[HighlyOpinionated]

I receive on the tongue first out of reverence and second because the liberal liturgists just made me shake hands with a bunch of strangers.

AGREED. I try to comprehend why that 'greeting' was added to the liturgy, but it still bothers me. [I'm a convert!] The other thing which bothers me is why some people want to hold hands while praying The Lord's Prayer.

From an EWTN article: The use of this practice [of holding hands] during the Our Father could detract and distract from the prayer's God-directed sense of adoration and petition, as explained in Nos. 2777-2865 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in favor of a more horizontal and merely human meaning.

Personally, I prefer the 'orantes' posture.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Personally, I prefer the 'orantes'(sic) posture.

The Orans - Latin for praying - position adopted by the laity is a violation of the rubrics. The next time you are at Mass watch the deacon and see if he assumes the Orans position. He does not. Why? Because he is not a Priest. Just as you are not allowed to recite the Eucharistic Prayer, you shouldn't be mimicking the posture of the Priest. There is an important distinction between the ministerial priesthood of the ordained and the common priesthood of the believer. Sadly, many attempt to blur that distinction. Simply fold your hands reverently and pray.

[Salvation]

The Orans position is for only the priest to use.

People who try to do that are being arrogant.

[netmilsmom]

>>Personally, I prefer the ‘orantes’ posture.<<

The orans position is a Priestly gesture reserved for the Priest and Deacon only. It is NEVER directed to the laity in a Latin Catholic mass.