Comments on: On Kneeling, Kneelers and Altar Rails, by Cardinal Arinze

By: Joel Schmidt

Joel Schmidt — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:38:19 +0000

Great post! I stumbled onto this providentially (late) after:
1) Hearing Cardinal Arinze speak at the Christ Our Life conference in Des Moines, and
2) Being “encouraged” to stand through the Liturgy of the Eucharist after beginning to kneel at daily Mass while traveling last week.

Thanks Matt!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:06:18 +0000

Our Parish Priest has also put back the altar rails in our church.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:46:10 +0000

God has truly blessed us in giving us John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Cardinal Arinze to guide the Church in this difficult age.

By: José

José — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:27:16 +0000

Cardinal Arinze, you made my day. Nothing like humor to live a good life of commitment to God´s Law

By: David

David — Sat, 29 May 2010 12:01:44 +0000

Thank you Cardinal Arinze for speaking about this issue.

By: beth

beth — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:59:28 +0000

I wish there were more people in our church like Cardinal Arinze. The Catholic church would be a better place in 2010

By: anna

anna — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:57:22 +0000

Our modern church (since the 1960′s) has thrown out most of the traditions we Catholics value Confession is almost never discussed, kneeling in a church during the Consecration of the host, most of all the respect and the wonderful feelings that came with going to visit God

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:25:22 +0000

He is such a gift.

By: Jacobitess

Jacobitess — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:51:32 +0000

It has long been an opinion strongly held by traditionalists that salvation of this age would come out of Africa. Prelates such as the Cardinal make that very easy to believe.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:43:06 +0000

Gotta love Cardinal Arinze! Hooray for the Apostolate for Family Consecration also. :D

My kids received first Holy Communion at the Traditional Latin Mass and only feel comfortable kneeling when receiving Communion. Needless to say, they have been reprimanded and forced to stand up by some Novus Ordo priests. There is much confusion and Cardinal Arinze always cuts straight through the nonsense–always balanced.

If we could crawl and prostrate ourselves, I would. Whatever shows the “most” reverance is what I will give, never the least. This doesn’t make me the rubrics police, however. ;)

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:41:33 +0000

This is legit. Cardinal Arinze has it right. Mass is the highest form of prayer we can participate in, and we should worship God with our hearts during Holy Communion. Some people worship more fully in kneeling positions, and others while standing/sitting. Keeping it real is the way to go. Nice post.