Eucharist question - Not really a spillage, but possibly... confession??

[Kathrin]

Once somebody asked in the ask-an-apologist section about what to do if they spilled the Holy Blood on their clothes, how to wash them. I think the reply was to soak it first and pour that water into the earth…
Now, what if it is not quite a spillage of the Blood, but let’s say I had just had the Eucharist and then a little later, when I may still have some on my lips, wiped my mouth with my T-Shirt or something like that?
Is that being too scrupulous, or is that a valid concern?
I don’t remember exactly what it was but last Sunday, I remember, I was in the bathroom after having received communion and somehow I felt a tiny part of the Eucharist might have come on my T-Shirt by something like that. Wasn’t sure though.
Just to be sure, I told myself, I should soak that part of the T-Shirt before I wash it and pour the water in the earth somewhere… Later in the week though I forgot and just put the T-Shirt with my regular laundry.
Would you mention this in confession now? Or would that be way too scrupulous? shrug:

Kathrin

 

[estesbob]

Once somebody asked in the ask-an-apologist section about what to do if they spilled the Holy Blood on their clothes, how to wash them. I think the reply was to soak it first and pour that water into the earth…
Now, what if it is not quite a spillage of the Blood, but let’s say I had just had the Eucharist and then a little later, when I may still have some on my lips, wiped my mouth with my T-Shirt or something like that?
Is that being too scrupulous, or is that a valid concern?
I don’t remember exactly what it was but last Sunday, I remember, I was in the bathroom after having received communion and somehow I felt a tiny part of the Eucharist might have come on my T-Shirt by something like that. Wasn’t sure though.
Just to be sure, I told myself, I should soak that part of the T-Shirt before I wash it and pour the water in the earth somewhere… Later in the week though I forgot and just put the T-Shirt with my regular laundry.
Would you mention this in confession now? Or would that be way too scrupulous? shrug:

Kathrin

I wouldn’t worry about it. And *do *not think there is any need to go to confession about it.

 

[Kathrin]

I’ll probably go to confession anyway tomorrow before mass, I just wasn’t sure if I should mention this. probably not, huh?

 

[Joe_Kelley]

. .
Now, what if it is not quite a spillage of the Blood, but let’s say I had just had the Eucharist and then a little later, when I may still have some on my lips, wiped my mouth with my T-Shirt or something like that? . . .

It is my understanding that a fragment or spot must be recognizable as bread or wine to be the Eucharist. I don’t have a source at hand, but it is what I have always taught in several years of CCD and RCIA. I have never encountered a teaching which says otherwise.

God only asks us to be reasonable in these things.

 

[PhilotheaZ]

I’ll probably go to confession anyway tomorrow before mass, I just wasn’t sure if I should mention this. probably not, huh?

No, of course not. Sin is intentional, an act of the will. You did not intentionally do anything wrong.

 

[Lux_et_Tenebrae]

Hi,

God will surely bless you for your concern. If this bothers you, it is fine to mention it to a priest either in or out of the confessional, but as was said, it is definitely not a sin.

If you ever feel there is a particle of the host anywhere on you, just lick your finger, so the particle will stick to it, pick it up, and then lick your finger again to consume it. I have consumed hosts that fell on the floor, but if you don’t feel you can do that, just give it to a priest.

Lux

 

[bpbasilphx]

When I was an Episcopalian, someone spilled the chalice on his tie. A lady from the altar guild came up with a pair of scissors and SNIP!

She burned it in the sacristy.

 

[estesbob]

When I was an Episcopalian, someone spilled the chalice on his tie. A lady from the altar guild came up with a pair of scissors and SNIP!

She burned it in the sacristy.

WOW! Good thing he didnt spill it on his hand

 

[Lux_et_Tenebrae]

When I was an Episcopalian, someone spilled the chalice on his tie. A lady from the altar guild came up with a pair of scissors and SNIP!

She burned it in the sacristy.

I’ve never seen burning as the proper manner to treat a spill. I have always heard–Consume, ablution cup, rince in the sequarium, or rince in a pot and pour the rince water in the ground.

Burning is for palm or other sacramentals.

Lux

 

[Thecatman]

Burning is not the proper way to dispose of The Body of Christ or His Precious Blood.