The Body was in the Blood when I received it from the Priest to distribute. I mentioned this to my wife, and she said that was what had happened to her last week at Mass when she had The Most Precious Blood given to her to distribute.Do you mean the Body was in the Blood when you received the chalice to distribute the Blood of Christ, or do you mean the priest left the Body in the Blood in the chalice at the altar?
Actually, while the priest is preparing to receive communion, after he breaks his host, he will break off a small piece and make the sign of the cross over the precious blood and then drop it in. It is usually just in the chalis that the priest partakes in so many don’t ever know it was there.Today at Mass where I am an EMHC, we had only one cup of the Precious Blood. I noticed that there was a small piece of the Host in it. Is this normal for the Priest to put it in there? We normally have 2 cups of the Most Precious Blood and after 6 months as an EMHC this is the first time I have seen it in the cup I have had.
Thank you. That clears things up. I wasn’t sure what the deal was here and I was going to ask the Father about it the next time I saw him. I was just interested as I never had the cup with the Host in it before.Actually, while the priest is preparing to receive communion, after he breaks his host, he will break off a small piece and make the sign of the cross over the precious blood and then drop it in. It is usually just in the chalis that the priest partakes in so many don’t ever know it was there.
Your priest didn’t do anything wrong.
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The Fraction (The Structure of the Mass, Its Elements and Its Parts
USCCB)
The priest breaks the Bread and puts a piece of the host into the chalice to signify the unity of the Body and Blood of the Lord in the work of salvation, namely, of the living and glorious Body of Jesus Christ. The supplication Agnus Dei, is, as a rule, sung by the choir or cantor with the congregation responding; or it is, at least, recited aloud. This invocation accompanies the fraction and, for this reason, may be repeated as many times as necessary until the rite has reached its conclusion, the last time ending with the words dona nobis pacem (grant us peace).**
- The priest breaks the Eucharistic Bread, assisted, if the case calls for it, by the deacon or a concelebrant. Christ’s gesture of breaking bread at the Last Supper, which gave the entire Eucharistic Action its name in apostolic times, signifies that the many faithful are made one body (1 Cor 10:17) by receiving Communion from the one Bread of Life which is Christ, who died and rose for the salvation of the world. The fraction or breaking of bread is begun after the sign of peace and is carried out with proper reverence, though it should not be unnecessarily prolonged, nor should it be accorded undue importance. This rite is reserved to the priest and the deacon.
If your parish uses Communion Cups, as well as the Chalis, you would not have seen it before since it goes in the Chalis that the Priest partakes from and never makes it out to the rest of the congregation. It was good to ask. Every bit of new information we can get about our church and our faith is definitely a good thing. Keep asking.Thank you. That clears things up. I wasn’t sure what the deal was here and I was going to ask the Father about it the next time I saw him. I was just interested as I never had the cup with the Host in it before.
But in this case, since Mass was lightly attended, there was only one Chalis, which is the one that was used for the entire (small as it was) congregation. When you say “cups”, do you mean small individual cups for each Communicant? I noticed you are from Iowa. My wife is from Manchester and we lived in Dubuque for 5 years.If your parish uses Communion Cups, as well as the Chalis, you would not have seen it before since it goes in the Chalis that the Priest partakes from and never makes it out to the rest of the congregation. It was good to ask. Every bit of new information we can get about our church and our faith is definitely a good thing. Keep asking.
In Mass with a small congregation, if both species are distributed, then, more than likely, the faithful will receive from the celebrant’s chalice. When the number of communicants is large, several chalices should be used; however, the celebrant’s chalice is the one where the Body and Blood would be comingled.But in this case, since Mass was lightly attended, there was only one Chalis, which is the one that was used for the entire (small as it was) congregation. When you say “cups”, do you mean small individual cups for each Communicant? I noticed you are from Iowa. My wife is from Manchester and we lived in Dubuque for 5 years.
I live in Churdan which is about 40 miles west of Ames on Hwy 30.But in this case, since Mass was lightly attended, there was only one Chalis, which is the one that was used for the entire (small as it was) congregation. When you say “cups”, do you mean small individual cups for each Communicant? I noticed you are from Iowa. My wife is from Manchester and we lived in Dubuque for 5 years.
With all due respect, there is no such person as an Extraordinary Minister of the Precious Blood, as Holy Communion takes into account both species. Thus, the correct term is Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion.I live in Churdan which is about 40 miles west of Ames on Hwy 30.
By cups I mean that each EM of the Precious Blood would have kind of a “mini chalis” (for lack of a better description) that is used to offer the Precious Blood to the congregation. I know which cups you are referring to and they are used predominately in Protestant churches during their “communion service” and usually contain grape juice.
In our parish, on weekends, we usually have 3 EMs, 1 to assist the presider with the hosts and 2 for the Precious Blood. That’s when we use the communion cups and they are offered as you would the chalis except that there are 2 and they are smaller.