text: Per GIRM 43 for the universal church, one may receive either kneeling or standing   Communion standing and in the hand in the US is established by indult (special permission) and expressed in GIRM 160 as normative in the US and are   In my opinion this is a grave error.  Reception of communion standing and in the hand  smacks of protestanisim and was condemned by the great Saint Teresa of Calcutta as a sacrilege.  So I'll stick with the saints and hit the deck when it's time to receive.