Archbishop: Communion has NEVER Been Treated so Casually As in the Novus Ordo Church
The way Eucharists are prepared and presided over needs to change, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told CatholicNewsAgency.com (November 20). For instance, the faithful should go to confession more often and be better prepared to receive Communion respectfully.
Cordileone's assessment of the situation is damning, “Never has Communion been treated so casually, in any of the Apostolic Churches, in any of the Eastern Rites, or in the West."
Asked if the "only way" to receive Communion properly and respectfully was to receive it - instead of pushing it into the mouth with the hand - Cordileone replied, “I wonder the same thing.”
"It's a lot more challenging to preserve reverence for the Eucharist when it's given in the hands,” he explains what is obvious. On Mondays, priests find hosts on the floor, under the pews, or between the pages of the hymnals. As a pastor, Cordileone used ushers next to the priest to make sure people did not run off with the host.
Recalling that the faithful used to fast from midnight, before receiving Communion on their knees, he concludes that we need to take "some kind" of practical measures to remind people who they are welcoming when they receive Communion.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐จ; ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ
– St. John Vianney
Think about that.
We uniquely possess the ability to attend the greatest deposit of grace in the world every single day.
How often do you?
๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ก๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐? ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ? ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐ค, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ช๐จ?
-St. Leonard of Port Maurice
๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐จ, ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ๐จ
- St. Leonard of Port Maurice
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐จ, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฎ
– St. Jean Vianney
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