Consecration location for the Hosts

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I have a question about where are the hosts supposed to be during the consecration. I heard or read before they are to be on the altar to await consecration. Our priest at EVERY Mass consecrates the Hosts that are brought up during the offering (but that is only a few hosts). During the Lamb of God he turns and gets 3 full tins from the Tabernacle. He then divides up those hosts for distribution for the extraordinary ministers to distribute. After Communion, he returns all these hosts to the Tabernacle. He does this at every Mass, our Mass and the other Masses during the week, Saturday and all Sunday Masses because I’ve been watching.

My concern is that not all the Hosts are being consecrated for Mass. Which means the faithful are not receiving Jesus as they think they are. How should this be handled? Thanks.
 
The Tabernacle is for reserving consecrated hosts. What makes you think any of this is not correct?
 
The hosts in the tabernacle are already consecrated. Many priests practice FIFO (first in, first out) to ensure that hosts are not stale. So you may be receiving hosts consecrated days ago and the hosts consecrated today are put in the Tabernacle for later.
 
Should be a short thread. The hosts brought to the altar at the offertory are not consecrated. They then are at the consecration of the Eucharist. Then the consecrated hosts are brought from the tabernacle. Every host on the altar is then a consecrated host. The three posters above have perfectly answered the question.

Next thread?
 
You might consider expressing your concern directly to the priest. This way, he may respond directly to your questions, giving a full accounting to you for what’s taking place on and around the altar.
 
Aren’t the hosts consecrated at Mass to be used at that Mass? I can clearly see what is on the Altar, one paten with the Host the priest uses, and one bigger ciborium. Then he goes and gets the other 4 ciboriums for distribution. We have the priest and 5 extraordinary ministers distributing Communion.

When Communion is over as I stated at Every Mass, even weekdays he does this. I am incorrect that the hosts must be consecrated at a Mass? I’ve gone to every Mass at church for three weeks to check on this, its always the same. The unconsecrated Hosts MUST BE on the Altar at consecration, right or wrong? The other Hosts in the Tabernacle don’t “catch” consecration from the other hosts.

As for asking the priest, he’s not going to like being asked that.

As I said i’m concerned that people are not really getting Jesus as they think they are. I’m not sure why that is not something possible, that a priest could do that. Wouldn’t that be considered a bad thing if that is the case?

I’m just concerned and don’t want to get my head bit off for asking the priest that.
 
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Aren’t the hosts consecrated at Mass to be used at that Mass?
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As much as normally possible, but not always so long as they can be properly stored.
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I am incorrect that the hosts must be consecrated at a Mass? I
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Some must…as in at least one. That’s it. The others can be stored in the Tabernacle
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The unconsecrated Hosts MUST BE on the Altar at consecration, right or wrong?
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Correct
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As I said i’m concerned that people are not really getting Jesus as they think they are. I’m not sure why that is not something possible, that a priest could do that. Wouldn’t that be considered a bad thing if that is the case?
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Your concern is unwarranted. Every parish I know, except the very poor and very remote ones where Mass is rarely offered practice FIFO.
 
If they are in the Tabernacle, they are all ready consecrated.
 
dizzy_dave said:
Aren’t the hosts consecrated at Mass to be used at that Mass?
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That is the recommended practice .

In Mediator Dei Pope Pius XII said , “Our predecessor of immortal memory, Benedict XIV, wishing to emphasize and throw fuller light upon the truth that the faithful by receiving the Holy Eucharist become partakers of the divine sacrifice itself, praises the devotion of those who, when attending Mass, not only elicit a desire to receive holy communion but also want to be nourished by hosts consecrated during the Mass.”

And the Fathers of the Second Council of the Vatican in Sacrosanctum Concilium taught , “That more perfect form of participation in the Mass whereby the faithful, after the priest’s communion, receive the Lord’s body from the same sacrifice, is strongly commended.”
 
There’s a link below connected to this topic .

A few Easters back I was unable to receive Holy Communion on Easter Day .

A visiting Italian priest couldn’t unlock the tabernacle door . The parish priest came along and neither could he .

I saw the visiting priest in town during the week , and it turned out that some of the veil inside the tabernacle had got stuck in the lock .

So if they had followed the Magisterium’s recommendations we would have been able to receive Holy Communion , and on Easter Day of all days .

https://www.osv.com/OSVNewsweekly/S...D/13567/ArticleID/18867/The-Most-Ignored.aspx
 
I think you should trust that your priest is doing the right and proper thing.
 
We had a sacristan who, bless her for everything she did and the faith with which she did it, is convinced that there has to be enough Hosts reserved to give Viaticum to a 727 full of Catholics in the event of a crash. I’m not exaggerating, she has told me that exactly. I tried to tell her that in the event such a thing should happen Fr. would have ample time to celebrate Mass and consecrate enough bread before he would even get near any of the victims. There was no convincing her. Unfortunately she has trained her successor to do the same.

We had one priest who never went to the Tabernacle unless he ran out of Hosts and didn’t want more than 5 or 6 Hosts reserved but most make a practice of retrieving the previously consecrated Hosts and mixing them with those they have just consecrated before they start giving out Communion.
 
I would only be concerned if you go to absolutely every mass including weddings and funerals. Even 1-2 masses a week with a over generous sacristan can result in this happening.

I once was sacristan for a vigil and we had about 20 hosts in the tabernacle afterwards. By 1pm the next day (2 masses later) there was about 400! We were still working on those when the next weekend came around.

That being said I have witnessed unconsecrated low gluten hosts appearing in the tabernacle. One mass there was none, next mass there was 20. The sacristan had left the pyx full of them in the sacristy during mass, saw them after and put them into the tabernacle.
 
Oh my a 727! what a thing to always be prepared for!
 
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wow - that video. It is telling though there are three priests at the parish and this is the first time they have talked to the sacristans directly. I think this happens a lot. Pastors just assume people know stuff and they don’t
 
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