I switched from receiving Communion in the hand to receiving communion on the tongue while kneeling. The body language is very powerful and deeply reverent.
Every priest needs to listen to this. We have been rejected Communion on the tongue numerous times. We have had a priest stop distributing Communion upon seeing us in his line and pass the ciborium off to a Eucharistic Minister knowing that we will bow to the ciborium and quietly make a Spiritual Communion elsewhere. I can't readily kneel anymore so I bow and then receive on the tongue. Twice the Sacred Host has been dropped whilst I'm mouthing "Amen" so I have stopped that unless I trust the Priest or Deacon. Orémus Y'all.
There is much going on your comments. What you have experienced are abuses which should be reported to your Bishop. However, by refusing to receive from an EMHC, you are making a protest and which is not in the spirit either of unity or of the disposition with which you should present yourself to receive Our Blessed Lord. By refusing to take Holy Communion you also make a spectacle of yourself - another thing which on this video Father refers to. We know, from Sister Faustina's diary, that self-denial of Holy Communion offends Our Blessed Lord more than it grieves us. As father does say in this video, if you can no longer kneel, you should stand. If you intend to receive on the tongue, you should present with your hands in the prayer gesture, so that the priest (or EMHC) can see that you desire Communion on the tongue; you are required to say "Amen" - it is not an option - if you don't understand why you are required to say "Amen" you need further catechesis. You should say "Amen" before you raise your head and open your mouth. I fail to see how Sacred Hosts can be dropped if you follow the correct procedure. That this has happened TWICE with YOU suggests more about what YOU are doing than it does about what the priest or EMHC is doing, both of whom are trained in their roles. Perhaps, it is you who need further instruction on how to receive.
Awesome explanations on how we should act and behave during Mass. Also the "Judas was the first to leave" is definitely a good tip for those who leave early.
Many years ago I adhered to the absoloute rules of the Church as very special. I am not changing unless it becomes rule of the Mass in general I have been at Mass for most of my life and I have been in union of the Church always. Thank you. Nifty J.
Hi, Nifty J. Just trying to unpack your comments to understand them in context - trying to work out whether you are affirming what Father is teaching or whether you are dismissing his teaching. When you say "Many years ago..." do you mean that you no longer adhere to the rules of the Church? Father is explaining the rubric to be followed during Mass - what do you mean by "rules of the Church"? "...unless it becomes rule of the Mass...": what is "it"?
@lori64lg. A Eucharistic minister is a priest or deacon. I think you mean Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Their use has become necessary with the declining number of priests and deacons (at least, in the Ordinary Form - in the EF there is an abundance of them!). It is obviously not practicable to expect one priest to distribute Holy Communion to a congregation of hundreds. If fewer men are prepared to offer themselves in the priesthood and diaconate, we have to accept the use of EMHC.
@@lori64lg Thank you, Lori; and in case you find yourself receiving from an EMHC and are unsure about validity, just remind yourself that the priest - in persona Christi, has deputised that person out of necessity, in order that everyone can receive Our Blessed Lord, so, to paraphrase scripture, if it's ok with the priest it's ok with Christ.
Thank you so much. Everyone should hear this. Perhaps you could publish a book with this information for children and practicing adults and for those in RCIA.
Good idea although, given the diverse cohorts to which you refer, there would need to be at least two books. I tried googling - could not find any. You could order a copy of the GIRM to which Father alludes although, it does not give you all of what Father described - he was referring also to other Vatican documents.
I've heard that hand-holding entered the Church from charismatics, who after Vatican II, had people streaming into the Church from the Evangelical world, where they got it from people overcoming alcoholism in AA, which that was a affirmation & validation "rite" in their 12-step movement. As they fanned out and into the protestant world, then as protestants entered the Catholic Church, we started seeing it (I did at my former Parish about 1972). That's when I first saw the Orans hand position during the Lord's prayer. All these are creations or inventions, not in the rubrics, and infuriate me. Just saying. Thank you Father, for the teachings, clear and unafraid.
My biggest pet peeve is those who leave after Holy Communion! Half the church is emptied out after Communion…. I have prayed about this and the Good Lord consoled me by saying, “ don’t be angry for me, I’m not… they are missing out on a special Blessing”….I was always taught to wait until the priest leaves the building….plus that we should appreciate the choir who is blessing us with their music. I’m trying so hard not to get upset….but I don’t understand the irreverence…
Are those rubrics available on your site? Should we be kneeling while people are comuning upto the host is put away in the tabernacle? I know this video is old but there are faithful and priests today who don't follow these guidelines properly
Whilst there is no instruction either way, ask yourself whether you find it appropriate to sit whilst the presence of Christ remains upon the Altar? Depending upon where you are, you might see the Deacon and the Servers watch as the remaining Hosts are returned to the Tabernacle and, when the Tabernacle is closed they genuflect (in some places the sanctuary bell is rung at this moment). This can inform the answer to your question.
