The Sign of Peace is ironically a matter over which there is
significant dispute in the Church. Some love it just the way it
is. Others hate and want it dropped. Still others like it but
want it moved to a different part of the liturgy where it is
fits better, perhaps at the beginning, perhaps before the
offertory. Some see it as a very gregarious moment and leave
their pew and move through the Church. Others stay put and just
nod at others. What of this disputed moment, the sign of
“peace?” We do well first to examine the what the General
Instruction of the Roman Missal says: The Rite of Peace follows
[the Our Father and the Prayer "Lord Jesus Christ you said to
your Apostles, 'I leave you peace...'], by which the Church asks
for peace and unity for herself and for the whole human family,
and the faithful express to each other their ecclesial communion
and mutual charity before communicating in the Sacrament. As for
the sign of peace to be given, the manner is to be established
by Conferences of Bishops in a