tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post6793260222868274252..comments2023-09-19T05:03:19.109-07:00Comments on Scelata: Communion "Procession"Scelatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674226359189392827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-68351918243599147442009-05-04T15:54:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:54:00.000-07:00Orderliness has its merits. On one of the occasio...Orderliness has its merits. On one of the occasions when I attended Mass in Ireland, and having been accustomed to the pew-by-pew method from my native California, I stepped out of my pew and into the aisle, but waited for the elderly lady from the pew in front of me to get into line. She and I were both nearly run down by a mother dragging two small children behind her, who was apparently in something of a hurry to receive Communion. I don't like trying to jump into line and being jostled from behind by people who were hoping to get there before me.<br /><br />I am, personally, in favor of the solution Dad29 proposes.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-50544045852672482252009-04-24T06:50:00.000-07:002009-04-24T06:50:00.000-07:00I hate being orderly. We never did that in NY - o...I hate being orderly. We never did that in NY - other than at St. Patrick's where the the ushers were retired cops who couldn't stop themselves from saying, "Move along, move along."<br /><br />Everyone trotting out as directed also pressures everyone to get up and go. And maybe there are lots of folks who lots of times should just stay put. And no, I won't get up into "coming up for a blessing." Bleech.Mary Jane Ballouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327974108432811614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398283562752570856.post-64520918199245127962009-04-22T15:19:00.000-07:002009-04-22T15:19:00.000-07:00The FAR better pastoral resolution to the problem ...The FAR better pastoral resolution to the problem is to re-institute the 3-hour (or longer) fast before Communion.<br /><br />It's very easy for someone to 'forget' the fast...Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com