Do you receive communion on the tongue or by hand?

[Geremia]

One must only receive on the tongue because only priests’ hands are consecrated to handle the consecrated Host, and only his index finger and thumb can touch It.

Mowhawks chopped off St. Isaac Jogues, S.J.'s index fingers and thumbs because they thought it would prevent him from being able to say Holy Mass. He had to get a papal dispensation.

Mother Theresa and others deplored communion in the hand as the greatest problem in the Church.

It is a Protestant practice because they did not want to believe in the Real Presence. Communion in the hand would make it seem more like a piece of bread than substantially Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity under the appearances of bread.

 

[Oneofthewomen]

One must only receive on the tongue because only priests’ hands are consecrated to handle the consecrated Host, and only his index finger and thumb can touch It.

Mowhawks chopped off St. Isaac Jogues, S.J.'s index fingers and thumbs because they thought it would prevent him from being able to say Holy Mass. He had to get a papal dispensation.

Mother Theresa and others deplored communion in the hand as the greatest problem in the Church.

It is a Protestant practice because they did not want to believe in the Real Presence. Communion in the hand would make it seem more like a piece of bread than substantially Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity under the appearances of bread.

Please stop spreading mis-information and half-truths.

A Deacon is an Ordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and his hands are not consecrated.

As far as the Mother Teresa thing, this has been debunked so many times,
I can’t believe that people still actually try to use her statements
to say something SHE DID NOT SAY!!!

 

[Lormar]

Always on the tongue - sometimes I kneel, mostly I stand. If we had a kneeler in our church, I would kneel all of the time, as my pastor has said it is all right if I choose to do so.

Also, here is a clarification from the Mother Teresa site regarding the truth about the alleged communion in the hand statement: motherteresa.org/08_info/ReceivingC.html

 

[ClayPots47]

Whilst The Congregation of The Divine Worship has given approval of receiving on the hands to individual Conference of Bishops in countries around the world.The Holy Father of Rome has given His witness of what is His preference is —communion on the tongue whilst kneeling!
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That is not correct. The reason has to do with the fact that sadly some attending Papal Masses were keeping Hosts as souvenirs. The Holy Father is not opposed to Communion in the Hand.

I am not opposed in principle to Communion in the hand; I have both administered and received Communion this way myself.

See link below to Father Dietzen.

One must only receive on the tongue because only priests’ hands are consecrated to handle the consecrated Host, and only his index finger and thumb can touch It.

Not correct. His hands are consecrated so as to be able to confect the Eucharist. A Deacon is, like the Priest, an Ordinary Minister of Holy Communion, but a Deacon does not have his hands consecrated.

Mother Theresa and others deplored communion in the hand as the greatest problem in the Church.

This claim has been debunked. Father John Dietzen addresses it in this link. Pope Benedict XVI and practice of Communion in the hand

Also addressed by the website for Mother Teresa’s community, which agrees with what Father Dietzen was told. Mother Teresa: On receiving Holy Communion in the Hand Clarification about Mother Teresa’s alleged saying: “The thing that makes me the saddest …”

It is a Protestant practice because they did not want to believe in the Real Presence. Communion in the hand would make it seem more like a piece of bread than substantially Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity under the appearances of bread.

It was a practice in the early Church. It was also a practice in many religious communities, such as the Franciscans, even after the laity could only receive on the tongue. This article gives a history behind it.
The Red Herring of Communion in the Hand

 

[xixxvmcm85]

When I’m at the EF, obviously I have no choice. I receive on the tongue while kneeling.

When I’m at the OF, I still receive on the tongue, but I don’t kneel since the priest (or as is most often the case, the EMHC) doesn’t have a paten, and the disparity in space between the standing minister and my mouth is too cumbersome, if not inviting to profanity of the Sacrament. I genuflect just before receiving the Eucharist standing, but by tongue.

 

[Paxvobis]

thank your for clearing that up!

No problem!

 

[NewsTheMan]

A Deacon is an Ordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and his hands are not consecrated.

I may be wrong, but a Deacon is an Ordinary Minister of Communion not the Eucharist since he cannot confect the Eucharist. Ministers of the Eucharist are Priests and Bishops.

 

[Stitch]

I prefer to receive on the tongue.

 

[Brendan]

I may be wrong, but a Deacon is an Ordinary Minister of Communion not the Eucharist since he cannot confect the Eucharist. Ministers of the Eucharist are Priests and Bishops.

You are correct. A Deacon is not a Minister of the Eucharist, ordinary nor otherwise.

A Minister of the Eucharist is one who can confect the sacrament. That would be a validly ordained priest or bishop.

A seperate ministry is that of communicating the Sacrament, bringing it to the community.

Bishops, Priests and Deacons are Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, the laity may act as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion in certain circumstances.