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[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]

You’re not comprehending. The whole “procession” and “crossed arms = blessing” is an invention (like communion in the hand) with no foundation in the rubrics. It is not an “official” action. OP may well have been left in the pews before she was old enough to be admitted to the Eucharist, and after that would have had no reason to know about “blessings” in the communion line. She clearly was well-trained enough to understand that someone not properly disposed should not go to communion. [/quote]

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