{"id":13523,"date":"2008-11-21T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/11\/21\/hug-2.html"},"modified":"2008-11-21T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T05:00:07","slug":"hug_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/11\/21\/hug_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Hug!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pope Benedict is considering tweaking the Catholic Mass to shift the “Peace”<\/a> — the point in the service where folks greet each other with a handshake or hug, wishing each other “Peace [of the Lord] be with you.”<\/p>\n

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Arinze told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano <\/i>in an interview published Friday that the pope has asked bishops to express their opinions and will then decide.<\/p>\n

Under the change, the sign of peace, which now takes place moments before the reception of communion, would come earlier. Arinze said the change might help create a more solemn atmosphere as the faithful are preparing to receive communion.<\/p>\n

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Because, of course, heavens forbid that a communal greeting might disturb the mood before going to the communal table.<\/p>\n

That said, honestly, I don’t recall where the Peace comes in the Catholic Mass (it’s been a few years). In the Episcopal Mass, we do it at the end of the first have of the service, the Liturgy of the Word, prior to the [announcements and halftime show and] Liturgy of the Eucharist. <\/p>\n

So I guess the Pope thinks maybe the Catholic Mass should be more like what we Episcopalians do. \ud83d\ude42 What next? Female priests?<\/p>\n

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(via Ginny)<\/p>\n

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