Can one bring home the Eucharist for private adoration?

[Marauder]

This happened, shortly after our return to the practice of the faith. My mother wasn’t able to attend Mass with me, one Sunday… and I had asked one of the EMHC’s if she (or another EMHC) could come back with me, to give Holy Communion to my mother. She told me that she couldn’t (I don’t remember her reason); then, she proceeded to get a Host and a Pyx… and gave them to ME to take to my mother. Was this ok?

No, an EMHC does not have the permission to make anyone else an EMHC. Outside of church they are only supposed to be taking the host directly to a sick person and giving to them (and possibly any other Catholics present in the case of hospital or nursing home ministries.) Your pastor and/or priest can allow you to become an EMHC on the spot but should make sure you are properly trained.

Apparently, it was not. Did I commit a sin?

No because you didn’t know any better. One of the things required for a sin to be a mortal sin is knowledge that the thing is wrong.

 

[benedictgal]

[132.] No one may carry the Most Holy Eucharist to his or her home, or to any other place contrary to the norm of law. It should also be borne in mind that removing or retaining the consecrated species for a sacrilegious purpose or casting them away are graviora delicta, the absolution of which is reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.225

This happened, shortly after our return to the practice of the faith. My mother wasn’t able to attend Mass with me, one Sunday… and I had asked one of the EMHC’s if she (or another EMHC) could come back with me, to give Holy Communion to my mother. She told me that she couldn’t (I don’t remember her reason); then, she proceeded to get a Host and a Pyx… and gave them to ME to take to my mother. Was this ok?

Just for the record… I was extremely careful and reverent with the Precious Body of Our Lord. I placed the Pyx on the front seat of my car, in a towel… so that it wouldn’t get bumped off the seat as I was driving. When I got home, I lit 2 candles, set the Pyx on a table and we prayed… then I gave the Host to my mother.

I was a bit flustered by the ease with which the EMHC entrusted me with the Blessed Sacrament. She really didn’t know me. But, after having just come back from a 10 year absence… I had no idea if this was or was not “ok”.

Apparently, it was not. Did I commit a sin?

Here is the citation from Redemptionis Sacramentum:

[159.] It is never allowed for the extraordinary minister of Holy Communion to delegate anyone else to administer the Eucharist, as for example a parent or spouse or child of the sick person who is the communicant.

As the previous poster indicated, this was not your fault. The blame lies with the person who told you that you could do this.

 

[PJM]

I know that one can bring home the Eucharist if needed for someone home bound, sick, or unable to attend Mass, but I was curious if it was allowed for one to bring the Eucharist home in a pyx simply for private adoration at home. There are religious communities that have “Blessed Sacrament prayer rooms” with a tabernacle with the Host. Could not one have one in a private home?

Anyone know?

NO:tsktsk:

Eucharistic Ministers for teh Home Bound are to be:

Selected by the Pastor

Properly Trained

Approved by the Local Ordinary

Only Churches and certain chapels may have a Reservation tabernacle.

This is a GRAVE-Serious matter.

God bless

PJM m.c.

BVM please lead us to your Son Jesus!

 

[benedictgal]

NO:tsktsk:

Eucharistic Ministers for teh Home Bound are to be:

Selected by the Pastor

Properly Trained

Approved by the Local Ordinary

Only Churches and certain chapels may have a Reservation tabernacle.

This is a GRAVE-Serious matter.

God bless

PJM m.c.

BVM please lead us to your Son Jesus!

Just for clarification sake, only the bishop are the priest are Eucharistic ministers as only they can confect (cause) the sacrament. Laity are referred to as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.

 

[Verbum_Caro]

Just for clarification sake, only the bishop are the priest are Eucharistic ministers as only they can confect (cause) the sacrament. Laity are referred to as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.

benedictgal,

I believe deacons are also ordinary ministers of Holy Communion.

VC

 

[benedictgal]

benedictgal,

I believe deacons are also ordinary ministers of Holy Communion.

VC

True, but, the previous poster used the word Euchristic Minister, a term reserved for the bishop and the priest since only they can consecrate the species. The ordinary ministers of Holy Communion are the bishop, the priest and the deacon.

 

[CradleCath]

QUOTE=FrDavid96;4657886]It doesn’t change them, but it does explain them. That’s why RS says the following:
[131.] **Apart from the prescriptions of Canon 934 **§ 1, it is forbidden to reserve the Blessed Sacrament in a place that is not subject in a secure way to the authority of the diocesan Bishop, or where there is a danger of profanation. Where such is the case, the diocesan Bishop should immediately revoke any permission for reservation of the Eucharist that may already have been granted.

Canon 934 has been quoted on this thread several times. It clearly states that the Eucharist may only be reserved in a church, oratory, or chapel. The words “subject in a secure way to the authority of the diocesan Bishop” make it clear that reservation of the Eucharist must be just that–subject to the bishop’s authority. The bishop has the authority to bless a chapel, but does not have the authority to regulate what goes on in people’s private residences–that’s why the Holy See clarified the matter by saying that if such permission has been granted in the past, it should be “immediately revoked.”

And yet it happens.

Quiet feels natural in these rooms. A chapel in her room holds a **tabernacle, and within it the instruments of the Eucharist, which she performs here **and for other residents in the complex.

“Bishops allow hermits to do that,” she said
getreligion.org/?p=2775

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Scroll down & you will see a picture on the right…of her Tabernacle & her “chapel”. How long are the California Bishops going to get away with these things?
notesfromstillsong.blogspot.com/

This woman is all over the internet, her story has appeared in Catholic news papers…WITH the name of her Bishop who supposedly authorized this. It’s bound to give rise to confusion about Catholic teaching.

 

[Shin]

Two words:

Online adoration.

Make due with this, or go to a chapel.

 

[Verbum_Caro]

True, but, the previous poster used the word Euchristic Minister, a term reserved for the bishop and the priest since only they can consecrate the species. The ordinary ministers of Holy Communion are the bishop, the priest and the deacon.

Thanks bg, I see what you mean. I was focusing on the OP’s post mentioning bringing communion to the homebound, and translated “eucharistic minister” into “minister of Holy Communion”. I see now that you were pointing out the proper terminology. Thank you for pointing out the distinction!

VC