The one hour Abstainance before Holy Communion is a requirement of Canon Law (919) and is not depenfent on the Form of the Liturgy. It also applies to reception outside of Mass, except for those who are sick and Viaticum.
This is most interesting to me; why would you think there would be a difference in the length of the fast for EF and OF?
Now that this confusion has been cleared up, there’s one less reason for another Particular Church to be created.
Just wondering, that’s all. I know the EF follows the 1962 Missal; I didn’t know if the rubrics extended to the Eucharistic fast as well.
Actually, when the fast was initially shortened to three hours, water was no longer included. This was in 1953. See Christus Dominus.
There is also a common Lectionary and calendar in the works, so that the same readings/feast days will be read no matter which Form.
I think you’re right. That was a very long time ago. If water was still prohibited, they’d have kept those fountains wrapped!
I think it is just some confusion regarding the two uses of the word “missal”. I have a 1962 St. Joseph’s Missal. It has a section on fasting and abstinence which discusses the three hour fast. But that book we call the missall is not the “Missal” that is used to celebrate the EF Mass. In the same way that our paper missalettes are not the missal referred to in the GIRM, the Missal of 1962 is the book for the priest to use when offering Mass. The St. Joseph’s (or Baronius or any other missal) is a book that contains a lot of the parts of the Missal but also has some extra “goodies” such as the Treasury of prayers, the stations of the Cross, etc.
Your observation is a good one. Also the Roman Missal is made up of different parts. There may be instructions on the eucharistic fast found in it. But the requirements are not set by the Missal but by Canon Law. For us today that is the (updated) 1983 code. The confusion is that the 1962 missal needs to be understood with the 1983 code in mind.
The fast is 1 hour from receiving communion, because it applies to Mass, as well as any other time you might receive the Eucharist.I am very confused about this one hour fast. As you see the question asked is fasting before Mass. The question therefore for me is, does not Mass start with “In the name of the Father , Son , and Holy Spirit?”
The general opinion seems to be that the fast is to be one hour before receiving the Eurcharist
Mass for me is the entire cermonony, so for me if Mass is at 9 I fast from 8?.
I really do not see in the light of the fact that we are going to receive the Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eurcharist, that one hour is a big deal!
Jesus hung on the Cross for us for 3 hours, can we not give him 1 hour.?
God Bless
The Eucharistic Fast or Abstinence from all food is one HOUR before reception of Holy CommunionI am very confused about this one hour fast. As you see the question asked is fasting before Mass. The question therefore for me is, does not Mass start with “In the name of the Father , Son , and Holy Spirit?”
The general opinion seems to be that the fast is to be one hour before receiving the Eurcharist
Mass for me is the entire cermonony, so for me if Mass is at 9 I fast from 8?.
I really do not see in the light of the fact that we are going to receive the Body and Blood of Jesus in the Eurcharist, that one hour is a big deal!
Jesus hung on the Cross for us for 3 hours, can we not give him 1 hour.?
God Bless
That is a good rule of thumb, however one should not, not receive Holy Communion because they finished their coffee 15 minutes before “In the name of the Father…”
It was always the joke at school that if we were still hungry at lunch, and were planing on attending the 12:05 daily Mass, that we would just sit at the very back, to gain an extra minute or so before receiving
