Best way to receive communion on the tongue?

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brotherhrolf said:
We did not stop recieving Communion on the tongue and kneeling until the mid-70s (when they took the Communion rails out.)
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Oh - how this just breaks my heart!!! :crying:

At our parish we only receive kneeling, on the tongue, at the altar rail. Even the other parish we will go to when we can’t make Mass at our own parish, is the same way.

This is the way it should be. On your knees before God, with your hands folded and away in prayer and humility. Allowing the consecrated hands of the priest or deacon to deliver Him to you.
  • “I was born too late, to a world that doesn’t care.” 😦
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*a stolen quote from a song by Sandi Thom
 
Archangelum – Sort of off topic, but not totally. 🙂

Have you ever had the opportunity to travel to Maastricht in the Netherlands? They have a beautiful cathedral, St. Servaas, which dates back to mideval times. I was blessed to be able to attend mass there back in 2007. The service was very traditional, and the cathedral itself is breathtaking. Maastricht is about two hours from Brussels.

I hope to return there some day, as the St. Servaas Cathedral was inspirational to me on my journey to the Catholic Church.
 
Archangelum said:
Ever since I saw a Hostie fall on the floor of the church during Novus Ordo hand communion I’m scared to death of it happening to me. Naturally this raises problems in the Latin Mass as hand communion is totally out of the question there. So therefore my question: what way would be most suitable to receive communion on the tongue? It seems to me the danger of the Hostie falling would be ever greater in this fashion. Luckily one of the acolytes holds a plate ready at all times.
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There’s a greater threat than it hitting the floor. How about the idea of sharing the *saliva *of everyone in line? Does *that *bother you? It bothers me to no end. I don’t receive the wine for that reason. It’s simply too dangerous. Imagine the priest’s fingers touching – ever so slightly, but touching nonetheless – the *tongue, teeth, and lips *of nearly everyone who receives before you. And then he places the host in your mouth, and you ingest all those germs. No thanks. I just can’t do it.
 
KingAlfred said:
I don’t receive the wine for that reason.
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That is NOT wine - that is the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ.

Just in case you forgot. :cool:

And - people have been receiving Holy Communion via a common cup for ages, and there are no massive outbreaks of disease or illness. Same goes for receiving on the tongue. I’ve been receiving Jesus this way for nearly two years now and I don’t get sick any more frequently than I ever did when I was receiving in the hand.

~Liza
 
I receive on the tongue. Only once has anyone ever touched my tongue with anything but the Host. I may not have put my tongue out far enough that time. 😛

My DH kneels. I wish I could, but that won’t happen unless Jesus glorifies my knees ahead of schedule. 😉

Oh jeepers, why am I still up? I have to get up early tomorrow!

G’nite,

Ruthie
 
I always recieve on the tongue, and when I am not serving, kneeling. I too have never been touched by anything other than the host (just try to stick a chip or something on someone’s outstretched tongue, it’s easy to do without touching them), and the only time I’ve seen Hosts dropped is recieving in the hand. Luckily I caught it with the paten, or the person caught it with their other hand (yes they were receiving improperly, one-handed instead of two).

The biggest problem with receiving on the tongue that I’ve noticed is that if you fold your hands together in front of you, sometimes the eager people who stand right up next to the priest/EMHC make it next to impossible for the server to put the paten under their mouths.

It’s like other people said. Just go up, bow your head, say ‘Amen’, open your mouth and stick out your tongue. Don’t try to rush, and don’t pull your tongue back too quickly. You’ll be fine 😃
 
Oh yes I forgot to ask, when reading the last reply, does one say Amen also once the Host is placed upon the tongue?

I did see a Host almost fall (NO-Mass) during tongue communion but it was because the person was quite tall and had to lower his head as the priest was quite small.
 
Archangelum said:
Oh yes I forgot to ask, when reading the last reply, does one say Amen also once the Host is placed upon the tongue?
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I say “Amen” and then “stick out” my tongue.

(There’s got to be a better verb phrase… “present”, perhaps?)
 
I grew up taking Communion on my tongue before the 2nd Vatican Council began. Kneeled at the altar rail, first, though.

The platen keeps Him from falling to the ground.

Our tongues are wetter than the host, so it’s simply a case of a dry host “sticking” to the wet tongue once He’s placed on your tongue.

I don’t open my mouth to receive on my tongue unless there’s an acolyte next to the priest or extraordinary minister of the Eucharist to catch the Host… just in case.

Since at any local parish where I’ve received Communion does NOT have an acolyte standing next to the priest or EME, with or without platen… I just do it the new way… with my flat palms, one on top of the other, as I approach.
 
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