I wish that the Catholic church would spend 2 minutes to explain and tell the congregation to "STOP DOING IT."

@tookie36

4 ай бұрын

It’s almost as if it’s not a problem and only a few loud angry people are making a big deal about it

@michaelforeman9075

27 күн бұрын

What's wrong with it.

I was away from mass for so long, when I came back I was shocked at how it turned into some weird protestant or charismatic service. People were actually gathering into a circle in the pews to say the our father. I stayed in the back. Thank God covid fixed all that, no one does that at my church anymore. Now if they could just keep their hands down 😂

I agree with you. Thanks for the clarification. Everyone thinks I am being unfriendly when I do not extend my hand to them during the “Our Father”

@davidcole333

Жыл бұрын

I still wouldn't turn away from a stranger that wanted to join hands during Our Father. That is a rather cold thing to do.

Thanks Father for clearing this up. I have not been to a protestant service but it always seemed like a protestant thing to do, to hold hands. Amen Amen the Eucharist is what unites us, Praise God

Thank you so much for making this video father. I always wondered why most people hold hands during Our Father prayer

Just like the priest facing the laity, getting rid of the communion rail, receiving the Eucharist in the hand, getting rid of Latin, holding hands during the Our Father was never approved with Vatican II.

thank you for clarifying 🙂

Wow i didnt know that it mattered. But now i know it does..thanks for clarity father

Thank you, Fr. George

I grew up on the East Coast and moved to the West in the 1980's where the hand holding was just getting started. I was never comfortable with it. But no matter what we said, no priest - ever - would say anything to stop it. They didn't want to get involved, since it didn't affect them on the altar. Now of course Covid has ended it, but I still wonder why priests would never - ever - speak their mind on this topic.

It comes naturally to me, to stand with my hands folded with my head slightly bowed; whenever standing, now that I think of it

Hand holding and hand raisig during Mass makes me very uncomfortable. I do not participate in doing either.

@carmenleon

3 жыл бұрын

how about the clapping in mass?

@jimsgirl1465

3 жыл бұрын

@@carmenleon Clapping hands? No thanks.

@that1catholicteen

Жыл бұрын

Same

@fkrr5

Жыл бұрын

agreed

Why do some or many parishes allow it? And the orans posture is also said nothing about.

I’m about to tell my group that I will not be holding hands for prayer next time, I think it makes people feel awkward especially when there’s a couple in there, I will give whoever my fists next time. Let’s realize that simple gestures as these will cause people to flee, which is a reality.

Exactly, the same goes for the " sign of peace" right in the middle of the CONSECRATION of The Blessed Sacrament... a complete distraction.

@tookie36

4 ай бұрын

Yeah love thy god and love thy neighbor… this Jesus guy is really making my prayers problematic

@user-iv4eq2nt5i

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, it has become such. Some people feel the need to give a big hug to 50 people and it carries on throughout the Lamb of God song. I wish they would move it to the beginning or end of mass.

As a family we hold hands, I think its a good way for our family to pray together as one. But not with everyone else.

@jimsgirl1465

3 жыл бұрын

Praying together as a family is a beautiful thing.

@jjwurtz

3 жыл бұрын

@@lacatequista8778 This has nothing to do with with looking better or what we like. This is about family, my family. We need to do more things like families.

@AV-tm5zf

2 жыл бұрын

Mass is a whole prayer...

@jjwurtz

2 жыл бұрын

@@AV-tm5zf but it would be a little awkward to hold hands with everyone the whole time 🤪 my son would end up breaking his sisters hands. Haha

@msumpter6217

2 ай бұрын

When did Catholics stop putting their hands together in the prayer fashion…🙏…?

mostly in indonesia we only hold hands with family member. is that ok?

After all the logical explanation by the priest on the principle of why holding hand during the Our Father is not appropriate, the community still does not hear it. Theologically the sign of unity is the Eucharist itself, we don't need any more symbolism, all eyes should focus on the Lord. Liturgically, for the sake of the Unity in worship, we should do what everywhere in the world people do, i.e., no holding hands. Practically, health-wise, it is a good idea not to hold hands with stranger.

@msumpter6217

2 ай бұрын

🙏 Amen! 🙏

I hold my husband’s hand during the Our Father but wouldn’t hold hands with a stranger next to me. No one will stop me from holding my husband’s hand in prayer.

Not to mention the person sniffling with a cold

Once we understand the order and significance of the mass then ppl will not make the Orans Prans "a thing" of their "own" understanding. The Orans Prans is only for the Priest. Its his duty and his only. God bless our Priest... Thank God, for the Holy Spirit for guiding me and my family.

@msumpter6217

2 ай бұрын

🙏 Amen! 🙏

Coincidence that the pic of Jesus comes into focus at 0:10 and 2:54?

Our immediate family do hold hands during the Our Father as a sign of our unity as a family to God. It is a comforting and uplifting sign of devotion and worship and affirmation of our faith as we pray the LORD’s Prayer together. It is not a distraction from the prayer, nor does it take away any significance.

