This Was True In The Catholic Church For Over 1600 Years. Do We No Longer Believe In The Incarnation?

 

The Nicene Creed was drawn up in the General Councils of Nicea in 325 A.D. and Constantinople in 381 A.D. to condemn heretics who denied that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are God. For that reason, when the following words of the Creed are spoken everyone is supposed to kneel:

AND  WAS INCARNATE

BY THE HOLY GHOST

OF THE VIRGIN MARY

AND WAS MADE MAN

(Here all rise)

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HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM (FOR THIS IS MY BODY)

 

After pronouncing the words of Consecration, the priest never disjoins his fingers and thumbs, except when he is to take the Host, until after washing his fingers at the ablutions after Communion.

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Anima Christi Prayer by Saint Ignatius Of Loyola (1491 - 1556)

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.

Body of Christ, same me.

Blood of Christ, inebriate me.

Water from the side of Christ, wash me.

Passion of Christ, strengthen me.

O Good Jesus, hear me.

Within your wounds, hide me.

Permit me not to be separated from you.

From the wicked foe, defend me.

At the hour of my death, call me

And bid me come to you

that with your saints I may praise you

For ever and ever.

Amen.

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“The Fingers that Hold God”: The Priestly Benefits of ‘Liturgical Digits’ (Somehow Lost With Vatican II)

 

Over a period years attending the usus antiquior prior to Vatican II, I find myself noticing more and more the lost custom of the priest holding his thumb and forefinger together from the time of the consecration until the ablutions, a practice once called ‘canonical digits’ or ‘liturgical digits.’  You seldom see this any more in the New, Modern Catholic churches. Why is that? We all need to make the time to ask our local priests that question.

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