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At the Vigil Mass this evening, I was starting to receive Communion, and the priest dropped the Host. I saw, in only seconds, the little wafer falling to the floor, and, like a pearly sanddollar, it rolled. I picked it up as quickly as I could, looked at the priest, he told me he was so sorry, and I just quickly whispered to him, “It’s all right,” put the fallen wafer into my mouth, and made the sign of the Cross. I knew it was just an accident (the priest is a kind, elderly man) but I felt what I can only describe as extreme disappointment. Receiving Communion is so special to me, and I still felt as though I had committed a sacrilege. I know I’m being harsh, tell me I am, but it just really bothered me that it happened. Did I handle it right? On the spur of the moment, I only thought of how Jesus’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity should never touch the ground, so I quickly picked it up and ate it anyhow. It didn’t dawn on me until later, after I was home, that now there was the possibility there were particles (even the finest grains of dust) from the wafer still on the floor, and that they may have been stepped on. And now it’s too late. I know I didn’t do anything wrong, and neither did the priest, but it is upsetting me that particles may have been left there to be defiled. I’m more thinking of how Jesus may have been inadvertently exposed to a sacrilege, if people have, even unknowingly, stepped all over Him. Now tell me I’m overreacting,:o but I’m just deep and sensitive.
 
Crown_of_Stars said:
At the Vigil Mass this evening, I was starting to receive Communion, and the priest dropped the Host. I saw, in only seconds, the little wafer falling to the floor, and, like a pearly sanddollar, it rolled. I picked it up as quickly as I could, looked at the priest, he told me he was so sorry, and I just quickly whispered to him, “It’s all right,” put the fallen wafer into my mouth, and made the sign of the Cross. I knew it was just an accident (the priest is a kind, elderly man) but I felt what I can only describe as extreme disappointment. Receiving Communion is so special to me, and I still felt as though I had committed a sacrilege. I know I’m being harsh, tell me I am, but it just really bothered me that it happened. Did I handle it right? On the spur of the moment, I only thought of how Jesus’s Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity should never touch the ground, so I quickly picked it up and ate it anyhow. It didn’t dawn on me until later, after I was home, that now there was the possibility there were particles (even the finest grains of dust) from the wafer still on the floor, and that they may have been stepped on. And now it’s too late. I know I didn’t do anything wrong, and neither did the priest, but it is upsetting me that particles may have been left there to be defiled. I’m more thinking of how Jesus may have been inadvertently exposed to a sacrilege, if people have, even unknowingly, stepped all over Him. Now tell me I’m overreacting,:o but I’m just deep and sensitive.
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I posed a similar concern to a priest when I was training to be an Extraordinary Minister, and he said that if the particles are too small to see, then there can be no desecration.

You handled it just fine.
 
TheAmazingGrace said:
I posed a similar concern to a priest when I was training to be an Extraordinary Minister, and he said that if the particles are too small to see, then there can be no desecration.

You handled it just fine.
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👍 This is also what we were taught during my EMHC training.

@Crown of Stars:
Just a side note: The intact wafers are remarkably resilient. I use the unconsecrated, un-blessed, wafers in my catechism class to teach my students how to properly receive. Been more that a few dropped during practice and I’ve yet to have one fracture or chip.
 
You did all that could have been done, and you did it well. Be at peace.
 
Beryllos said:
You did all that could have been done, and you did it well. Be at peace.
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Yes. Many people do not know what to do in these circumstances or are too afraid/nervous/anxious to do the right thing even if they do know.

These things happen. Thank you for handling it well. 👍
 
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