tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post1595847695418823221..comments2023-10-05T08:25:13.232-04:00Comments on Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Preferring to Receive Holy Communion from a Priest: Some Thoughts Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-66724529960796453312013-12-22T18:05:09.870-05:002013-12-22T18:05:09.870-05:00At our Sat Vigil Mass there are 5 EHMC'ss + th...At our Sat Vigil Mass there are 5 EHMC'ss + the priest for around 150 people. i really think that's not in line with the rubrics.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216292140805995176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-25724798609570022292013-12-22T18:04:40.943-05:002013-12-22T18:04:40.943-05:00At our Sat Vigil Mass there are 5 EHMC'ss + th...At our Sat Vigil Mass there are 5 EHMC'ss + the priest for around 150 people. i really think that's not in line with the rubrics.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216292140805995176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-64375531163097435972013-12-20T02:32:46.428-05:002013-12-20T02:32:46.428-05:00One of the "benefits" of being an EMHC i...One of the "benefits" of being an EMHC is always receiving the host from the priest. <br /><br />Many years ago in a parish I used to attend, one of the priests (now deceased) became upset when too many people were in his line and very few in the lines for the EMHCs. He would go and sit during communion so people would HAVE to receive from an EMHC. <br /><br />There may be parishes were EMHCs are used incorrectly. However, many of the parishes have only one or two priests and maybe one deacon. Communinion distribution would be too long for many people without EMHCs? It is a sad situation... Not having enough priests and people wanting to leave as soon as possible (probably because they really don't understand what happens during Mass).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-90322662896990753802013-12-18T21:58:26.990-05:002013-12-18T21:58:26.990-05:00That is, the lengthy Facebook thread that I linked...That is, the lengthy Facebook thread that I linked to in this paper, originally.Dave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-31179859287447021832013-12-18T21:57:25.713-05:002013-12-18T21:57:25.713-05:00Toni and I discussed this at some length and I dec...Toni and I discussed this at some length and I decided to remove the thread because the meme was offensive to many and didn't represent my thought on the topic accurately enough. This present post retains my comments, which I think have some value to them, if I do say so.<br /><br />I apologize to all and any who were offended by the meme. As to my opinions on the matter: they are here in this paper. No mysteries there . . . I think if someone reads them, they may very well conclude that there was a lot less disagreement than originally supposed.Dave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-4149930316123911902013-12-18T17:38:48.132-05:002013-12-18T17:38:48.132-05:00Did you ever consider that the MEME that went with...Did you ever consider that the MEME that went with the commentary was inflammatory? The MEME is what illicited the negative response as it depicted someone who would "jump the line" to go to a priest rather than receive from an EOM. If you want to discuss these things, why would you choose such an inflammatory way to present the topic and therefore have to spend an entire day's work defending your position and losing friends and supporters in the process?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13127085597219475234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-59621529708718582502013-12-18T16:13:40.578-05:002013-12-18T16:13:40.578-05:00Thanks, Steve. It was a very frustrating day. I gr...Thanks, Steve. It was a very frustrating day. I greatly appreciate the note of agreement. <br /><br />Wishing you and yours a blessed Advent and Merry Christmas.Dave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-51451156692214828022013-12-18T15:25:32.972-05:002013-12-18T15:25:32.972-05:00Bro. Dave,
After reading that painful exchange, i...Bro. Dave,<br /><br />After reading that painful exchange, it's clear (to me, anyway) you're in the right. We traditional Anglo-Catholics don't have EMHC's for the same traditional reasons (I'm guessing) the Orthodox and Eastern Catholics don't either: the priest, like other sacramentals, is a comfort to the faith of those receiving from his hands the consecrated elements. He is an icon of Christ by his very office. The layman is an assistant who does not bear the same office even though he gives the same Body and Blood. Just as you rightly noted other non-essential but deeply meaningful sacramental actions, like crossing oneself or kneeling or receiving on the tongue, should be encouraged and affirmed. If an EMHC gets offended by this that's just silly. If a priest gets offended, that's just downright puzzling.<br /><br />This sort of fabricated problem or push back you are getting can only arise, in my humble estimation, in an era where a wrongheaded theology about the primacy of self-expression overturns a keen understanding of what the priesthood is: a servant of servants among the laity. We want to feed from the hand that most explicitly and officially represents to us the hands that were pierced.<br /><br />Kudos to you!<br /><br />Your ol' pal St. Worm (Steve)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-55512296538046615662013-12-18T10:45:03.008-05:002013-12-18T10:45:03.008-05:00Great point. Someone also mentioned how if someone...Great point. Someone also mentioned how if someone was at a Mass with the pope, wouldn't they try to receive from him? That would take it to another level still.<br /><br />It's still the same Jesus, but people want to receive from the pope, and there isn't one thing wrong with that. <br /><br />Yet for hours on end yesterday, those of us who have this view were put down, insulted, psychoanalyzed as disobedient, prideful, full of ourselves, condescending, altogether unsavory characters.Dave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-89064792971898733872013-12-18T09:18:21.744-05:002013-12-18T09:18:21.744-05:00Wow Dave, I'm amazed at the intensity you'...Wow Dave, I'm amazed at the intensity you've stirred with a pretty sensible (IMO) preference. I suppose that when Jesus fed the 5000, just about anybody who had a reasonable opportunity would've gotten that bread from Jesus rather than his disciples. I mean, we read about people climbing trees, getting lowered through roofs, pulling at his clothes, jumping out of the boat, among other things, to get closer to the Lord. It seems natural for those who love him to long for him, and to prefer to receive him from his own hand even if they have only the shadow of an opportunity, or an alter Cristus.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824930404849608795noreply@blogger.com