Chocolate during Communion

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Contact the Bishop, provide evidence, and be concise.

If you want to continue attending this Parish, I do not recommend confronting him or discussing your objections openly. He will not appreciate being questioned or corrected. Also, there are probably many Parishioners who support his odd practice.

If nothing changes, consider joining another Parish.
 
@Phemie beat me to it 🙂

The Diocese needs to be made aware of this.
 
Like Halloween dressing up as devils , chocolate is for needy and most at church have enough food already
 
Thanks everyone for your advice and support. I knew it wasn’t just me who would find this so strange.
I’m inclined to talk to him before contacting the bishop, just to give him a chance to stop…but I have kids who need sacraments and he will not take kindly to being corrected. Please pray that I make the right decision.
I have a few weeks to decide how to proceed since our kids are singing at Latin Mass at a different parish this weekend with their home school choir. (Thank goodness ❤️)

God bless!
 
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I have no official document…but that’s just whacky! I get annoyed because my kids come up with little cups of pretzels and goldfish crackers from children’s lit. They’re down there 15 minutes! Why do they need a flippin snack? Don’t they need that time to learn about Jesus or something?
 
I love chocolate, the darker the better. But, I don’t feel it has any place during Mass. If, after Mass, a social is held in the parish hall, where refreshments are available, that’s fine. Let chocolate be served then, and let attendees choose if they want it or not.

My parish used to have socials in our parish hall after Sunday Masses, but we no longer have Mass on Sunday, because our good priest got transferred and we haven’t had a permanent one since. Now, Mass is only held on Friday at noon and Saturday evening at 5 P.M.

Oh, the things we start missing out on when parish politics take precedence!

My two cents worth.
 
Greetings in Christ,

This is not allowed. You can refer to the General Instruction for the Roman Missal. If you’d like to say something politely tell him that his actions reduce reverance for the Liturgy and for Our Eucharistic Lord. Eating choclate and distributing it when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in unacceptable. If people need to eat for health or medical reasons that’s okay, but to feed everyone chcolate just as a treat is absolutely not okay. You may want to find a new Parish. Be aware though, if you say something to the priest, he may not be charitable to you. Also, when servers with a paten are available, they should ordinarily be using the paten to prevent particles of the Host from being unintentionally dropped on the floor. This is very important because we never want to see Our Lord mistreated.

God love you and Mary keep you.
 
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And yes, this is something that the children will remember… not solemnity, reverence, or any sense of the sacred, but looking forward to another dose of sugar.
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Or they may remember the kindness that was shown.
 
There is no kindness in charity without truth. And the truth is that they are in the presence of the Holy. An occasion to be set apart from the ordinary day to day. Nurturing their awareness and sensitivity to that is what I consider kindness. Facilitating their spiritual growth is what I consider kind, at least under those circumstances. There is plenty of time during the rest of the week to be spoiling them with junk food. They will survive, I promise 😉
 
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I have to disagree. Kindness in this case may be someone giving something to another person with no ulterior motives. Giving for the sake of giving. Witnessing that can impact a child in a very positive way.
 
Respectfully, I disagree as well. I don’t think that this is an occasion to be giving, but teaching (or at least giving a model of devotion). Peace be with you.
 
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Phemie said:
REDEMPTIONIS SACRAMENTUM
96. The practice is reprobated whereby either unconsecrated hosts or other edible or inedible things are distributed during the celebration of Holy Mass or beforehand after the manner of Communion, contrary to the prescriptions of the liturgical books. For such a practice in no way accords with the tradition of the Roman Rite, and carries with it the danger of causing confusion among Christ’s faithful concerning the Eucharistic doctrine of the Church.
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Welp, that pretty much hits the nail on the head.
 
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ThomasMT:
And yes, this is something that the children will remember… not solemnity, reverence, or any sense of the sacred, but looking forward to another dose of sugar.
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Or they may remember the kindness that was shown.
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It’s not a kindness to disregard the norms for Mass. If the priest really felt like he wanted to treat children to chocolate (why?) he could do it at the end of Mass, not during Holy Communion.
 
CathMom said:
Thanks everyone for your advice and support. I knew it wasn’t just me who would find this so strange.
I’m inclined to talk to him before contacting the bishop, just to give him a chance to stop…but I have kids who need sacraments and he will not take kindly to being corrected. Please pray that I make the right decision.
I have a few weeks to decide how to proceed since our kids are singing at Latin Mass at a different parish this weekend with their home school choir. (Thank goodness ❤️)

God bless!
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Surely he wouldn’t not give sacraments to your children because you asked him about the chocolate? If so, something else to bring up to the Bishop
 
JMMJ said:
I have to disagree. Kindness in this case may be someone giving something to another person with no ulterior motives. Giving for the sake of giving. Witnessing that can impact a child in a very positive way.
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I think you just described the Most Holy Eucharist

or chocolate i guess
 
No, I don’t think he would deny them sacraments. It might just make it uncomfortable for me to interact with him for the next little while and it’s something I will need to do!
 
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