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I really believe that the #1 problem in our faith right now is that we as Catholic's don't truly believe in the True Presence. I know this because of the way people act around the Blessed Sacrament. We don't genuflect, we don't receive the Eucharist in a respectful way, and we have "cattle calls" at Mass to all get our hand outs. Everyone is a part of the problem, Priests, EMHC's, the faithful -- we are the problem.I told you, you will not like this post. Watch at Mass next time the way Communion is distributed. I have seen more reverence at public functions where they pass out concert tickets. It is a disgrace and now, the haphazard and sloppy way we distribute the Body of Christ has infected those that try and do it in a reverent way. So much so, that some have decided that changing how they receive is the only option to continue doing so in a reverent way.
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What do I mean? Well I recently read Danielle Bean's post on the NCR:
Danielle Bean
I could be stubborn and insist upon receiving on the tongue because I have a right to, even when the challenges it causes become a distraction to myself and others. But that doesn’t seem like something Christ would want me to do.Now, I don't blame Ms. Bean. In fact, shame on the EMHC. Seriously. They are so proud and haughty, thinking they play an important role in the Mass. Running up to the Altar and "playing priest." Well Mrs. EMHC you role is to know how to properly distribute Communion. Your role is to know how Jesus can be best handled. Who are you to think you are worthy to even touch our Lord? I am not even worthy to receive him, let alone control who does and doesn't get to receive him. It kills me that someone honestly feels that they are some how wrong for wanting to receive in the most humble way possible. It isn't a preference. I really don't blame Ms. Bean, she is simply trying to be the most humble and gracious servant of the Lord. She is trying to be humble for herself, and for the EMHC. What a pity.
Jesus is Jesus, in my hand or on my tongue.
And that is why I am 90% convinced that from now on, when I receive the Eucharist from an EMHC, I should put my own preferences aside and receive in the way that is least likely to cause confusion and distraction—in the hand.
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like yours!
What if we all said one day, "I am only receiving from a priest, and on the tongue." Not because EMHC's are wrong to utilize, but when they can't perform their function correctly... it is time for a change. What if we all just lined up in the priest's line and made that statement. Sure, you could say it politicizes the Mass, but what are they, the EMHC doing with their added blessings, their words beyond "The Body of Christ," their eyerolls when we receive on the tongue, or worse when we kneel to receive? Every time we bend and break our traditions for the "nicety" of others, we destroy the faith. We become the problem, we become the Judas, we become the Peter. "Oh no Lord, I would never deny knowing you!" I'd say we are on about strike two, wouldn't you?
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If we don't get the courage to fight for our Faith, it will quickly evolve into something foreign to us. It will no longer be the True Faith, but some faith. If we don't start acting like we actually believe in the True Presence, we will lose the Truth.Again, I don't blame Danielle Bean, she is simply explaining how the Catholic Faith in this country has been distorted and lost to the proud and haughty hands of others. The True Presence has been hidden by those who are more interested in form over substance. We must storm against the eradication of truth and the distortion of The Faith. We must have Priests, the faithful, and especially EMHC stand up and say, "I want to do what is right for the Lord, I want to reclaim reverence for the True Presence!"
"The Kingdom of Heaven suffers much violence, and the violent are taking it by force!"
-Matthew 11:12
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