"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."
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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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