(01-25-2012, 03:33 PM)JayneK Wrote:(01-25-2012, 02:17 PM)Petertherock Wrote: Oh yes...they are the priests that took over at St. Joseph's when the Capuchins left. That's the Church where the priest acted like I was committing a grave mortal sin when I asked if I could receive Holy Communion kneeling...his response was, "Oh God please! No not that!" That was the last time I went to that Church.
Something like that happened to me too.
Obviously I started kneeling for Communion when at the NO in order to show reverence, but it has had an interesting side effect. I always try to ask the priest first and his reaction seems to correspond to the orthodoxy and reverence of the Mass. It works as a quick test for determining which NOs I will be able to stand.
I kneel regardless. If it's the mass, it's jesus, and that's way more important than what a priest thinks, frankly. I don't even attend one of the parishes here, but the one I do, if I was refused communion kneeling I wouldn't take communion there at all.
EDIT: to those claiming that total avoidance of the NO would benefit one spiritually more than going every day: GROW UP. Really? You don't speak for everyone.
Without the availability of an admittedly inferior rite of the Mass, I would be a fornicating Deist now. Seriously. Get a hobby.