COMMUNION IN THE HAND...MANDATED BY VATICAN 2?

for those who argue that communion in the hand was mandated by the second vatican council, think again...:

...it carries certain dangers with which may arise from the new manner of administering communion : the danger of a loss of reverence for the august sacrament of the altar, of profanation, of adulterating the true doctrine.[ how true of many Catholics today]

Three questions were asked of the bishops, and the replies received by 12 March 1969 were as follows:

1. Do you think that attention should be paid to the desire that, over and above the traditional manner, the rite of receiving communion on the hand should be admitted?
YES: 597
NO: 1,233
YES, BUT WITH FEW RESERVATIONS: 315
INVALID VOTES: 20

2. Is it your wish that this new rite be first tried in small communities, with the consent of the bishop?
YES: 751
NO: 1,215
INVALID VOTES: 70

3. Do you think that the faithful will receive this new rite gladly, after a proper catechetical preparation?
YES: 835
NO: 1,815
INVALID VOTES: 128
[ it is interesting to note that majority of the bishops don't like to endorse the so-called new rite of communion in the hand]

From the returns it is clear that the vast majority of bishops believe that the present discipline should not be changed[ how then is communion in the hand allowed if the majority of the bishops were against it in the first place], and that if it were, the change would be offensive to the sentiments and the spiritual culture of these bishops and of many faithful.

...in view of the gravity of the matter[gravity...in a sense that it involves a fundamental doctrine of the church and that is the doctrine of the body and blood of Christ present in the Host.] and the force of the arguments put forward,[so there are bishops who are also pro communion in the hand] the Holy Father [Paul VI]has decided not to change the existing way of administering holy communion to the faithful.[Yes, the Pope did the right thing]
The Apostolic See therefore emphatically urges bishops, priests and laity to obey carefully the law which is still valid[communion kneeling and on the tongue] and which has again been confirmed. It urges them to take account of the judgement given by the majority of Catholic Bishops[the figures above], of the rite now in use in the liturgy, of the common good of the Church.[I might just add...for the preservation of Catholic "Tradition"]

-INSTRUCTION ON THE MANNER OF
DISTRIBUTING HOLY COMMUNION

Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship. Memoriale Domini, 29 May, 1969
Vatican Council II, The conciliar and post conciliar documents pp.150-151

MY COMMENT:

WE MUST RECEIVE OUR LORD IN THE EUCHARIST REVERENTLY KNEELING AND ON THE TONGUE, WE MUST BE THE MODELS OF THAT CATHOLIC LAITY WHO KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING DURING MASS. WE MUST TEACH IT TO OTHERS, THE SIGNIFICANCE, THE IMPORTANCE OF KNEELING IS TO ADORE OUR LORD AND TO WORSHIP HIM. WE MUST RESTORE THAT "loss of reverence for the august sacrament of the altar, OF TAKING OUT of profanation, of adulterating the true doctrine."