who passed away yesterday.
Thank you,
K.C.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
South American Cardinal invites his flock to kneel for Holy Communion!
Cardinal of Lima, Peru invites his flock to kneel for Holy Communion! (Thanks, Father Z, for the heads up!)
http://www.arzobispadodelima.org/notas/2009/agosto/230809b.html
>>>le pido a los sacerdotes y religiosos que ese respeto visible al Cuerpo de Cristo se manifieste y que no esté entregándose el Cuerpo de Cristo como quien reparte unos papeles<<<> ("I implore all you priests and religious to make this respect for the Body of Christ manifest and that you do not distribute the Body of Christ as you would hand out papers")
...look familiar?
http://www.arzobispadodelima.org/notas/2009/agosto/230809b.html>>>le pido a los sacerdotes y religiosos que ese respeto visible al Cuerpo de Cristo se manifieste y que no esté entregándose el Cuerpo de Cristo como quien reparte unos papeles<<<> ("I implore all you priests and religious to make this respect for the Body of Christ manifest and that you do not distribute the Body of Christ as you would hand out papers")
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has a stronger simile... '...handing out keks [cookies]'
then there is K. C.'s simile...
...look familiar?K.C.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
K.C. appeals to LifeTeen President! (K.C.'s new hero)
President Raus!
(logically that would be the only time we should receive standing, sitting or in whatever non-kneeling posture modern liturgists can conjure up) I have yet to comprehend God's wonderful Gift so I will take all the emphasizing I can get.
Sorry for waiting for so long to respond, but I wanted to leave your letter at the top of my blog a little while longer and let it soak in on LifeTeen's detractors, (of whom I was one).
I admit, you have astounded me! I did not think you would answer my question...few would(clerics in particular). And of the few that would, even fewer answer correctly. ( the obvious escape is to say that liturgy's all a matter of personal preference.)
Instead of fluffy platitudes, your letter affirmed:1. The Pope, in having people kneel for Communion, is doing something meaningful!
2. That meaning is " further emphasizing the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist." !!!
Given what we agree upon, the next question falls inevitably:
When is a good time not to further emphasize the True Presence?
(logically that would be the only time we should receive standing, sitting or in whatever non-kneeling posture modern liturgists can conjure up) I have yet to comprehend God's wonderful Gift so I will take all the emphasizing I can get.
I plead with you simply to finish what you have begun! Why wish and wait for an edict to fall from above? Did we wait for the Pope's edict before we instituted hand holding? Tamborines? A whole bunch of devotional practices which have more in common with Woodstock than with the Church of our ancestors? (Edicts, commands, elicit only the enthusiasm of teenagers when they are told to turn off the TV!)
Now we have a clear invitation from His Holiness to deepen our devotion. An humble reminder he places before us and the world every day: we should not stand before Jesus like He's the clerk at Circle K who owes us spare change! 
but instead fall down before Him like....... He's Jesus! and we are the grateful leper who owes Him everything! We now have the opportunity to follow voluntarily, freely, out of sheer love for Our Lord. It costs us nothing.
but instead fall down before Him like....... He's Jesus! and we are the grateful leper who owes Him everything! We now have the opportunity to follow voluntarily, freely, out of sheer love for Our Lord. It costs us nothing.If we cannot exercise our wills to do the right thing when it costs us nothing, then what will we do when it does cost us?
K. C.
>>>>later, from President Raus....K.C.
Thanks for your kind response.
Peace,
Randy
Randy RausPresident/CEO<<<<
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
K.C.'s new hero, LifeTeen President Randy Raus, says Pope's kneeling Communion emphasizes the True Presence of Christ!
..Raus breaks the 'gag rule' and answers the question which American priests and bishops are afraid to answer! [I'm purple, he's black and I underlined portions of his letter]
>>>K.C.
In your recent message you asked me the question:
Do you see the Pope's use of kneeler to distribute Holy Communion as something meaningful?
and if so, what do you see as its meaning?
I do see it as meaningful as the Holy Father’s actions are always significant as he is in direct apostolic succession to Saint Peter, appointed by Christ Himself to lead and govern Christ's followers on Earth.
