Om å knele og motta kommunion på tungen
Libreria Editrice Vaticana har utgitt ei bok, Dominus Est, skrevet av biskop Athanasius Schneider, der biskopen analyserer spørsmålet om å motta kommunion knelende og på tungen. Erkebiskop Malcolm Ranjith, i kongregasjonen for liturgien, har skrevet forordet til denne boka, han støtter en slik praksis og sier bl.a.:
In the Church, the deep conviction that in the Eucharistic species the Lord is truly and really present, along with the growing practice of preserving the Holy Sacrament in tabernacles, contributed to practice of kneeling in an attitude of humble adoration of the Lord in the Eucharist.
… faith in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharistic species already belonged to the essence of the faith of the Catholic Church and was an intrinsic part of Catholicism. It was clear that we could not build up the Church if that faith was minimally affected.
Therefore, the Eucharist, bread transubstantiated in Body of Christ and wine into the Blood of Christ, God among us, is to be greeted with wonder, reverence and an immense attitude of humble adoration. Pope Benedict XVI … points out that «receiving the Eucharist means adoring him whom we receive …