(...)I must say with regret that in the Church there are many priests, about whom we frequently complain, who preach very well about love of neighbor. They put so much emphasis on it! It would be very good, if they based it on the love of God and if they themselves demonstrated it by setting a good example! Where is the love of God and neighbor when a priest distributes Holy Communion to the faithful while they are standing, and in their hand, even though many would like to kneel, as it should be in the presence of Almighty God? And where is it when they ignore some people who kneel to receive Holy Communion and even when on the day of their First Communion children are ordered to receive it standing and in the hand, while their parents and grandparents suffer because of it?! Yes. Where is all that love of God and neighbor? How long will it take for them to understand how blind they are and how wrong they are in what concerns the love of God and neighbor?
You yourself, through your own experiences, know precisely that by receiving Holy Communion standing and in the hand, many more conflicts, discords and even fights are generated within good-hearted families. Let's think seriously about it! Does this affliction and lack of respect come from God or from Satan? Yes, receiving Holy Communion standing and in the hand is the work of Satan, and there is much proof of this! Whoever cannot understand it has been touched by blindness.
Another excuse is that out of love for our neighbor we should not oppose it. No! Something that opposes the love of God should not be done out of love for our neighbor. We cannot give more importance to the love of neighbor to the point of leading us to fail God. The Pope is also against communion in the hand and requests the use of the paten when we receive Holy Communion! Where is the obedience? Many bishops accuse others for not following the Pope. But, do these first ones obey him? When the subject was discussed, the American bishops said at first: We do not allow Communion in the hand because the Pope does not want it. If the others had behaved in the same way, the fruits that the Church would have produced would be very different. Why do we seek to remove the splinter from our neighbor's eye if we do not even see the beam in our own eye?
We also frequently hear this reasoning: Yes, but what is important is the inner disposition!. Precisely for this reason this practice must disappear because it does not lead to a good inner disposition. We also hear: As long as it was not allowed to distribute Communion in the hand, I had never doubted the presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist! But now doubts arise everywhere!. And there are theologians who say: I left the seminary because my conscience did not allow me to distribute Holy Communion in the hand. And others affirm: I no longer receive Holy Communion because I am reproached for not wanting to receive it in the hand!. Does all this lead us to a good inner disposition? No! What is important is this disposition, so let's avoid Communion in the hand. You yourself know that it is often heard: I no longer feel the warmth of the Church!. They should deeply seek the cause of this statement and see where they are failing. You are absolutely right when you say: As long as the distribution of Communion in the hand is not prohibited in the Church, the lack of faith will not improve.
How many good people do not approach Communion because they are expected to receive it in the hand and standing or because it is distributed by unconsecrated people, when there is no valid reason for them to do so! For every Communion that is not received for this reason, there will be someone responsible!
Only in cases of great need can a bishop allow another form of communion than the traditional one. That everything goes faster does not imply great need, and it is not a sufficient reason to allow another form of communion than the traditional one. Bishops must consider the situations with greater seriousness to determine when there is or is not a need.
Strict rules should be reinstated in the seminaries, the spirit of penance and a greater sacrifice of prayer should be encouraged. Then there would be many more candidates and many fewer dropouts, and in this way it would not be necessary to incorporate more lay people to help distribute Holy Communion. Yes, the inner disposition is important. Satan is a cunning fox. Don't you realize that this is part of the cunning of the evil enemy? That by communing in the hand the most horrifying sacrileges occur and consecrated Hosts are stolen and sold more frequently for so-called black masses, for large sums of money? Yes, think seriously to what depth we have fallen, how far we have gone with this modernization within the Church. God does not allow himself to be modernized and neither do the Ten Commandments allow themselves to be modernized, because they govern today in the same way as in antiquity! Let sex education be taught outside of school. That is the responsibility of the parents and not of the teachers! Yes, we must return to offering prayers and return to a spirit of penance! Only then can faith improve!
As long as Communion in the hand and standing is not absolutely prohibited in the Catholic Church, the faithful will not have a deeper faith, because reverence in front of the Holy Eucharist is greatly weakened for this reason. When reverence is not shown in front of the holiest of the holy, then love of God and love of neighbor is also weakened.
ON COWARDICE
Because of cowardice, many people today bear the weight of guilt! Many realize that they are on the wrong path, but then the cunning of the devil intervenes with: But I can't change. A bishop once said: I have come this far!, with respect to distributing Communion in the hand. So, why is he so cowardly not to prohibit it in his diocese where he has the right and the duty to do so? Probably other bishops would also do it if he did, and if so, they would do a lot of good. Yes, one must still pray and make many sacrifices for the bishops and priests so that they acquire courage; that is also an act of love of God and neighbor! Do not complain about the bishops and priests who have strayed from the path. Complaining will not make them better! Instead, through prayer and sacrifice you can save them! And one can also warn them, remind them and ask them to do this or that better. Yes, one has the duty to do so. But, once again, this is only allowed if it is done with love and kindness and not in a cruel way. Many things are achieved with love and kindness. We must ask the bishops and priests, with affection, to pray a lot to the Holy Spirit. Thus they will surely return to the right path. May God with his immense love give them this gift!
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