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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So OPs "very devout" parents never taught her this simple rule about crossing the arms for a blessing?[/quote]

While it is probably the best solution for OP in her particular situation, the whole “crossed arms = blessing” in the “communion procession” is a fairly recent innovation as things go, and not necessarily something her parents would’ve taught her. [/quote]

Did she never go to CCD? Or Faith Formation or whatever it's called now? Obviously not Catholic school or she would also have had a lot more Mass experience. [/quote]

Not sure how many more people need to tell you that going up for a blessing was not common in our very Catholic upbringings. You just sat in the pew. [/quote]

+1. I went to public school and CCD. My spouse went to a private Catholic school. Neither one of us saw this growing up.

It's probably the sort of thing where even if you know about it, you're not going to do it if you don't see other people doing it. I know some non-catholic spouses would simply get communion. Nobody cared. It was a small town- I'm sure the priest knew, too.[/quote]

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