QUOTES ABOUT RECEIVING COMMUNION ON THE TONGUE
RECEIVING OUR LORD ON THE TONGUE.
I truly believe that one important way to change our thinking, and thus our whole approach to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, is to make sure we do not receive Holy Communion as if it were just another meal.
I am always concerned about the need for more reverence and an increase of the sense of sacredness whenever I assist at my local parish, celebrating the Novus Ordo.
Slowly, since we were assigned a new priest a few years ago, I have noticed an increased reception of Our Lord on the tongue. In addition, there have been enough people kneeling to receive that Father has finally provided kneelers so we can truly humble ourselves (without feeling others may be falsely interpreting the reason for our posture.)
I found this list on (Please click on the Corpus Christi link below to see their whole post):
The Council of Saragossa (380AD) declared “anathema” anyone who dared continue receiving Communion in the hand.
The Synod of Toledo (589AD) declared likewise.
The Sixth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (680AD) forbade the faithful from placing the Host in their hands, threatening transgressors with excommunication.
The Synod of Rouen (650AD) condemned Communion in the hand to halt widespread abuses that occurred through this practice, and as a safeguard against sacrilege. Furthermore, this same synod decreed: “Do not put the Eucharist in the hands of any layman or laywoman, but only in their mouths.”
Pope Saint Sixtus I (d. 125AD) said about the practice: “It is prohibited for the faithful to even touch the sacred vessels, or receive in the hand.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) said: “Out of reverence towards this Sacrament [the Holy Eucharist], nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest’s hands, for touching this Sacrament.” (Summa Theologica, Part III, Question 82)
Pope Saint John Paul II said: “To touch the sacred species and to distribute them with their own hands is a privilege of the ordained.” (Dominicae Cenae, February 1980)
Pope Saint Paul VI (1963-1978) said: “This method of distributing holy communion [on the tongue] must be retained, taking the present situation of the Church in the entire world into account, not merely because it has many centuries of-tradition behind it, but especially because it expresses the faithful’s reverence for the Eucharist” (Memoriale Domini, 29 May 1969)
THE FOUR LAST THINGS
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2nd, 2024 is ALL SOULS DAY.
The Four Last Things: Death, Judgement, Heaven or Hell.
Should we die in a state of mortal sin we send ourselves straight to hell for all eternity. Our souls suffer terribly there, but after the resurrection of the body we will suffer physically too. What we have been told of through some visionaries are terrifying!
Our happiness in the very presence of God will be glorious beyond anything we can humanly imagine.
If we choose heaven we must first be pure ... ENTIRELY PURE.
In addition, even though Jesus died for our sins we are still to be held responsible for our crimes. We won't be out "until we've paid the last farthing" (Matthew 5:26) as Jesus says in the parable about anger and reconciliation.
Before we enter heaven virtually everyone has to be purified. That purification is known as purgatory. Some need to rinse their hands to remove the stain of sin while others require a very long bath in VERY hot water (along with lots of scrubbing) in order to be pure enough to meet Our Lord.
The blog post below from The Catholic Company covers the importance of praying for the poor, holy souls in purgatory. As the title says, this will guide you in ways of praying for these poor souls that cannot help themselves.
20 Ways to Pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
"Those in purgatory cannot pray for themselves, this is why they are called “poor” souls. They can no longer merit anything for themselves and rely entirely on others to pray and make sacrifices on their behalf. As they are nevertheless part of the communion of saints, they depend upon us to help ease their suffering and quickly advance them through their purification so that they can join the saints in heaven."
PRAY FOR OUR POLITITIONS AND FOR THE COMING ELECTION(S)
In the USA it's time for their Presidential Election. The 45th Canadian federal election will take place on or before October 20th, 2025 (unless Mr. Trudeau loses a confidence vote first).
We all must put our Catholic Faith first, in all situations.So what does that say for any Catholic running for public office? We can see the disaster created by so-called "catholic" politicians in both countries, but in recent memory politicians in the United States really stand out. Nancy Polousy and Joe Biden both insisted that they were "faithful Catholics", and yet they both supported the killing of unborn babies, etc. What will this do for their immortal souls???
In
North America have we had any truly CATHOLIC politicians that would
not waver from any official teachings of the Church? I'm
thinking of the past century or less, but has there ever been a
successful truly Catholic politician?
Here in Canada Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau is a baptized and confirmed Catholic, but he
has even said that he admires Islam. His father, Pierre
Trudeau, (also Catholic) legalized the killing of the unborn.
We
really must pray for our political leaders. I have great
respect for all who run for public office, but as Catholics we must
ALWAYS put our Christian faith first.
I often pray that Justin
Trudeau will have a conversion to being a true Traditional Catholic
and that he will publically apologize for misleading the
electorate.
