The elevation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 03 Dec 2015 02:35:24 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg The elevation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 The elevation at Mass - ocular Communion https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/12/04/the-elevation-at-mass-ocular-communion/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:20:12 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=79453 The elevation of the Host at Mass was seen the laity in the middle ages as a privilege and the ultimate form of communion. Their understanding of the sense of sight allowed sight to be a higher sense than the lower sense of touch, or taste, or smell. As such, the medieval laity wanted to Read more

The elevation at Mass - ocular Communion... Read more]]> The elevation of the Host at Mass was seen the laity in the middle ages as a privilege and the ultimate form of communion.

Their understanding of the sense of sight allowed sight to be a higher sense than the lower sense of touch, or taste, or smell.

As such, the medieval laity wanted to adore Christ at the elevation of the Mass in order to better come into communion with the Divine Presence of God. Continue reading

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