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On Kneeling: A Response to Cardinal Cupich, by Leah Libresco Sargeant – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Leah Libresco Sargeant, First Things, 12 . 24 . 24

Leah Libresco Sargeant is the author of Arriving at Amen and Building the Benedict Option.

Cupich’s recent message to his diocese, entitled “As we pray . . .,” strongly implies that kneeling to receive the Eucharist should be avoided, hinting that it is selfish and inappropriate. So if a soprano were to let loose a “Fall on your knees” during the Communion procession, the traditional hymn could sound like a provocation.

The letter to the faithful was carefully circumlocutious, as the USCCB explicitly permits Catholics to receive the Eucharist standing or kneeling. The USCCB states that, “[t]he norm . . . is that Holy Communion is to be received standing, unless an individual member of the faithful wishes to receive Communion while kneeling” and that, per Redemptionis Sacramentum, “it is not licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ’s faithful solely on the grounds, for example, that the person wishes to receive the Eucharist kneeling or standing.” …

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