Allow kneeling during the Communion Rite.

Let us kneel

I can't think of a more reverent way to honor Christ after just receiving him in Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, than kneeling in humble thanksgiving.

The communion song is not private time with Jesus in your heart. People just sit down after and talk. Our hearts are broken by this rule and we don’t see it anywhere else in our travels.

Kneeling is our traditional stance. I have been under the impression, that if something has been continuously observed , in a certain way in a particular area, it can be excused from changes that would stop it?

"Let us praise God together on our knees...when I fall on my knees with my face to the Rising Son, O Lord, have Mercy on me+" Remember that song?

Let us all pray for our bishop! Thank you Theresa!

OUTSTANDING ARTICLE!! AGREE 100%!!!! Thank you Theresa! Sincerely, Jennifer Bocchicchio

shake my head.

Frankly, I was surprised to learn there were any dioceses in the U.S. NOT kneeling through the Eucharistic prayers, after the Agnus Dei, and after communion. I thought we'd left this silliness behind more than a decade ago. We've got kneelers, let's use them! The moments on my knees, head bowed, after receiving our Eucharistic Lord have been some of the most meaningful of my spiritual life. I am fairly certain they would NOT happen often, if at all, were I standing, shifting from foot to foot, reeling in my children, staring at the communion line. Let's encourage piety, not create a greater hurdle to it.

If we are to be Universal in nature, why would we not kneel like most other diocese do during this most sacred part of the Mass?

Kneeling during communion is the way to go. Let the people of God kneel before their Lord while receiving Him in the Eucharist!

Allow communion kneeling

Your Excellency, I was taught that we kneel after the Agnus Dei because, it was a sign of reverence. When I kneel as the Eucharist is elevated, I am surrendering my own will to that of our Lord, and St. Paul tells the Philippians in 2:9-10 "For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth."

Your Excellency, I reside in the Diocese of Cleveland, and many of us grew up with the long-standing tradition of kneeling after the Agnus Dei and after receiving Holy Communion. So many of the faithful were catechized that we express our reverence for the Holy Eucharist by the posture of kneeling, which was inexplicably changed in 2003. Please allow us once again to kneel in reverence for Our Lord.

With deepest respect your excellency, please let us kneel in reverence to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Who shall we follow and listen to? God or Man?

Kneeling says "Jesus, I love You." Veni Sancte Spiritus to Bishop Perez and the Cleveland Diocese.

I stand for the flag and kneel for the cross. I was taught to kneel during my theology upbringing.

Kneeling is the most reverent way to honor our Lord and Savior. As St. Paul said to the Philippians, " at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth…” (Philippians 2:10).

Thank you for your consideration.

Thank you for your consideration.