U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is for the faithful to process together as an expression of their coming forward as the Body of Christ and to receive Holy Communion standing." - Meaning and context.">
From an interview of Gina Christian, Cupich: Standing, not kneeling, for Communion a ‘powerful symbolic expression’, OSV News (December 18, 2024)
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Receiving the Eucharist is not a private action but rather a communal one, as the very word "communion" implies. [...] or that reason, the norm established by the Holy See for the universal church and approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is for the faithful to process together as an expression of their coming forward as the Body of Christ and to receive Holy Communion standing.

— Blase J. Cupich

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Receiving the Eucharist is not a private action but rather a communal one, as the very word "communion" implies. [...] or that reason, the norm established by the Holy See for the universal church and approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is for the faithful to process together as an expression of their coming forward as the Body of Christ and to receive Holy Communion standing." in the context of "From an interview of Gina Christian, Cupich: Standing, not kneeling, for Communion a ‘powerful symbolic expression’, OSV News (December 18, 2024)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Blase J. Cupich

About Blase J. Cupich

Blase Joseph Cupich (March 19, 1949) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal who serves as ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago.