Outstanding podcast on Communion in the hand

Oldie PODCAzT 51: Communion in the hand

I just finished listening to this and found it straightforward and informative. To hear it spoken makes it even more so. Thank you, Fr. Z, for your time and talents. Shortly after I made my First Communion, they allowed that Communion in the hand(and face-to-face confession). I am dyslexic and the thought of juggling hands, right or left and where, it was just too much for me to be nervous over. So, even through the 70's and 80's, I received on the tongue. Not because I "got it", but because of my own nervousness. Anyhoo, just thought this was a nice and gentle way of explaining the "protecting of Christ" with mishaps, particles and all.
(I especially found it interesting in the section(toward the end) regarding the Protestant leader wanting to undermine the priesthood and raise up the common man while at the same time diminishing the notion of the "true presence". "It should give great pause that the protestant reformers used Communion in the hand to destroy belief in the real presence and de-emphasize the ministerial priesthood." Eerie but well on the mark. It worked.)

Religion not of convenience

The question is how we reconcile what is true with what is merely convenient? That we might choose a path other than the pope’s is the prerogative of a free people — and no one recognizes that freedom with greater consistency than this pope. No one has to be Catholic.

But to ask Benedict to change the church’s rules to suit modern appetites and lifestyles is to ask that he forsake the sanctity of human life for the benefit of earthly delights. Those are not his concerns.

Even for non-Catholics like me, there’s something comforting about a stubborn pope in a world of moral relativity. Like a strong father, he ignores his children’s pleas for leniency knowing that his rules, though tough, serve a higher purpose.

Excerpt from ‘Out of Step’,In praise of criticism.
By Kathleen Parker

Read article, and Fr. Z comments here: NatReview: Kathleen Parker - In praise of criticism

This does give food for thought. If all modern life and society's values can, at a moment's notice, become irrelevant, then is it not logical to cling to a faith that does not change in order that one's life may have meaning and a clear set of tenets for living? If that is true, then why isn't everyone Catholic? There is something so secure about a faith that has been give to us, by God, that we have been told "even the gates of hell shall not prevail against it".
I agree with Father Z. The crux of the article has a powerful message. I pray that some of the pro-aborts may be touched by Christ, working through our Holy Father. What a different country the US would be if we were all pro-life.

Yeah. This is what I was saying.

‘We Live It Every Day’
Pope’s Visit Cheers Young Conservatives Who Reject ‘Cafeteria Catholicism’ in Favor of the Full Menu

Such young Catholics’ strict obedience to the tenets of their faith makes them an anomaly in their generation. Only 14 percent of Catholics ages 20 to 40 attend Mass at least weekly, according to research by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, and just one in five goes to confession once a year or more.

Like Catholics of their generation, young conservatives grew up under the liberalizing changes to the church brought on by the Vatican II Council in the 1960s, but some rejected those reforms as they reached adulthood.

Paulitz, 32, remembers "lots of guitars and banjoes" at church services and priests who had fallen away from church doctrine.

"I felt uncomfortable about it constantly," he said.

Good article and coverage. I feel so "not alone-ish".

Gone?

WDTPRS is gone? Perhaps the domain registration expired. Freaked me out just a bit. Anyone have news?

Update...

It was me. Well, my region. I have it back up, keep trying.