Pre-Vatican II The Fruit Was Good
Oh Lord, the priest gently laid You in my mouth's tomb and I closed the entrance as I allowed you to rest there a moment before you went.
Then Came the Rupture
The form was gone, the mystery replaced with the material. What remained was chewing gulping, crunching and irreverent touching with filthy hands. You were/are tossed and mishandled.
Where were your sacrificial priests as others forced us to stand and receive You from unconsecrated hands into our own hands? We have wandered in the desert for over forty years, Lord. Mercy - restore your Bride to full glory and forgive your unappreciative, indifferent sheep.
The Holy Host in the hand? Non Possumus!
Forced communion in the hand? Non Possumus!
Choice of communion in the hand? Non Possumus!
Chew the bread rather than gently receive the sacrifice? Non Possumus!
Different forms of the host? Non Possumus!
Reception of Communion in a state of unrepentant sin? Non Possumus!
Reception of the Host while erect? Non Possumus
Vatican II's membership in a Global man-made church? Non Possumus
Forgive us Lord. Help us to restore the faith.
I could tell you a bunch of stories, Clotilde, about what I have seen regarding the Eucharist. It being "handed out" like party crackers, placed in the pocket, etc...
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