Benefits to Communion on tongue

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It is not surprising. If one an EMHC long enough, one probably has seen many abuses of the Holy Communion. In our parish, it is quite common to brief EMHC on how to deal with such abuses when they occur.
 
I have been receiving on the tongue since I came back to the church. I find it more reverent and I also do not worry about stray host particles in my hand that may end up on the floor. It is also how I was raised.
 
My mother witnessed something like this when she was working in a nursing home. A well meaning visiting priest put a host on the tongue of a woman who was so far advanced with dementia that she no longer remembered how to eat. My mom grabbed it out of her mouth and, not knowing what to do, ate it.

Just saying, there might be more to that story.
 
Reuben_J said:
our parish, it is quite common to brief EMHC on how to deal with such abuses when they occur.
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Tackle the person to the ground, shove their face onto the host and force them to pick it up with their tongue?

Cos that’s how I would handle it…
 
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A well meaning visiting priest put a host on the tongue of a woman who was so far advanced with dementia that she no longer remembered how to eat. My mom grabbed it out of her mouth and, not knowing what to do, ate it.
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Yeah that’s not what I envisaged…

I envisaged some healthy person doing it just to spite God.
 
I’m 6

I’m 6’ tall and weigh 275 lbs… I’d be right by your side, trying my best to control my inner Samson…

Methinks if two very stern faced, large men confronted the perpetrator it would be the last time they desecrate the Body of God …

Me and you could be the “body guards of the Body” ☺️
 
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I sincerely hope he played athletics of some sort… that would be a waste if not
 
As I stated in my OP I find it is not only easier but conducive to maintaining a more prayerful frame of mind and nothing is touching the host other than the priest’s hands (I make a point to receive from the priest).
 
No, we found the partially eaten host in the pew where the hymnals are. The person who did this, had let it melt partially in their mouth before removing it and sticking it into the hymnal section.

We assumed it was from Mass the week-end before, being we were at the last Mass for that Sunday. We never saw who did it.

Jim
 
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Please inform us that you’re not an EMHC.

EMHC are not Sacrament Police.

Jim
 
I had a parishioner take me to Jesus left on the floor in her pew (I am an usher). I carried him to the priest who had me consume the host (he has psiliac (sp?) and couldn’t consume it himself. Very Sad.
 
Because we don’t use violence as you advocated to stop abuse of the sacrament.

Jesus himself did not use violence against those who arrested and crucified him.

Jim
 
I re-read this thread before going to communion today, just doing comparative ecumenical research.

It would be rather awkward to receive on the tongue if you are standing up, even for a tiny lady like me. It would be even more awkward when you are offered the blood afterwards. (My estimate is 80% intinctate, 20% sip).
But I guess if you are kneeling and only receiving the Body it would work better.

It’s interesting to learn about other liturgical practices. It challanges your thinking in defining just why you prefer this or that way of doing things.
 
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It would be rather awkward to receive on the tongue if you are standing up, even for a tiny lady like me.
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It is, but that is what our bishops have asked us to do.
Who am I to judge?
Personally, I tend to stoop, as most ministers are shorter than I am. It does not feel very dignified, but again: It is what the bishops ask of me.
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It would be even more awkward when you are offered the blood afterwards. (My estimate is 80% intinctate, 20% sip).
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In the Catholic church a lay communicant is never allowed to intinct the host himself. Nor would a scenario like: communicant carries the host to the minister of the cup, who intincts it and administers to the communicant be in line with the prescripted practices of the GIRM.
 
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