Hand Holding During "Our Father"

Personally, I will follow what the particular parish community does. If they hold hands, I will; if they don't, I won't. It is not a 'battle' worth fighting over. Here is something to think about from the current Karl Keating's E-Letter:

The current issue of the Adoremus Bulletin [a great site and organization] says this in response to a query from a priest in the Bronx:

"No gesture for the people during the Lord's Prayer is mentioned in the
official documents. The late liturgist Fr. Robert Hovda promoted
holding hands during this prayer, a practice he said originated in Alcoholics
Anonymous. Some 'charismatic' groups took up the practice."

My long-time sense had been that hand-holding at the Our Father was an
intrusion from charismaticism, but I had not been aware of the possible
connection with AA. If this is the real origin of the practice, it
makes it doubly odd: first, because hand-holding intrudes a false air of
chumminess into the Mass (and undercuts the immediately-following sign of
peace), and second, because modifications to liturgical rites ought to
arise organically and not be borrowed from secular self-help groups.

Periodically, on Catholic Answers Live I am asked about hand-holding
during Mass and explain that it is contrary to the rubrics. Usually I
get follow-up e-mails from people who say, "But it's my favorite part of
the Mass" or "We hold hands as a family, and it makes us feel closer."

About the latter I think, "It's good to feel close as a family, but you
can hold hands at home or at the mall. The Mass has a formal structure
that should be respected. That means you forgo certain things that you
might do on the outside."

About the former comment I think, "If this is the high point of the
Mass for you, you need to take Remedial Mass 101. The Mass is not a social event. It is the representation of the sacrifice of Calvary, and it is
the loftiest form of prayer. It should be attended with appropriate
solemnity."