Altar Servers with the paten plate hanging Down

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OhMalley said:
Usually those communion patens are a “paten on a stick” which are difficult to control, especially for kids. A far better tool for the job is an actual paten held in one’s palm (or the lid to the ciborium) or even better a folded purificator in one’s palm that acts as a “mitt” of sorts should a host be dropped.
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I served from about the age of 8 or so for many years and never had any difficulty in controlling the paten.

Why would you think it would be difficult to control?

As an aside, have you seen the way these kids today handle the remotes for their WI’s and X Box’s? ? If I didn’t have any trouble back in the mid fifties, I somehow doubt they will have trouble today, especially with the obvious manual dexterity that they have.👍
 
OhMalley said:
I didn’t say using a paten on a stick was too difficult for kids – only that regular patens were more effective because they were easier to control.
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Yes you did. You said and I quote

Usually those communion patens are a “paten on a stick” which are difficult to control, especially for kids

The only difference was you didn’t say too difficult. You said difficult especially for kids.

It really hurts your credibility when you do things like this.
 
jediliz said:
From then Pamphlet:

“The communion plate (or paten) for the Communion of the Faithful should be retained so as to avoid the danger of the sacred host or some fragment of it falling.”

Of course if your parish most only gives in the hand, you don’t have as much of a danger, but if there are those who prefer to receive on the tongue, it should be available if possible.
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Sure. If you receive on the hand the crumbs stay in your hand (and then onto the floor). :rolleyes:
 
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