deaf Catholic

“As a deaf Catholic, the Latin Mass gives me equal access to the liturgy.” I read it on Reddit.

Think of a child before the age of reason and not fully understanding what is happening, going up to the communion rail, an extension of the altar, and seeing Mom and Dad, and/or older siblings, kneel, tilt the head back, and receive Him directly on the tongue.
The child is seeing the humility of the receiver and the humility of the Man hanging on the cross. I was received into the Church at eight and received Him a month later, so I had already reached the age of reason, and I can only imagine what it is like for a child under seven to be watching.
The only words the priest speaks are, “Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi custodiat anima tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen.” A deaf Catholic knows them by heart and waits.
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Custodiat means keep. Anima means soul.

Father Illo Star of the Sea SF ashes