tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181609775805365054.post1700762420418864712..comments2023-04-29T02:24:33.028-05:00Comments on Kneeling Catholic: Catholic Answers' Jimmy Akin gives thumbs-up to gum-chewing @ CommunionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181609775805365054.post-18499789029144776812012-05-11T23:20:47.260-05:002012-05-11T23:20:47.260-05:00There is a divide, unfortunately, between being lo...There is a divide, unfortunately, between being loyal to American bishops and being loyal to the pope. "professional" Catholics are reluctant to "bite the hand" closest to themselves. I'm afraid that's why kneeling for Communion has such a hard time on EWTN. Their chapel has no Communion rail. If they install one, then almost all of their congregation would want to use it....but then what would become of the American "norm" of standing?<br /><br />All this talk of bowing being sufficient reverence for American culture is a little silly! I just went to a concert and the performers bowed to accept the accolades of the audience. [Long Skirts has pointed this out earlier] Is that not the "norm" for what "taking a bow" means to Americans? Are we to indicate that Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist is clapping for us and so we must take a bow? It would be natural to think that according to our American gestures. <br /><br />"taking a bow" and "bowing" are two different concepts? perhaps...yet they are one and the same gesture.<br /><br />forgive me for bending this conversation back to kneeling, but that is the name of this blog!Kneeling Catholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797815971446807261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181609775805365054.post-17218009067408546662012-05-11T10:50:48.699-05:002012-05-11T10:50:48.699-05:00Yikes. Save us, O Lord, from Professional Conserv...Yikes. Save us, O Lord, from Professional Conservative Catholics.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.com