Please always remember to pray for our representatives in public office. I'm sure that Satan is always tempting them and that he knows from observation what will and won't cause them to refuse to follow God almighty.
Dominus vobiscum!!
MARY THE MOTHER OF GOD ... WHY IS THIS TITLE AT ALL CONTROVERSIAL???
- The Hypostatic Union: Jesus Christ is fully God AND fully Man. God gave Mary the power, through the Holy Ghost, to produce a human body for the second person of the Holy Trinity. Jesus has two natures in one person.
To understand the title, "Mother of God," we must first clearly understand Mary's role as mother of our Savior, Jesus Christ. As Catholics, we firmly believe in the incarnation of our Lord: Mary conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Cf. Lk 1: 26-38 and Mt 1: 18-25.) Through her, Jesus Christ second person of the Holy Trinity, one-in-being (consubstantial) with the Father, and true God from true God entered this world taking on human flesh and a human soul. Jesus is true God and true man. In His person are united both a divine nature and a human nature. Mary did not create the divine person of Jesus, who existed with the Father from all eternity: "In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly 'Mother of God' (Theotokos)" (Catechism, No. 495). As St. John wrote, "The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us, and we have seen His glory: The glory of an only Son coming from the Father filled with enduring love" (Jn 1: 14).
For this reason, sometime in the early history of the Church, our Blessed Mother was given the title "Mother of God." St. John Chrysostom (d. 407), for example, composed in his Eucharistic Prayer for the Mass an anthem in honor of her: "It is truly just to proclaim you blessed, O Mother of God, who are most blessed, all pure and Mother of our God. We magnify you who are more honorable than the Cherubim and incomparably more glorious than the Seraphim. You who, without losing your virginity, gave birth to the Word of God. You who are truly the Mother of God. "
However, objection to the title "Mother of God" arose in the fifth century due to confusion concerning the mystery of the incarnation. Nestorius, Bishop of Constantinople (428-431), incited a major controversy. He stated that Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, a regular human person, period. To this human person was united the person of the Word of God (the divine Jesus). This union of two persons the human Christ and the divine Word was "sublime and unique" but merely accidental. The divine person dwelt in the human person "as in a temple. " Following his own reasoning, Nestorious asserted that the human Jesus died on the cross, not the divine Jesus. As such, Mary is not "Mother of God," but simply "Mother of Christ" the human Jesus. Sound confusing? It is, but the result is the splitting of Christ into two persons and the denial of the incarnation.
From https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/mary-the-mother-of-god.html
We must learn to give The Blessed Virgin Mary the honour and praise that is due to her. We can even "worship" her in a way, always knowing that, compared to God, she is less than an atom. (That is how St. Louis de Montfort expresses the relationship in the first chapter of his classic True Devotion to Mary)
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Divine Praises
Blessed be his holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be his most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be his most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.
OUR ETERNAL GOD IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
When you go to Adoration you can never be entirely sure what may happen.
For me it is usually a time of fighting my mind and trying to quiet it in order to fully adore our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as He is exposed on the altar.
A number of years ago I had a really surprising occurrence. For the first, and almost only, time in my life I felt TRULY REAL.
This past Friday Our Lord Jesus Christ surprised me once again, but perhaps in not such a profound way. Father placed Our Lord in the Monstrance and I had beheld His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. That's not unusual of course. What was different for me this time was that I suddenly became more aware of His "Divinity". There I was gazing at His human Body, Blood and Soul. But I became very aware of His DIVINITY, His eternal presence. I was lost in gazing at the God who exists outside of time. Our Lord who was with the Father before He created ANYTHING, before time and matter itself.
Thank you Lord for the spiritual blessings you grant to us from time to time!
THE CROSS VERSUS THE RESURRECTION
After many decades I finally learned one of the great truths about the Cross and the Resurrection
When I was 12 years old I had a religious experience of sorts and ended up asking for a bible for Christmas.
Hearing the Passion being read yearly at the Anglican parish I was a part of and then reading it for myself in my new bible, I became, well, frustrated that Jesus did not show His divinity by giving in to those who were taunting him. Why did he not display His power by coming down from the cross and showing them what a mistake they had just made?
Fast forward 4 - 5 decades and I found God revealing Himself to me in a new way. I finally realized that He did something far more amazing than removing Himself from the cross in front of their eyes:
HE RESURRECTED HIS BODY after releasing those imprisoned in the Limbo of the Fathers. The first human to be resurrected! After that, as we know, he led the way for all the saved by ascending into heaven.
This, in the end, leads us to the supernatural virtue of Hope, the hope that we will soon spend all eternity "happy with God in heaven" as the old Catechism says.
Now I ponder how many times we set aside our crosses due to worldly advice. ("Hey, you've worked hard and are tired. Why go to Adoration? Get some rest!")
DOMINUS VOBISCUM