Catholic Info

Traditional Catholic Faith => The Sacred: Catholic Liturgy, Chant, Prayers => Topic started by: St Giles on March 12, 2024, 04:42:51 PM

Title: Communion on Good Friday was common for hundreds of years?
Post by: St Giles on March 12, 2024, 04:42:51 PM

Was it? I'm just looking for a quick answer, not pages of long posts I could look up if I had the time. I had just read that Plus XII revived this old practice that was supposedly common for hundreds of years. Just curious if that's true, even if there was good reason to stop the practice for hundreds more years.

Title: Re: Communion on Good Friday was common for hundreds of years?
Post by: Yeti on March 12, 2024, 04:46:25 PM

I don't know. You might read the article on Good Friday in the Liturgical Year. Gueranger mentions things like this sometimes.

Title: Re: Communion on Good Friday was common for hundreds of years?
Post by: CatholicChris on March 12, 2024, 05:18:59 PM

I think the "restoration" of Holy Week mostly comes down to moving the Easter Vigil back to the evening instead of the morning. Communion on Good Friday doesn't seem like a restoration as the Byzantine Rite doesn't do it and it seems to stand on contrast to the absolute desolation of the crucifixion on Good Friday.