EuchMinister breaks up hosts to have enough

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misericordie:
With all honesty: it would be great for you to ASK YOUR Diocese officials about this, not some lay people on these threads who may be just giving what THEY beleive is liturgical law and permitted. CALL, or write the Liturgy office director in YOUR PARTICULAR DIOCESE!!! oR, AS cANON lAW ITSELF PERMITS YOU TO DO, WRITE TO YOUR bISHOP, NAMINING THE PARISH, AND DATE, AND MASS.
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Your wife seems to have taken a very smart stance, as per her RIGHT(please note it IS a right she has) to recieve Christ ONLY from a priest!
 
I’m a born and bred Catholic and attended Catholic school from 1st through 8th grade - back in pre-Vatican II days. It was common practice to break a host into smaller pieces so there would be enough for everyone. The size of the host, or piece of host, in no way diminishes the fact that you are receiving the actual, whole Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Of course, back in those days, only a priest was allowed to distribute Communion, but I don’t think that would make a difference in today’s Church.
 
Bob Baran:
I am an EMHC at my parish and this happened a few Sunday’s ago. At the last Mass on Sunday about 3x’s the normal came and there was an insufficient supply of consecrated Hosts. Even after breaking the Hosts we had a significant shortage. The priest was humiliated. No Precious Blood and no Hosts. About 100 communicants did not receive. The next Sunday I was told by another priest in our parish that there is a solution to this dilemma. The celebrating priest can do an “emergency Consecration” at that time. Of course, I never heard of this! Does anyone have knowledge of this consecration?
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Yes that would be possible since only a very small portion of the eucharistic prayer is required for the actual Consecration.

HOWEVER this should only be reserved for true necessity. Like where the people attending the Mass would not have the opportunity to receive Holy Communion again for many months. Like in remote Mission areas. The people at this Mass could very easily return for the next Mass or will most likely have the opportunity to receive again next Sunday. They will not be deprived of the Blessed Sacrament for months, a Catholic is only required to receive Holy Communion once a year during the Easter season.
 
Br. Rich SFO:
Yes that would be possible since only a very small portion of the eucharistic prayer is required for the actual Consecration.

HOWEVER this should only be reserved for true necessity. Like where the people attending the Mass would not have the opportunity to receive Holy Communion again for many months. Like in remote Mission areas. The people at this Mass could very easily return for the next Mass or will most likely have the opportunity to receive again next Sunday. They will not be deprived of the Blessed Sacrament for months, a Catholic is only required to receive Holy Communion once a year during the Easter season.
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Br. Rich,
Do you know where this is documented? I’d like to check it out. Thanks
 
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