Dear Daniel,
At the triple invocation: "Lamb of God ..." just after the Sign
of Peace, we should remain standing; then kneel at the priest's
words: "This is the Lamb of God". If this short period of
kneeling (before rising to go forward for Communion) seems
inconvenient, then I suppose we could remain standing, although
the people's response: "Lord, I am not worthy ..." certainly
indicates that kneeling is the proper posture of humble
supplications at this point of the Mass.
I don't think you should feel "out of place", whatever you choose
to do. Christian freedom is a Gospel value (2nd Cor. 3:17; Gal.
5:1,13), but I am not aware of any virtue call "Christian
uniformity", except for Ephesians 4:5, which is not talking
about etiquette at Mass. I do think that there are many
unauthorized liturgical fascists out there, who "have slipped in
to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 2:4).
With St. Paul, we ought to say, "To them we did not submit even
for a moment" (v. 5).
Sincerely in Christ,
Father Mateo
- Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit -
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