tongue, to avoid grave abuses which have occurred. If you can follow Italian there is a video explaining this here. This video still shows people receiving on the hand and must pre-date the decree but it is interesting to see a Communion cloth being used.
The French version of the decreee states:
Dans tous les cas, étant donné la fréquence avec laquelle sont signalés des cas de comportements irrévérencieux dans l'acte de recevoir l'Eucharistie, nous disposons qu'à compter d'aujourd'hui dans l'église métropolitaine de S. Pietro,dans la basilique de S. Petronio et dans le sanctuaire de la B.V. de San Luca à Bologne les fidèles recevront le Pain Consacré uniquement des mains d'un ministre directement sur les lèvres.
The decree is dated the 27th April.
Maybe there will be more of this to come.
1 comment:
" Lady of St Luke, are to receive only on the tongue, to avoid grave abuses which have occurred."
Fig leaf of a pipe dream. Last year, when an atheistic Minnesota "professor" was egging people on to steal a Host. Someone did so. Did he recieve in the hand and walk away? NO. On the tongue, from a priest. Kneeling.
Fantasy land that everyone who recieves on the tongue is golden and everyone who recieves in the hand has malice in their hearts. But I guess he can play "let's pretend." Why doesn't he just be upfront and say "I don't like giving Communion in the Hand." Purporting to "stop the abuse" by this move is frankly, intellectually dishonest.
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