[markomalley]

This does not, to me, make any sense. If people do not proceed to Communion in some orderly fashion (such as row by row), how are they supposed to do so? Randomly, as each feels moved?

Well, I am unqualified to put words in Father Z's mouth.

When I read that, I interpreted it to mean the assembly-line like fashion where EVERYBODY gets up to receive communion. A person sitting out because he/she acknowledges him/herself not properly disposed to receive communion is a rarity (at least in the majority of parishes I visit) and would stand out like a sore thumb.

[Tax-chick]

People could use sore-thumb-hood as an evangelical opportunity. (If only to evangelize for “None of your business.”)

I think the practice of blessing a congregant who does not receive Communion has more to do with families’ bringing young children with them, since you can’t leave them in the pews most of the time.