Altar of Repose

[Red_James]

Before the start of Mass of the Lord’s Super the tabernacle should be emptied. During the mass the priest consecrates enough hosts for Good Friday’s Liturgy. What happens to the left-over hosts from Good Friday’s Liturgy? Do they go back to the place of repose or are place of repose, when should they be transferred back to the main tabernacle?
My former pastor would put the hosts back to the place of repose. It was only right before the start of the Easter Vigil Mass when he would transfer them back to the tabernacle. My new pastor puts them back into the tabernacle after Communion has ended on Good Friday.

 

[dshix]

This question was talked about this this thread: Consuming of communion

Don Ruggero answered the question thusly:

What does happen is that, at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday will consecrate a sufficient quantity of the Eucharist to assured Communion for the Liturgical Service on Good Friday as well as all that is needful relative to Communion for the sick, the shut-ins and, especially, Viaticum.

For practicality, he should not consecrate a superabundance.

After the Easter vigil, whatever was left over from before is simply restored to the tabernacle from wherever it had been reserved since adoration of the reserved Sacrament ended after the Holy Thursday Mass.

 

[FrDavid96]

Before the start of Mass of the Lord’s Super the tabernacle should be emptied. During the mass the priest consecrates enough hosts for Good Friday’s Liturgy. What happens to the left-over hosts from Good Friday’s Liturgy? Do they go back to the place of repose or are place of repose, when should they be transferred back to the main tabernacle?
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I want to address the actual question part, not the “my pastor does” part.

What happens after Good Friday?

That’s answered in liturgical law:

1. After the celebration, the altar is stripped; the cross remains however, with four candles. An appropriate place (for example, the chapel of repose used for reservation of the Eucharist on Maundy Thursday) can be prepared within the church, and there the Lord’s cross is placed so that the faithful may venerate and kiss it, and spend some time in meditation.
   PASCHALIS SOLLEMNITATIS ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWEASTR.HTM#5

Note the words used: “in an appropriate place” and then gives an example.

So using the place of repose (from after the Holy Thursday Mass) is one option.
The law seems to convey the idea that the place should not be in the main part of the Church. This is subjective. No doubt, a separate chapel is an appropriate option. A side-chapel might be used. It’s going to depend on the church architecture and just what kind of facilities are available for each particular parish.

Some pastors make other choices, based on “appropriate place.” Some will take the Blessed Sacrament to a chapel or prayer room, or other place in the rectory. Personally, that’s what I do. I have a little prayer room (not a chapel) where I place a pyx with a small number of Hosts, with a vigil candle burning nearby.

There should not be “too many” Consecrated Hosts left after Good Friday. This isn’t always easy to judge, but here prudential judgement prevails. A very busy parish will need more than a tiny parish. Generally speaking, if there are too many, they should be consumed at the end of Good Friday (during ablutions) rather than reserved.

A priest must always be prepared to take Viaticum to the sick, even on Holy Saturday. So, for that reason, not all of the Hosts should be consumed after Good Friday.

The local priest makes whatever arrangements are appropriate, so maybe 2 local pastors have access to the reserved Sacrament at the nearby school chapel (which would be closed to the public on those days). They might both decide to consume all the Hosts at the close of Good Friday. Just an example.

How those Consecrated Hosts get returned to the tabernacle in the Church, after the Easter Vigil Mass, is again a matter of local decision. Personally, I simply and quietly transfer that pyx from the rectory to the church sometime after everyone has gone home from the Vigil.