I believe the Holy Fathe
r by asking the faithful to kneel at Papal Masses to receive Holy Communion is further emphasizing the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. If the GIRM or the local Bishops make this the Liturgical norm at parishes, Life Teen will be joyfully obedient. Life Teen is committed to helping young people understand the “real presence” of Christ in the Eucharist.
Peace,Randy
>>>K.C.
In your recent message you asked me the question:
Do you see the Pope's use of kneeler to distribute Holy Communion as something meaningful?
and if so, what do you see as its meaning?
I do see it as meaningful as the Holy Father’s actions are always significant as he is in direct apostolic succession to Saint Peter, appointed by Christ Himself to lead and govern Christ's followers on Earth.
I believe the Holy Fathe
r by asking the faithful to kneel at Papal Masses to receive Holy Communion is further emphasizing the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist. If the GIRM or the local Bishops make this the Liturgical norm at parishes, Life Teen will be joyfully obedient. Life Teen is committed to helping young people understand the “real presence” of Christ in the Eucharist.Peace,Randy
Randy RausPresident/
CEOLife Teen Leading Teens Closer To <<<
Hear that? We sheep just need shepherding!
Maybe an 'edict' is not needed, but just for priests and bishops to mention the Holy Father's humble example!
K.C>
CEOLife Teen Leading Teens Closer To <<<
Hear that? We sheep just need shepherding!
Maybe an 'edict' is not needed, but just for priests and bishops to mention the Holy Father's humble example!
K.C>
Sunday, August 23, 2009
[TUES 25 AUG UPDATE] An Invitation to Life Teen President Randy Raus to join our crusade!
(or at least break the American 'gag rule') [(TUES.) My source's have it that President Raus visited the K. C. site twice yesterday, 24th. Let's hope and pray that he is contemplating how to respond to the Pope's humble example!!]
By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service
Dear President Raus,
Thanks for your prompt response! I posted it on my blog (with one comment of my own....http://kneelingcatholic.blogspot.com/)
I am including a portion of a 'Catholic News Service' article from last year which wherein the master of papal ceremonies announced the requirement to kneel for Communion, and a bunch of video links, including some from WYD last year. It has been in force for well over a year.
There does seem to be some sort of 'gag rule' for American Catholic leaders with regards to even mentioning the Holy Father's humble example!
If I may I would like to pose a question to you, i.e.:
Do you see the Pope's use of kneeler to distribute Holy Communion as something meaningful? and if so, what do you see as its meaning?
Thanks!
K.C.
>>>>(CNS) Vatican: Receiving Eucharist kneeling will be norm at papal liturgies
[http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0803381.htm]
Thanks for your prompt response! I posted it on my blog (with one comment of my own....http://kneelingcatholic.blogspot.com/)
I am including a portion of a 'Catholic News Service' article from last year which wherein the master of papal ceremonies announced the requirement to kneel for Communion, and a bunch of video links, including some from WYD last year. It has been in force for well over a year.
There does seem to be some sort of 'gag rule' for American Catholic leaders with regards to even mentioning the Holy Father's humble example!
If I may I would like to pose a question to you, i.e.:
Do you see the Pope's use of kneeler to distribute Holy Communion as something meaningful? and if so, what do you see as its meaning?
Thanks!
K.C.
>>>>(CNS) Vatican: Receiving Eucharist kneeling will be norm at papal liturgies
[http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0803381.htm]
By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Receiving the Eucharist on the tongue while kneeling before the pope will become the norm at papal liturgies, said the Vatican's liturgist.While current norms allow the faithful to receive the Eucharist in the hand while standing, Pope Benedict XVI has indicated a preference for the more traditional practice, said Msgr. Guido Marini, master of papal liturgical ceremonies.
Kneeling and receiving Communion on the tongue highlights
"the truth of the real presence (of Christ) in the Eucharist, helps the devotion of the faithful and introduces the sense of mystery more easily," he said in a June 26 interview with the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.Pastorally speaking, he said "it is urgent to highlight and recover" these aspects of the sacredness and mystery of the Eucharist in modern times....<<<<
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