Matt Pearson of ChurchMilitant was home for the holidays celebrating Thanksgiving. Visiting his home parish was an interesting experience.
Not a smart think to for "Father Mike" to do. Aside from the fact of who it was he did it to, the norm is standing but everyone has the right to kneel.
http://visitannunciationparish.com/contactus.html
Perhaps you might send a charitable and polite email to Father Mike to let him know what you think of this.
annunciationpastor@centurytel.net
In case you doubt Matt's right, please visit the web page of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and see paragraph 12.
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/frequently-asked-questions/thirty-questions-on-instruction-redemptionis-sacramentum.cfm
Not a smart think to for "Father Mike" to do. Aside from the fact of who it was he did it to, the norm is standing but everyone has the right to kneel.
http://visitannunciationparish.com/contactus.html
Perhaps you might send a charitable and polite email to Father Mike to let him know what you think of this.
annunciationpastor@centurytel.net
In case you doubt Matt's right, please visit the web page of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and see paragraph 12.
http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/frequently-asked-questions/thirty-questions-on-instruction-redemptionis-sacramentum.cfm
CDW: "The faithful should not be imposed upon nor accused of disobedience and of acting illicitly when they kneel to receive Communion"
After kneeling for Holy Communion at this past weekend's Sunday Mass, the presiding priest instructed me it wasn't allowed and that I should "Go away."
While home visiting my family for Thanksgiving, we attended the 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass at Annunciation Catholic Parish in Fox Lake, Wisconsin in the archdiocese of Milwaukee.
After receiving Holy Communion kneeling — the standard practiceme until recent decades — Fr. Mike Wild, pastor of the parish, informed me on leaving the Church that "we stand for Communion at this Church; the bishops want us to stand."