tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post5760814388122109174..comments2024-03-28T16:16:51.062-04:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: A pastor thinks we may be receiving Communion too oftenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-15783431545813718292014-10-20T14:11:01.325-04:002014-10-20T14:11:01.325-04:00I agree with the pastor. It is one more sacrament...I agree with the pastor. It is one more sacrament that has become so trivialized, denatured, and de-ritualized ("Just drop it in my hand, toots") that it is impossible for people to sense the momentousness of receiving it. That is true of just about all of the sacraments. For all the whining that we trads do about liturgies, the larger scandal is that none of the sacraments are held in appropriate esteem by Catholics anymore. Some, like confession, are regarded as damn nuisances. And others, like the "sacrament of the sick," are parodies of themselves, of what they used to be ("Extreme Unction") -- of what the souls of Catholic men and women NEED them to be. This is the unspoken scandal of V2.Ralph Roister-Doisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-21636889129450245342014-10-20T11:16:45.964-04:002014-10-20T11:16:45.964-04:00I agree, but people never went to Communion wholes...I agree, but people never went to Communion wholesale. They recognised the necessary fast - therefore Communion beyond an 09:30 Mass was out of the question. They accepted the prohibition, if one was not in a State of Grace. These 'old-fashioned' concepts have long fallen into desuetude and never mentioned from the pulpits these-days. Further, the ascendancy of "The Communal Meal" has come to the forefront. Daily recipients would be those at an 07:00 Mass week-days, small in number but with real sanctity. Of course,I am<br />referring to times when the 'Old Mass' was the order of the day. Sixupmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486627001579821658noreply@blogger.com