How do we supposed to do fr. Close hands

The General Instruction on the Roman Missal neither prescribes nor forbids the raising or holding of hands during the Our Father. As we pray this part of the Mass we can always do what we feel best expresses our disposition.

@rob1765

9 ай бұрын

So if I want to do a hand stand, according to your reasoning, it would be okay? If we all do what we feel, then we have total chaos.

@lanbaode

9 ай бұрын

@@rob1765 you’re putting words to my mouth. Use your common sense!

@tookie36

4 ай бұрын

@@rob1765so we should all speak English? Where should we focus our eyes? Should we hold our breath? See how you’re completely wrong ?

There is no wrong way to worship The Lord. Holding the hands is not wrong and is meant for the family that’s there together and if you look at how early Christians pray they used to open their arms like a cross to show there love while praying.

@justintran3265

Ай бұрын

There is a wrong way! Just saying!

Why are you not declaring that Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament? The Faithful have been confused because it was Priests who permitted and encouraged the holding of hands during the Our Father. No laity ever just started doing it with their hands, they were instructed to do it. As for your declaration of the reality of physical awkwardness, quite pathetic, it’s the exact same as offering the sign of peace. True Catechises is required, starting with the clergy! The whole New Mass was an attempt to placate Protestants. Pope Benedict, Declared the validity of the Tridentine Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo Mass, as both being equal and valid. Pope Francis has effectively banned the Traditional Latin Mass, instead preferring One World Order and One World Religion, not Catholic in any way. Please explain that if you can?

I think there is nothing wrong with it

After, all due respect, the communities I've been in for 50 years have held hands, until COVID-19 as a beautiful & love sign of brother/sisterhood. Please don't say " we as Catholics don't hold hands:" that may e true in your practice but there is no Canon forbidding it.

@larrymelman

2 жыл бұрын

There is no canon forbidding you from flapping your arms and quacking like a duck either. I have heard it said that the Roman Missal lists what we are supposed to do, and we are not supposed to do anything more. I don't object to families who hold hands, but I always found it creepy that a total stranger would reach down and grab my hand when I clearly wasn't interested. (But actually talk to me after mass? Don't be silly.) As I said above, I always found it odd that priests refuse to make announcments about this. Some will tell you one-on-one that they don't like it, for exactly the reason given in this video, but nothing more.

@patvonfeldt3826

2 жыл бұрын

@@larrymelman I can appreciate your feelings & point of view, but that's you. Strangers reaching out when I'm in a worship space, is as it should be & was when Jesus reached out to the stranger, the marginalized, tax collectors, whores, sinners, the infirmed, all of whom are our brothers & sisters. I'm good with it, cuz Jesus was good with it. When in doubt, I've got my trusty hand sanitizer in my bag. Don't get so hung up on what is written in the norms. Remember, those were usually written for other ages & times. If you don't want to hold hands, you don't have to; fold your hand reverently-that sends the message. God bless you, friend. 😇

@larrymelman

2 жыл бұрын

@@patvonfeldt3826 You missed what I said about making it obvious that I don't intend to hold hands, but someone would reach over and grab my hand out of my pocket anyway. Fortunately Covid has all but killed off the practice.

@AV-tm5zf

2 жыл бұрын

@@patvonfeldt3826 The whole mass is a prayer. The whole order of the mass has merit and is biblical. Their are liturgical abuses and some come from the parishioners themselves. My many years of being a Catholic the Oran’s Prans nor holding hands is not in the rubrics for parishioners of the Catholic Church. The whole mass is to show reverence toward God. It’s never, never about how “we”want to worship. Your mocking the priest if your holding up your hands in the Oran’s Prans part. This is his duty not ours. The holding of hands during the Our Father is not for us to show worship either. Again, reverence isn’t about centering how we want to reverence God it’s how we should.

I don't think really honestly. God would care if we held hands or we didn't hold hands. So this is an opinion of human beings, not of God. So I would say to people who do whatever makes you feel comfortable and don't listen to what the pope has to say because he is not infallible

@tookie36

4 ай бұрын

Yea it’s sort of weird that he is stating his opinion so strongly. Is it against a Catholic rule? No. If a priest wants to make a statement to his church then go for it. But it’s crazy how people are gatekeeping holding hands 😂

@user-iv4eq2nt5i

2 ай бұрын

I would feel comfortable wearing pajamas to mass and laying down on the pew with my head on a pillow and my eyes closed. Yes, most of the mass is pretty much the opinion of human beings (i.e. the Church) and should be uniform throughout the world (definition of "catholic"). In 95% of the Catholic churches I have been to mass in (I travel for a living), they do not hold hands.

You need to get out of the United states of America Fr. You'll have a bit more understanding rather than just saying no. It's not a sign of rebellion or something protestant.

@mathiusq9128

Ай бұрын

Father says it is in the rubrics for the people and there is no hand holding mentioned.