As we have often and repeatedly said here, the "Reform of the Reform" of the Rite of Paul VI was bound not to have any effect without a combination of text modifications, strict enforcement, and stern example from the very top -- it survived barely based on the third item, now annulled by ad hoc selective application or non-application of the liturgical law.
On Holy Thursday 2014, a practice that used to be widespread in parts of Western Europe in the post-conciliar years, and intermittently ever since, was back in full view: Self-Serve Communion of Paten and Chalice.
In the Cathedral of Our Lady of Tournai (Notre-Dame de Tournai), Belgium:
In the parish church of Saint Claire, Hénin-Beaumont, Diocese of Arras, France:
The only truly enduring Reform of the Reform, made possible by the work of justice known as Summorum Pontificum, is the Traditional Roman Rite.
[Source: first image; second image. Tip: Le Forum Catholique.]
