text: Whenever deacons meet together for a Mass, you will see not only "hand holding" but genuine exchanges of peace with hugs and kisses among deacons, wives and surrounding attendees. Oddly, among clergy at the altar, you often see extreme restraint with each other and the celebrant(s) (usually a bishop or two) hurrying along to begin the Lamb of God thus ending the apparently uncomfortable exchange of peace. I guess we aren't in Antioch any more, no longer being known as Christians by our love...