New Priests

[Totus Tuus]

[quote name='EJames' post='1213247' date='Mar 13 2007, 09:20 PM']though many official documents could be sited..i do like this
[quote]The expression used by St. Luke to describe the kneeling of Christians (theis ta gonata) is unknown in classical Greek. We are dealing here with a specifically Christian word. . . . It may well be that kneeling is alien to modern culture-- insofar as it is a culture, for this culture has turned way from the faith and no longer knows the One before whom kneeling is the right, indeed the intrinsically necessary gesture. The man who learns to believe learns also to kneel, and a faith or a liturgy no longer familiar with kneeling would be sick at the core.. . . Where it has been lost, kneeling must be rediscovered, so that, in our prayer, we remain in fellowship with the apostles and martyrs, in fellowship with the whole cosmos, indeed in union with Jesus Christ Himself
-Pope Benedict XVI "The Spirit of the Liturgy"-Ratzinger[/quote][/quote]

Actually, when defending this issue that quote is usually my most valuable resource

[b]The man who learns to believe learns also to kneel, and a faith or a liturgy no longer familiar with kneeling would be sick at the core[/b]

That's my favorite part

Amen Papa Ben!

Edited March 14, 2007 by Totus Tuus

[Zkelly]

Actually, what you have described here is a great violation of Canon Law. You are canonacally (sp) allowed to recieve on the toung. Also, the GIRM as well as Redemptoris Sacramentum and the new Apostolic Exortation by BXVI Sacramentum Caritatis require kneeling. I'd point this out to the pastor, then I would call the Bishop. Where are you from again?