It occurs to me that the laity who do their own thing at Mass are actually just taking a cue from the fact that options are allowed to the celebrant in the celebration of the Mass. Expecting the laity to follow a definite prescribed way of doing things is kind of strange when the celebrant can choose this, that, or the other. I think I have to protest, too, that it is cruel to ask me to go along with doing what is not contemplated in the prescribed rubrics, or even is quite definitely wrong. When an usher is going about the church shaking hands strictly after the sign of peace, when the Agnus Dei is already in progress, I am going to refuse to participate in that. Charity is not in accepting his hand, but in telling him to stop it. If our priests are not going to draw the line against abuse, then the laity must. And if I am a distraction, if I make an emphatic point that something is wrong, that is not an insult to the Mass but is my bounden duty, to be, perhaps, the locus from which correction will grow.
Options permitted to the celebrant are not options permitted to the laity - Father does say specifically that you must not copy what the priest does - the priest says the Mass - the laity do not. The options available to a priest do not affect what the laity are required to do. The Missal tells you what to do and when to do it. In your second comment, you seem to be highlighting an extreme example of liturgical abuse as an excuse to not cooperate in assisting at Mass as required by the rubric. The matter is surely easily dealt with by reporting it to Father after Mass or at some time thereafter. In the case which you highlight, you are not the distraction - the usher is, and they need further training in their role.
@@marya9039 just to start with if I may: the consecration took place earlier - I think you mean the Fraction. Here - in England, the customary gesture is the hand-shake. Not all do it - I don't, and at my local church most do not either. Indeed, there is no need for it - to look at each other and simply say "Peace be with you" is sufficient - it is also hygienic. Pastors should educate the people to understand that the exchange of peace is short and that their attention should immediately be focused upon the priest whom is about to preform the Fraction.
Whilst he number assisting at the TLM is relatively tiny - and the majority of those tend to be more informed both liturgically and theologically, that number is continually increasing, with newcomers who also assist at the OF, so, you cannot know whether this is not an issue in the TLM - unless you visit many places to observe the congregations.
@@alanpontet1671 yes, I’m aware some priests will not like that, and I’m aware that we should just pray for them if they teach poorly, but frankly I’m sick of that - we’re losing too many to the “feel good” Prot churches - i will confess it with a pure heart
My guess is you are either Protestant or from Protestants lol . The Mass in NO has way too much Protestantism in it today because Protestants were not able to forsake their Protestant beliefs as Jesus commanded to forsake all else for Him! We should never hold hands during Our Father! We are praying to Our Father not to the person beside us!
Daniel, if it is below your dignity to exercise unity in the rubric, that says more about your pride than the detail of the rubric. You are also putting yourself above the priest in this matter - and he knows more about the reasoning than you do. If you find it "overly fussy" it might be that you still don't understand. You could ask Father to expand upon the theology behind each of the gestures and postures - they are not simply meaningless movements..
Thank you! All priests should go over this in mass🙏🏼
I switched from receiving Communion in the hand to receiving communion on the tongue while kneeling. The body language is very powerful and deeply reverent.
This is so important, so true. During the consecration I get teary-eyed. It's so holy, so miraculous.
Every priest needs to listen to this. We have been rejected Communion on the tongue numerous times. We have had a priest stop distributing Communion upon seeing us in his line and pass the ciborium off to a Eucharistic Minister knowing that we will bow to the ciborium and quietly make a Spiritual Communion elsewhere.
I can't readily kneel anymore so I bow and then receive on the tongue. Twice the Sacred Host has been dropped whilst I'm mouthing "Amen" so I have stopped that unless I trust the Priest or Deacon.
Orémus Y'all.
There is much going on your comments. What you have experienced are abuses which should be reported to your Bishop. However, by refusing to receive from an EMHC, you are making a protest and which is not in the spirit either of unity or of the disposition with which you should present yourself to receive Our Blessed Lord. By refusing to take Holy Communion you also make a spectacle of yourself - another thing which on this video Father refers to. We know, from Sister Faustina's diary, that self-denial of Holy Communion offends Our Blessed Lord more than it grieves us. As father does say in this video, if you can no longer kneel, you should stand. If you intend to receive on the tongue, you should present with your hands in the prayer gesture, so that the priest (or EMHC) can see that you desire Communion on the tongue; you are required to say "Amen" - it is not an option - if you don't understand why you are required to say "Amen" you need further catechesis. You should say "Amen" before you raise your head and open your mouth. I fail to see how Sacred Hosts can be dropped if you follow the correct procedure. That this has happened TWICE with YOU suggests more about what YOU are doing than it does about what the priest or EMHC is doing, both of whom are trained in their roles. Perhaps, it is you who need further instruction on how to receive.
