A question regarding the precious blood at the consecration

[ddd86]

Sometimes at our Saturday 6pm Vigil we don’t have an Altar Server. At the Preparation of the Gifts the Priest adds the water and wine into the Chalices and because he has no Altar Server to carry the left over wine to the Credence table he simply places the left over wine in the crystal decanter on the side of the Altar itself.

My question is, is that wine consecrated and unknowingly changed into the precious blood? Until recently I would have said no myself, however I have recently found out that that only one Chalice has to contain a drop of water and the consecration would still be valid to extra vessels not containing a drop of water.

I’d hate to think that unknowing. precious blood was simply being taken back into the Sacristy after Mass and handled as a decanter of wine.

Please advise.

 

[jmcrae]

Sometimes at our Saturday 6pm Vigil we don’t have an Altar Server. At the Preparation of the Gifts the Priest adds the water and wine into the Chalices and because he has no Altar Server to carry the left over wine to the Credence table he simply places the left over wine in the crystal decanter on the side of the Altar itself.

My question is, is that wine consecrated and unknowingly changed into the precious blood? Until recently I would have said no myself, however I have recently found out that that only one Chalice has to contain a drop of water and the consecration would still be valid to extra vessels not containing a drop of water.

I’d hate to think that unknowing. precious blood was simply being taken back into the Sacristy after Mass and handled as a decanter of wine.

Please advise.

Only that which the priest intends to consecrate gets consecrated.

It is not possible for him to consecrate anything “by accident.”

 

[muffinmojo]

No, because all sacraments require intention- in other words, if you throw water and someone and say ‘I baptise you in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit’, but you’re joking around and don’t intend it to be a baptism, it is not a valid baptism(though it is sacrilege). If the priest is putting aside extra wine with no intent to consecrate it, it won’t be unknowingly consecrated. Don’t worry = )

 

[ddd86]

Only that which the priest intends to consecrate gets consecrated.

It is not possible for him to consecrate anything “by accident.”

I thought that might have been the case but I couldn’t seem to find any sources to back it up otherwise.

Thank You for your swift reply!

 

[Claire_from_DE]

Don’t worry, the priest’s intention is everything. Only what he intends to consecrate is changed. This can’t be done by accident.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

ddd86,
why don’t you ask your good priest if you can be an alter server?

This function isn’t restricted to children only. In fact, I know a parish that got so fed up with the unreliability of children altar servers, that they now only use adults.

Jim

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Sometimes at our Saturday 6pm Vigil we don’t have an Altar Server. At the Preparation of the Gifts the Priest adds the water and wine into the Chalices and because he has no Altar Server to carry the left over wine to the Credence table he simply places the left over wine in the crystal decanter on the side of the Altar itself.

My question is, is that wine consecrated and unknowingly changed into the precious blood? Until recently I would have said no myself, however I have recently found out that that only one Chalice has to contain a drop of water and the consecration would still be valid to extra vessels not containing a drop of water.

I’d hate to think that unknowing. precious blood was simply being taken back into the Sacristy after Mass and handled as a decanter of wine.

Please advise.

No most likely it is not Consecrated. For one it is placed at the side of the altar and not on the Corporal. Most importantly however is that the priest does not intend to Consecrate the wine left on the decanter.

 

[musicmantg11]

If the priest intended to consecrate the extra wine, then it would be consecrated, if not, then it still remains wine and not the Precious Blood of Christ. So, the answer to your question is no, the extra wine has not become the Blood of Christ, unless the priest wanted it to.

God Bless! +

 

[Paul2274]

Only that which the priest intends to consecrate gets consecrated.

It is not possible for him to consecrate anything “by accident.”

Can you imagine if it was an accident that anything around could be consecrated… terrible to think of all the spilled cheerios in the cry-room…

Paul

 

[jmcrae]

Can you imagine if it was an accident that anything around could be consecrated… terrible to think of all the spilled cheerios in the cry-room…

Paul

I don’t think cheerios could be considered valid matter, anyway, since they contain honey, I think. Also, I think they are made from oats; not from wheat.

 

[Paul2274]

I don’t think cheerios could be considered valid matter, anyway, since they contain honey, I think. Also, I think they are made from oats; not from wheat.

Well if they were “whole wheat vegan all natural genuine organic” cheerios… ooohhh… ok you’re right

Paul