Alright, as some of you may know, at the end of this year, 2011, the Catholic Church is making official revisions to the mass. Why? Jimmy Akin explains it all in his new book Mass Revision. Truly a fascinating read, I suggest you pick it up. The one thing that may be addressed with the rest of the changes is something that has bothered me for years, and that is hand-holding during the Lord's Prayer.
When my husband brought home the book the other night I flipped through it searching for whether or not that was to be addressed, and it is. Hand holding has become very common, in some areas more than others. I'm not sure where it began but it is not an "approved liturgical posture." "There is no authorization in the Church's liturgical law for the laity to hold hands, either during the Our Father or at any other time during mass," (Jimmy Akin, Mass Revision). It was stated by the Second Vatican Council that no one can change anything in the liturgy without proper permission, and so introducing a new liturgical posture, hand holding, violates church law.
Jimmy Akin includes in this small, page-long section that he suspects that Rome has yet to address this issue because their are plenty more important things to focus on, and I'm sure he is right.
It is simply a pet peeve of mine and I thought I'd share my findings. Also, googling will bring up similar answers and explanations on the point from websites like EWTN.
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