@philosopher - Quite! The subjectivity which men live by is just shocking! On the other hand, i do agree to the OBjective order which you posit. This is the reason for my point that kneeling at the altar rails and receiving on the tongue can become empty meaningless actions, UNLESS, the communicant is thoroughly catechised - are the Clergy equiped to do this? Most of them are no more than glorified social workers.....

@ACL, I agree, due to original sin, humanity does not always give the proper value response to being. Man attempts to relativize all values by making himself the ethical and metaphysical ultimate. They can, and often do, as you pointed out, have a value blindness rooted in pride; self-motivating reasons- they just don't see it. Good point, that you made, about liberal education and catechesis, which does have an influence in perpetuating value blindness, and it takes a person who is willing to … [More]

@Philosopher - Essentially I agree, however, due to the disorder which has accompanied original sin, man does not always see himself as beneath God! Man might THINK he is beneath God, yet, man goes off and commits murder, genocide, steals, takes advantage of nature, the poor, etc. All of these sins are examples of man BEHAVING superior to God in an attempt to assert his non-extant authority over God. What man thinks and what he feels is demonstrably at loggerheads with each other. Therefore, … [More]

Every objective entity, within the hierarchy of realty, warrants a value response. Plants are higher in value than stones; animals higher than plants; man higher than animals, and God higher than man. Once, you understand what the Holy Eucharist is, then the proper and most reverent value response toward the Creator of the universe is to go down on your knees, and receive Him on the tongue. There is an objectivity, because God is higher than man, therefore, the response would not standing, as … [More]

@ SBpfu - Well, if we go by the Descartian"cogito ergo svm", we need to express in concrete action that which we THINK (not feel). How many times have the Saints, Doctors of the Church warned us against following our 'feelings' (Teresa de Avila, Juan de la Cruz, Augustine of Hippo, etc). In fact they all, sans exception , instructed that we seek always to educate our emotions. I shall return to this later.

On the other hand, if we go with the existentialists, "facio ergo svm" , we get into a … [More]

The act of kneeling and tongue reception means Adoration.

“It is to simply know that we are before God himself and that He came to us and that we are undeserving,” - I disagree with the rationale. Jesus instituted the Eucharist as an invitation to join him and share in his love. He was aware of the suffering he was about to endure. He wanted us to love both Him and the Father through the Eucharist. Before there were hosts as we know them, there was the breaking and tearing of bread between members. Reception of the Eucharist is a matter of … [More]

Hi Michel-Rene ! Your so right!

I am absolutly supporting that practice. It should be in every catholic churche. Jesus Christ has to be respected and every one has to be loyal towards him. He is are king.
Pray the lord so the latin mass can come back in every catholic churche like a raging fire of love.