Archbishop Lwanga (Uganda) bans Holy Communion by hand, mass outside church in Kampala Archdiocese"

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“ KAMPALA — Kampala Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has directed that no Christian or practicing Catholic will be allowed to receive the Holy Communion by hand.” (Boldface is mine)

I am a bit confused by the Archbishop including the word Christian in his statement since only Catholics should be receiving communion at a Catholic Church. And Catholics are Christians so it doesn’t make sense.

But yes, to the point and his reasoning is valid for his archdiocese.
 
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Irishmom2 said:
“ KAMPALA — Kampala Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has directed that no Christian or practicing Catholic will be allowed to receive the Holy Communion by hand.” (Boldface is mine)

I am a bit confused by the Archbishop including the word Christian in his statement since only Catholics should be receiving communion at a Catholic Church. And Catholics are Christians so it doesn’t make sense.

But yes, to the point and his reasoning is valid for his archdiocese.
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In the decree I see no mention of Catholic or Christian. I think that’s just the journalist’s take on things.
 
Yes, you are correct! I sometimes read too quickly for my own good. 😉

Though the Archbishop did not say that, I always cringe inwardly when I hear something like that. Perhaps the author of the piece is not Catholic then.
 
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The article also says “Priests have also been instructed to avoid allowing lay people to distribute Holy Communion during Mass.”

But that’s not what the decree says. It says only duly appointed EMHCs may distribute. I suspect that in his archdiocese there is a protocol for appointing EMHCs and he only wants those thus appointed to give out Communion.

In two dioceses where I served as EMHC, the Pastor had to submit our names to the Bishop along with his reasons for believing that we were suited to the ministry. In return we received a letter or certificate of appointment, indicating the duration of our appointment (usually 3 years) and the clear indication that this only applied to our own parish and not everywhere in the diocese.
 
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When you receive The Body of Christ you don’t carry his holiness in your hands, you carry his holiness in your Body. All those particles of Christ can fall away and even the whole Body can fall down on the ground. You receive him directly to your mouth. You don’t have the right to carry it, only the priest that resembles Christ.
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I’m not clear what you are suggesting. Do you mean that these particles (and, as you put it, “even the whole Body”) cease to be holy, or cease to be Christ truly present, when they are not received? If so, that would run counter to Catholic teaching on transubstantiation.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to “put words in your mouth”, it’s just that I am having a hard time understanding what you are getting at.
 
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sirived309 said:
When you receive The Body of Christ you don’t carry his holiness in your hands, you carry his holiness in your Body. All those particles of Christ can fall away and even the whole Body can fall down on the ground. You receive him directly to your mouth. You don’t have the right to carry it, only the priest that resembles Christ.
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I found no indult given to Uganda in this list: Documentation: Approval of Communion in the Hand under Pope Paul VI - PrayTellBlog

Permission for administering Communion in the hand was granted by the Holy See to the Latin Church in various regions between 1969 and 1977 but it is that each bishop may, according to his prudent judgment and conscience, authorize in his diocese the introduction of the new rite for giving communion.
 
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sirived309 said:
which makes Christ not absolute.
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What do you mean by this? What is “not absolute” in this context? How can falling down change Christ in any way? And it is also possible for a slip between the priest’s hand and the communicant’s mouth to happen as well. Of course if this Bishop has chosen to forbid the practice in his diocese, that is his right, regardless of what you or I or anyone not his superior think.
 
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Christ is perfect, we are not, our job is to keep him perfect while he is entirely present in the feast.
 
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sirived309 said:
The particles of Christ can fall down if you receive Christ on to your hands, which makes Christ not absolute.
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No, as praiseworthy as it is to be as careful as possible that every fragment receive the same reverence regardless of size, the reason you’re giving is not correct theology. If a host is broken, the presence of Christ in each fragment is not less “absolute.” It does not work that way. Have you pastor explain it or go back to the priest who explained it to you the first time, because you could not have gotten what he was saying as he meant it.
 
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HomeschoolDad said:
Thoughts, anyone?

Yes, I know, many people dislike LifeSite News. Be that as it may, just read what the bishop said. Ditto for Cardinal Sarah’s comments.
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It is certainly his prerogative to take this action to address problems in his diocese.

I think he is mistaken to call that method more reverent. I receive in the hand reverently; no less reverently than if I were to receive on the tongue. Just because one has a preference for a certain posture does not make it objectively better.

This debate has grown very tired … and Catholics bickering with Catholics over superficial things does not help evangelization… in fact the opposite.
 
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Of course, but we have the power to re-enact Jesus Last Supper, which shows the world about God’s perfection.
 
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Jesus commanded for us to take this and eat! That is good enough for me. Until I realized that I To though receiving on the tongue was preferred.
 
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I assume the bishop in Uganda is dealing with specific abuses in his diocese, not general principles that apply worldwide. If he became aware that people were not consuming the Body of Christ but were, for example, saving it for later, giving it to someone else, or using it for quasi-religious or superstitious practices, then distributing Communion on the tongue would be a prudent practice.

I think LifeSiteNews is trying to suggest that Communion in the hand is inferior. LifeSiteNews tends to do that.

(Edited to add: the post linking to the LifeSiteNews article seems to have been misplaced in another thread.)
 
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My understanding of reading the passage you quoted, the poster means that one should receive directly to your mouth ie on the tongue, because as he/she says only the priest has the right to carry it (in the hand - the Body of Christ). That receiving in your hands carries the risk of particles of Christ can fall away including the whole host being dropped down on the ground.

(the bold parts are mine as these are words taken directly from sirived309 post as quoted by you).

BTW, how did you resurrect and post on that thread 9 YEARS later???
 
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