Holding hands during Our Father

[drewmeister2]

I always thought of holding hands as symbolizing unity. Just a thought God bless!

[MC Just]

[quote name='p0lar_bear' date='Dec 11 2004, 02:50 AM'] Technically, it is not forbidden for the faithful to hold hands during the Our Father. It cannot replace the Sign of Peace and the priest cannot initiate it. Because it is not contrary to the rubrics, canon law, or any other directives, there is nothing preventing the faithful from doing it of their own initiative.

With all due respect to Mr. Donovan, he goes further than the Church has on this issue. [/quote]
hmm, the priests here in south texas seem to initiate it and they also initiate clapping...

[shelly_freak]

I always liked holding hands with my family during the our father. It's so uniting to stand together holding hands and praying the Lord's prayer together. I guess it's just me after skimming the rest of the thread, oh well.

[littleflower+JMJ]

[quote name='Anna' date='Dec 11 2004, 11:12 AM'] The rubrics (Latin, meaning "red." Prayers are written in black, gestures in red) instruct the priest to hold his hands in the orans position during the Lord's Prayer. Therefore, it is wrong for a priest to hold hands during the Our Father.

The Sign of Peace comes after the Lord's Prayer. If you've already been holding hands with someone (an intimate gesture) why would you then shake his hand? (It puts the human gestures out of a logical sequence, so to speak.) Hand-shaking is common among all people of goodwill. Handholding is reserved for those who are more intimately acquainted.

That's my take.

But how about what the Vatican has said?

[color=purple][u][i][b]Inaestimabile Donum[/b][/i][/u] - foreward
[url="http://www.cin.org/vatcong/donum.html"]http://www.cin.org/vatcong/donum.html[/url]

Prepared by the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship
Approved and Confirmed by His Holiness
Pope John Paul II
April 17, [b]1980[/b]

...The [i]faithful have a right to a true Liturgy[/i], which means [b]the
Liturgy desired and laid down by the Church[/b], which has in fact
indicated where adaptations may be made as called for by pastoral
requirements in different places or by different groups of people.
[b]Undue experimentation, changes and creativity bewilder the faithful[/b]...

The Second Vatican Council's admonition in this regard must be remembered:
[b]"No person, even if he be a priest, may add, remove or change anything in
the Liturgy on his own authority."[/b] And Paul VI of venerable
memory stated that: "Anyone who takes advantage of the reform to
indulge in arbitrary experiments is wasting energy and offending the
ecclesial sense."[/color]
My emphasis added...
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[RemnantRules]

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[Brother Adam]

I am reminded of the term "selective listening" when I read this thread. I guess then it stands - holding hands at mass is wrong.