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  1. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    So .. when the Vatican says divorced and remarried persons are not permitted to approach communion, and are not permitted to receive a blessing (as no one else is either) 4. The Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio n. 84, 'forbids any pastor, for whatever reason or pretext even of a...
  2. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    And the Dogma I am speaking of here is obedience to the Church. When the Church instructs as to 1) what is to be done in the Mass, and 2) tells us then that the ordering of the Mass belongs to the Apostolic See and then that 3) no one else may add anything to the Mass, we are bound to obey...
  3. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    Neil, you're misunderstading then.
  4. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    Steve, the definitive word was always out. This idea that we don't have to take the Church at Her word until She says something explicitly about a detail that is covered already under the umbrella of previous statements by the Church gives rise to the idea that it's ok to look for...
  5. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    Again, the words of the Vatican: "for others who are not to be admitted to Holy Communion in accord with the norm of law, the Church's discipline has already made clear that they should not approach Holy Communion nor receive a blessing." The Vatican is saying there is no question as to what...
  6. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    If we think about it for a moment it becomes obvious, that private devotions are not in any way the same thing as public acts by a Priest incorporated into the Mass. Private devotions do not add anything to what a priest does in the Mass. Private devotions in Mass are not the same thing as...
  7. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    No, that is not what that means. It did not say it was "under review" - that is your interpolation. It said it is "under attentive study" which does not mean "review" as if the Church may go in a different direction, as I described in my post above...
  8. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    Mark, you are simply reading into these words what you want to find. You are also misapplying my words. The post you quoted and responded to above was not about the letter from the Vatican but about the definitive words of the Church from Vatican II, from the Code of Canon Law and as...
  9. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    Then that means using him as a basis for which to question the words of the Church which stated that no one may add anything to the Mass is unjustified when the definitive order had already been given by the Church - years ago - that no one may add anything to the Mass.
  10. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    The matter was definitively decided by the Vatican and the Church before the letter I posted. That various churches failed to understand this and allowed themselves to be swayed by a desire to do good does not change the definitive nature of the Church's previous words or their all inclusive...
  11. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    No lol - I'm not the one who brought up Rahner as a reason to think that the practice of receiving a blessing was alright. I'm speaking against using Rahner to do this. Maybe you need to read my post again.
  12. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    We already had the definitive word. The Vatican had already spoken. I provided the words of the Vatican and Church in this thread. No one may add to the Mass. Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1125 For this reason no sacramental rite may be modified or manipulated at the will of the...
  13. thereselittleflower

    Communion blessing for non-Catholics

    Please show me where I discussed the practice in this thread before I posted the quotes from the Vatican.
  14. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    Then Rahner cannot be used to support the practice of giving blessings in the communion line which is what was originally offered in this thread.
  15. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    You are welcome to disagree, but I stand by my words. We are seeing repeat of the Corinthian Church today in the renewal churches. The only reason the Vatican needed to say anything is the same reason the letter to the Corinthian Church was written . .to correct error and abuses. And Paul...
  16. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    And now we have the words of the Vatican on the matter which the words of your deacon go contrary to, and to which using Rahner to somehow suggest that the Vatican does not really mean: "for others who are not to be admitted to Holy Communion in accord with the norm of law, the Church's...
  17. thereselittleflower

    Communion blessing for non-Catholics

    I just learned about it - or if I have seen it before, forgot and rediscovered it just now. How could I bring it up at the beginning?
  18. thereselittleflower

    Being Catholic

    It is unfortunate the Church's children seem to think they can do things until the Church says "When We said no one can add anything to the Mass, this means this addition and that addition, and that addition, etc, etc." This only shows the immaturity of the children of the Church who believe...
  19. thereselittleflower

    Communion blessing for non-Catholics

    Protocol No. 930/08/L from the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship "this matter is presently under the attentive study of the Congregation," "for the present, this dicastery wishes to limit itself to the following observations": "1. The liturgical blessing of the Holy Mass is properly...