5yrs later - this is an awesome review. Thank you 🙏🏻
"The better we know these things, the closer we come to Jesus."
Thank you, Father. There are so many abuses by the laity during Holy Mass. More people need to see this.
Thank you. Have been looking for this instruction for sometime.
Thank you, Father, for giving us clear instructions. I pray that more Catholics listen to the entire series.
Awesome explanations on how we should act and behave during Mass. Also the "Judas was the first to leave" is definitely a good tip for those who leave early.
Thank you for sharing about St Francis of Assisi and his works. God bless you Fr Simine.
Eloquently said. Thank you for posting this material to the public and God Bless you.
I am so thankful for this wonderful series of lessons. As a fairly recent Catholic, these homilies have been extremely helpful to me.
Me, too. I was never taught these things and have wondered why there is so much variety in responses during Mass.
Many years ago I adhered to the absoloute rules of the Church as very special. I am not changing unless it becomes rule of the Mass in general I have been at Mass for most of my life and I have been in union of the Church always. Thank you. Nifty J.
Hi, Nifty J. Just trying to unpack your comments to understand them in context - trying to work out whether you are affirming what Father is teaching or whether you are dismissing his teaching. When you say "Many years ago..." do you mean that you no longer adhere to the rules of the Church? Father is explaining the rubric to be followed during Mass - what do you mean by "rules of the Church"? "...unless it becomes rule of the Mass...": what is "it"?
A must watch for all catholics thank you
Thank you for this series it has been very helpful and may God Bless You
Wonderful series, thank you, Father. Second time watching.
I wish that only the priest would distribute Our Jesus to us . Too many Eucharistic ministers!
Absolutely !
@lori64lg. A Eucharistic minister is a priest or deacon. I think you mean Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Their use has become necessary with the declining number of priests and deacons (at least, in the Ordinary Form - in the EF there is an abundance of them!). It is obviously not practicable to expect one priest to distribute Holy Communion to a congregation of hundreds. If fewer men are prepared to offer themselves in the priesthood and diaconate, we have to accept the use of EMHC.
@@alanpontet1671 , thank you for explaining this to me. That makes perfect sense. God bless you 🙏
@@lori64lg Thank you, Lori; and in case you find yourself receiving from an EMHC and are unsure about validity, just remind yourself that the priest - in persona Christi, has deputised that person out of necessity, in order that everyone can receive Our Blessed Lord, so, to paraphrase scripture, if it's ok with the priest it's ok with Christ.
@@alanpontet1671 , Amen 🙏 I agree ☝🏻 if it’s good enough for Christ it is certainly good enough for me. 🥰🙏❤️💕 Thank you again
Amen 🙏
Thank you Father
Thank you so much. Everyone should hear this. Perhaps you could publish a book with this information for children and practicing adults and for those in RCIA.
Good idea although, given the diverse cohorts to which you refer, there would need to be at least two books. I tried googling - could not find any. You could order a copy of the GIRM to which Father alludes although, it does not give you all of what Father described - he was referring also to other Vatican documents.
Thank you so much for teaching us! My children and I have learned a lot from the 5 homily’s and greatly appreciate your instruction ❤️ God bless!
I've heard that hand-holding entered the Church from charismatics, who after Vatican II, had people streaming into the Church from the Evangelical world, where they got it from people overcoming alcoholism in AA, which that was a affirmation & validation "rite" in their 12-step movement. As they fanned out and into the protestant world, then as protestants entered the Catholic Church, we started seeing it (I did at my former Parish about 1972). That's when I first saw the Orans hand position during the Lord's prayer. All these are creations or inventions, not in the rubrics, and infuriate me. Just saying. Thank you Father, for the teachings, clear and unafraid.
Did you not listen to his conclusion and summing up that you shouldn't let it infuriate you.
Would love to see how mass was before Protestants started coming to the Church!!
I just keep my hands in prayer 🙏🏼
Very helpful Bless you father
I have been thinking about becoming a Catholic for a long time and I am finding these videos very helpful. What a wonderful priest.
