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HOLDING HANDS DURING THE EUCHARIST LITURGY Questioning the holding hands in the Eucharistic Liturgy the Congregation for Divine Worship in Rome answered as follows: QUERY: In some places there is a current practice whereby those taking part in the Mass replace the giving of the sign of peace at the deacons (or priests) invitation by holding hands during the singing of the Lords Prayer. Is this acceptable? REPLY: The prolonged holding of hands is of itself a sign of communion rather than of peace. Further, it is a liturgical gesture introduced spontaneously but on personal initiative; it is not in the *rubrics. Nor is there any clear explanation of why the sign of peace at the invitation: Let us offer each other the sign of peace should be supplanted in order to bring a different gesture with less meaning into another part of the Mass: the sign of peace is filled with meaning, graciousness, and Christian inspiration. Any substitution for it must be repudiated: Notitiae 11 (1975) 226. [Notitiae is the journal of the Congregation in which its official interpretations of the rubrics are published.]
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:16:24 +0000

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