Hah. So I typically attend a a Latin mass (ancient Carmelite rite, fwiw, not Tridentine) and naturally always therefore receive kneeling at the altar rail.
I visited a different parish while traveling and was delighted to find that they hauled out a kneeler for communion and put the single priest distributing communion right behind it, so…
Hah. So I typically attend a a Latin mass (ancient Carmelite rite, fwiw, not Tridentine) and naturally always therefore receive kneeling at the altar rail.
I visited a different parish while traveling and was delighted to find that they hauled out a kneeler for communion and put the single priest distributing communion right behind it, so it was seamless to just kneel to receive
Except I failed to accommodate for the difference in physics. Apparently (I had no idea I did this) habitually lean on the rail a bit as I go down. Give it a bit of weight.
Uh, turns out, you can’t *actually* do that with kneelers (if I had thought about it, I would have known, but I didn’t think, and didn’t even know that I did this). I about knocked it over. A hair more I would have knocked the priest over too.
Happily no one was harmed and after the priest and I exchanged an anguished, shamefaced (me), and terrified (him) look, Communion proceeded.
I also forgot to say “Amen” at that point just to round things out (one doesn’t say it when receiving in the Latin mass).
But yeah. That’s my kneelers-instead-of-altar-rail story. I still think they’re a great idea! lol. Just. I need to watch myself.
Hah. So I typically attend a a Latin mass (ancient Carmelite rite, fwiw, not Tridentine) and naturally always therefore receive kneeling at the altar rail.
I visited a different parish while traveling and was delighted to find that they hauled out a kneeler for communion and put the single priest distributing communion right behind it, so it was seamless to just kneel to receive
Except I failed to accommodate for the difference in physics. Apparently (I had no idea I did this) habitually lean on the rail a bit as I go down. Give it a bit of weight.
Uh, turns out, you can’t *actually* do that with kneelers (if I had thought about it, I would have known, but I didn’t think, and didn’t even know that I did this). I about knocked it over. A hair more I would have knocked the priest over too.
Happily no one was harmed and after the priest and I exchanged an anguished, shamefaced (me), and terrified (him) look, Communion proceeded.
I also forgot to say “Amen” at that point just to round things out (one doesn’t say it when receiving in the Latin mass).
But yeah. That’s my kneelers-instead-of-altar-rail story. I still think they’re a great idea! lol. Just. I need to watch myself.