I wonder how different things are now, if any significant updates have been made since this was made in 2018.
Have you not been to Mass since 2018 then?
My biggest pet peeve is those who leave after Holy Communion! Half the church is emptied out after Communion…. I have prayed about this and the Good Lord consoled me by saying, “ don’t be angry for me, I’m not… they are missing out on a special Blessing”….I was always taught to wait until the priest leaves the building….plus that we should appreciate the choir who is blessing us with their music. I’m trying so hard not to get upset….but I don’t understand the irreverence…
Are those rubrics available on your site?
Should we be kneeling while people are comuning upto the host is put away in the tabernacle?
I know this video is old but there are faithful and priests today who don't follow these guidelines properly
In our diocese in Oudtshoorn South Africa we stay kneeling until the Blessed Sacrament is placed in the Tabernacle.
Whilst there is no instruction either way, ask yourself whether you find it appropriate to sit whilst the presence of Christ remains upon the Altar? Depending upon where you are, you might see the Deacon and the Servers watch as the remaining Hosts are returned to the Tabernacle and, when the Tabernacle is closed they genuflect (in some places the sanctuary bell is rung at this moment). This can inform the answer to your question.
It occurs to me that the laity who do their own thing at Mass are actually just taking a cue from the fact that options are allowed to the celebrant in the celebration of the Mass. Expecting the laity to follow a definite prescribed way of doing things is kind of strange when the celebrant can choose this, that, or the other.
I think I have to protest, too, that it is cruel to ask me to go along with doing what is not contemplated in the prescribed rubrics, or even is quite definitely wrong. When an usher is going about the church shaking hands strictly after the sign of peace, when the Agnus Dei is already in progress, I am going to refuse to participate in that. Charity is not in accepting his hand, but in telling him to stop it. If our priests are not going to draw the line against abuse, then the laity must. And if I am a distraction, if I make an emphatic point that something is wrong, that is not an insult to the Mass but is my bounden duty, to be, perhaps, the locus from which correction will grow.
Options permitted to the celebrant are not options permitted to the laity - Father does say specifically that you must not copy what the priest does - the priest says the Mass - the laity do not. The options available to a priest do not affect what the laity are required to do. The Missal tells you what to do and when to do it. In your second comment, you seem to be highlighting an extreme example of liturgical abuse as an excuse to not cooperate in assisting at Mass as required by the rubric. The matter is surely easily dealt with by reporting it to Father after Mass or at some time thereafter. In the case which you highlight, you are not the distraction - the usher is, and they need further training in their role.
@@marya9039 just to start with if I may: the consecration took place earlier - I think you mean the Fraction. Here - in England, the customary gesture is the hand-shake. Not all do it - I don't, and at my local church most do not either. Indeed, there is no need for it - to look at each other and simply say "Peace be with you" is sufficient - it is also hygienic. Pastors should educate the people to understand that the exchange of peace is short and that their attention should immediately be focused upon the priest whom is about to preform the Fraction.
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None of these are problems in the TLM. At the name of Jesus every knee shall bend in Heaven on earth and under the earth.
Whilst he number assisting at the TLM is relatively tiny - and the majority of those tend to be more informed both liturgically and theologically, that number is continually increasing, with newcomers who also assist at the OF, so, you cannot know whether this is not an issue in the TLM - unless you visit many places to observe the congregations.
And when your priest does something wrong, teach him what is right either after mass or make an appointment to talk on the phone
Did Father say that in this video?
@@alanpontet1671 no, I was adding that
@@jeffroberts760 Good luck with that! I'm sure that he'll be a model of humility!
@@alanpontet1671 yes, I’m aware some priests will not like that, and I’m aware that we should just pray for them if they teach poorly, but frankly I’m sick of that - we’re losing too many to the “feel good” Prot churches - i will confess it with a pure heart
This seems overly fussy. Such minor rule setting doesn’t seem in the spirit of the new mass. I do agree about lengthy, selective peace sharing.
My guess is you are either Protestant or from Protestants lol . The Mass in NO has way too much Protestantism in it today because Protestants were not able to forsake their Protestant beliefs as Jesus commanded to forsake all else for Him! We should never hold hands during Our Father! We are praying to Our Father not to the person beside us!
Daniel, if it is below your dignity to exercise unity in the rubric, that says more about your pride than the detail of the rubric. You are also putting yourself above the priest in this matter - and he knows more about the reasoning than you do. If you find it "overly fussy" it might be that you still don't understand. You could ask Father to expand upon the theology behind each of the gestures and postures - they are not simply meaningless movements..