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Bowing or Kneeling & Catholic Communion

Posted in Vatican II, tagged , , , , , , on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the ordinary form of the Catholic Mass (the one in English), Catholics receive communion standing. Many Catholics do not make any kind of gesture of respect  – either by bowing, genuflecting or kneeling – before receiving our Lord in the Eucharist. Documents from Vatican II strongly recommend some sign of respect before taking Catholic [...]

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The Latin Mass and Vatican II

Posted in Vatican II, tagged , , , , , on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There’s a lot of confusion about what Vatican II actually did, or didn’t do, regarding the so-called Latin Mass, which had been the Catholic Mass for centuries.
The first thing to realize is that Vatican II did not expressly state that the Latin language must be removed from the Catholic Mass – quite the opposite! This [...]

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church & Vatican II

Posted in Vatican II on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Pope John Paul II explained the role of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in relation to Vatican II, when he wrote in Crossing the Threshold of Truth:
“The Catechism was also indispensable that all the richness of the teaching of the Church following the Second Vatican Council could be preserved in a new synthesis and [...]

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