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  • The little book that will cause a great storm ('Dominus Est' by Bishop Schneider) (Catholic Caucus)

    12/18/2008 9:00:48 AM PST · by Pyro7480 · 82 replies · 1,189+ views
    Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 12/19/2008 | Alcuin Reed, OSB
    ...The Congregation for Divine Worship [in 1969] issued an Instruction, Memoriale Domini, on the manner of receiving Holy Communion.... After recalling the development of the reception of Communion on the tongue as a fruit of "a deepening understanding of the truth of the Eucharistic mystery...", the Instruction declares that "this method of distributing Holy Communion must be retained...." It also warned: "A change in a matter of such moment, based on a most ancient and venerable tradition, does not merely affect discipline. It carries certain dangers with it...the danger of a loss of reverence for the august sacrament of the...