"People lined up along the altar railing, and we fed them the same way (...) we fed people the same way we feed animals," said Fr Pat Fitzgerald, CP of Dublin, expressing criticism of the conventional way of accepting the Lord's Body.
During the homily, Father Fitzgerald praised the post-compulsory liturgical revolution, convincing that the conventional way of giving Holy Communion could in any way be offensive to the faithful. In the opinion of the passionate, the queue at the altar railing was like... feeding animals.
– As far as we've gone, we've had people lined up at the altar rail and fed them the same way, and I don't want to disrespect people, but... we gotta say it, we fed people the same way we feed animals. said during the homily.
– We gave them the Eucharist, put it in their mouths, in the same way... How would we feed animals? – he emphasized again.
Just a fewer seconds earlier, the priest besides stated that the intent of the Mass was not to “honor God” but to “eat a meal together.” – We do not come to mass to give glory to God, that is not the point. It's about sharing a meal together. – he argued.
However, conventional spirituality, expressed through careful liturgical forms, including the adoption of Holy Communion into the mouth, promotes greater religion in Christ's real presence in the Eucharist. This follows, among others, from a survey conducted at William Paterson University in the United States.
The September 2025 public opinion survey showed a amazing correlation between the way of receiving Holy Communion and the belief in Christ's real presence in the Blessed Sacrament. religion in the Catholic primal fact declared 55–60 percent. receiving Communion into the mouth. In the group receiving “on hand”, this consequence was only 31 percent.
Source: liftsitenews.com / catholicnewsagency.com
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