tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post5210364182763412243..comments2023-07-09T00:34:41.765-07:00Comments on Love the Tradition: Natural SelectionFr Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17787765571125444119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-58339069373333106782010-07-03T07:11:03.970-07:002010-07-03T07:11:03.970-07:00Savonarola,
I think that you may be giving us po...Savonarola, <br /><br />I think that you may be giving us poor pew-fodder too much credit; aside from a vociferous few, most of us queue up to receive communion in the hand without thinking about the nature and quality of our actions. I would go so far as to speculate that the former practice of receiving kneeling could be re-instituted without any comment by most of the laity.The Raven (C. Corax)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08605347404726608685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-60483663329659988322010-06-18T04:32:17.130-07:002010-06-18T04:32:17.130-07:00Archaeologism is undoubtedly a danger to be avoide...Archaeologism is undoubtedly a danger to be avoided, but we surely need to look at the reasons why practices change. Changes in practice can be introduced and persist for a very long time for reasons that later come to seem ill-founded. Receiving communion standing in the hand is clearly found by many today to express better the sort of devotional attitude they think God invites them to than receiving kneeling on the tongue. Perhaps it is the meaning of a practice that we need to look at, as well as its age or longevity.Savonarolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547523172291007631noreply@blogger.com