Bishop Foys – stop holding hands during the Pater Noster! December 1, 2011
Posted by Tantumblogo in awesomeness, Basics, Dallas Diocese, episcopate, General Catholic, Latin Mass.trackback
OK……Lord’s Prayer for most parishes, and I’ve never seen a hand holding event during an actual Pater Noster at a TLM, but anyways, this is progress! The hand holding, even among daily Mass goers, has got to stop. It’s the Lord’s Prayer – about HIM! To HIM! It’s not about us!
Special note should also be made concerning the gesture for the Our Father. Only the priest is given the instruction to “extend” his hands. Neither the deacon nor the lay faithful are instructed to do this. No gesture is prescribed for the lay faithful in the Roman Missal ; nor the General Instruction of the Roman Missal , therefore the extending or holding of hands by the faithful should not be performed.
As CMR says: “To be honest, I don’t see this as much as I used to. I never really understood why it was done in the first place but it always smelled a little hippie to me so I stayed away from it. ” It’s not just a little hippy, it enhances the overt focus on the community to the detriment to the worship of God.
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I am glad that Bishop Foys spoke up about the proper liturgical practices for the laity. He is affirming what Vatican II stated and that must irk the “Spirit of Vatican II” crowd.
God Bless.
You should attend Mass at the Cathedral Downtown or Holy Trinity. There are days where it seems more like an aerobics class than Mass.
Has the bishop of Dallas ever made a “comment” on whether it is appropriate to hold hands during the Our Father?
Not to my knowledge.