My Daily Domestic Diigolet 04/04/2008

he secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship has called for reconsideration of the practice of Communion in the hand.

The practice of receiving Communion in the hand was not mandated by Vatican II, nor was it introduced in response to calls from the laity, Archbishop Ranjith writes. Instead, he argues, an established practice of piety– receiving the Eucharist kneeling, on the tongue– was changed “improperly and hurriedly,” and became widespread even before it was formally approved by the Vatican.