Belleville's Bishop Braxton has instructed parishioners who attend at Corpus Christi that they must kneel during the consecration. According to news accounts, a letter from the Bishop marked "high priority" was sent to the pastor and instructs parishioners "that, at my instruction, they must begin following the liturgical norm of kneeling during the entire Eucharistic Prayer." Apparently, the people have been standing in this parish for years during the consecration, many in an "annex" with no kneelers, despite that fact that standing at this time (in the absence of a sufficient reason - e.g. medical problem) violates liturgical norms.
Related: Kneeling (Reflections)
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