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Cor_ad_Cor
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We have the patens, I’m just more comfortable with my own hand.
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Powdercoater
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They still use these patens at a Parish I attended before I moved to my current location. So, I imagine other Parishes use them as well.
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Thom18
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Just stick your tongue out and straight. Personally, I’ve had one incident while receiving on the hand and exactly none while receiving on the tongue. If you have dry mouth, it’ll be more difficult, and what another user said about bringing water would be a good idea. Otherwise, receiving on the hand could be preferable.
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CRV
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I did read that you said you’ve never had a problem with the mechanics of receiving on the tongue.
I also realized to whom you were posing the question ie dbranch about why they feel the need to receive on the tongue and that you found this interesting and wanted to know why.
And nowhere have I claimed you did!
My post was also not asking you, as to why wouldn’t you wish to receive on the tongue, but a general statement to your statement as in “Well, why wouldn’t a person want to receive on the tongue?”
Hence “Well wouldn’t one wish to receive on the tongue?” - if that way is offered, then why wouldn’t one wish to receive that way as opposed to not receiving in that way.
Perhaps you could try to see in a more charitable way how I may have meant it, instead of assuming I’d blatantly presumed you had never received on the tongue at all, especially as that wasn’t my intent and I honestly can’t see how you came to that conclusion.
Is this meant for me to take as sarcasm?
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7_Sorrows
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I am glad to know I am not the only one who has the same anxiety and I have been Catholic 11 years!!! I still have not been brave enough to try it. Once, the Host somehow bounced out of my hand and fell to the floor after the priest put it in my
hand. We both stared as it seemed to slowly float to the floor. I was mortified.
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Kima
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For the record, it´s way more frequent that people drop the host when they receive in their hand. So, as for that, I wouldn´t worry about it.
When you receive on the tongue, just say Amen and open your mouth
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Kima
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I´ve seen it with my own eyes several times. It´s worth mentioning that I have never seen anyone drop the host while trying to receive on their tongue. And I´ve been to fairly many Masses.
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paperwight
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As a EMHC, I have observed once for each method, and that’s over twenty years administering… The occasion when it happened with someone receiving in the hand was because when I picked up one Host from the bowl, another came with it.
I would certainly query the assertion that it happens far more frequently with CITH. not my experience at all.
As a pp said, where is your evidence - perhaps the problem is with catechesis at your parish.
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GiftofMercy
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Just a little difference if receiving in the EF compared with the OF, In the EF the Eucharist is mostly received kneeling on the tongue, The Amen is not said there.
OP were you in EF or OF?
OP were you in EF or OF?
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CaliCatholic247
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Certainly.
First, welcome to the family!
I received in the hand for years and THAT made me nervous…
One reason: I had just participated in Sign of Peace handshakes minutes before Jesus is placed in the same hands at Communion. So germs from the handshakes concerned me. The second reason: a danger of dropping Jesus in the transfer to my mouth.)
Tips:
When you are kneeling following the Agnus Dei, quietly prayerfully prepare you heart to receive Jesus. Silently let Him know you love Him. I like to look at Jesus’ face depicted on some of the beautiful stained glass art in our church. You would be surprised how much preparing yourself interiorly with prayer and visual focus on the Face of the Beloved will calm down us nervous “brides” before meeting the Bridegroom.
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On to the practical, discreetly remove excess saliva from the mouth by quietly swallowing before making your way up to the altar to receive. Neater, cleaner, less possibility of slippage.
Keep focused on what you are about to do, don’t let your mind wander. Accidental Host drops occur because communicants are not properly disposed interiorly, plus they are inattentive while receiving. We have to teach our youth these all things too. Don’t assume they’re getting this training in Religious Ed, though they should.
Your turn comes, you BRIEFLY look at Celebrant then as Celebrant says, “The Body of Christ” You reply, “Amen”.
Okay, so you have taken care to swallow excess saliva before you came up. Now, flatten your tongue slightly. Open your mouth a medium width or LITTLE wider and extend your slighly flattened tongue to the edge of your lower lip. Don’t stick your tongue out of your mouth. The Host could fall that way, too. Celebrant places Jesus on your tongue as he pulls his hand back towards himself. You gently close your lips with the Host on your tongue. NO chomping motion, no biting motion oryou might accidentally bite either the Celebrant or Jesus if you are in too big of a hurry and careless. Now make the Sign of the Cross and with your hands folded and head slightly bowed, make your way back to your pew to kneel and quietly pray after Communion. Focus on having just received Jesus, no talking, no whispering, no looking around.
Congratulations you have just received Communion on the tongue reverently.
I went to all this trouble to explain because I think this is the best way to receive and I feel the CLOSEST to Jesus in the Sacrament receiving on the tongue.
I hope the info was helpful. Blessings.
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First, welcome to the family!
I received in the hand for years and THAT made me nervous…
One reason: I had just participated in Sign of Peace handshakes minutes before Jesus is placed in the same hands at Communion. So germs from the handshakes concerned me. The second reason: a danger of dropping Jesus in the transfer to my mouth.)
Tips:
When you are kneeling following the Agnus Dei, quietly prayerfully prepare you heart to receive Jesus. Silently let Him know you love Him. I like to look at Jesus’ face depicted on some of the beautiful stained glass art in our church. You would be surprised how much preparing yourself interiorly with prayer and visual focus on the Face of the Beloved will calm down us nervous “brides” before meeting the Bridegroom.
ray:t2: On to the practical, discreetly remove excess saliva from the mouth by quietly swallowing before making your way up to the altar to receive. Neater, cleaner, less possibility of slippage.
Keep focused on what you are about to do, don’t let your mind wander. Accidental Host drops occur because communicants are not properly disposed interiorly, plus they are inattentive while receiving. We have to teach our youth these all things too. Don’t assume they’re getting this training in Religious Ed, though they should.
Your turn comes, you BRIEFLY look at Celebrant then as Celebrant says, “The Body of Christ” You reply, “Amen”.
Okay, so you have taken care to swallow excess saliva before you came up. Now, flatten your tongue slightly. Open your mouth a medium width or LITTLE wider and extend your slighly flattened tongue to the edge of your lower lip. Don’t stick your tongue out of your mouth. The Host could fall that way, too. Celebrant places Jesus on your tongue as he pulls his hand back towards himself. You gently close your lips with the Host on your tongue. NO chomping motion, no biting motion oryou might accidentally bite either the Celebrant or Jesus if you are in too big of a hurry and careless. Now make the Sign of the Cross and with your hands folded and head slightly bowed, make your way back to your pew to kneel and quietly pray after Communion. Focus on having just received Jesus, no talking, no whispering, no looking around.
Congratulations you have just received Communion on the tongue reverently.
I went to all this trouble to explain because I think this is the best way to receive and I feel the CLOSEST to Jesus in the Sacrament receiving on the tongue.
I hope the info was helpful. Blessings.
Sis
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Peeps
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Can you please cite the study, and/or provide a link? Thank you.
I received on my tongue for a while, but stopped short, never to go again, when the Host fell. Not worth taking a chance. Nope. It bothered me for weeks, even longer, after it happened. It might have been my fault, or it might have been the fault of the EMHC, but not going to happen again. Receiving in the hand is acceptable practice in the U.S., and I’m comfortable with that.
I have balance issues anyway due to osteoarthritis, and because of this, I do not clasp my hands in front of me as I process to the front, but instead, I touch each pew or the wall next to me to keep my balance during that slow processional walk. Hopefully no one is judging me as “irreverent”, but the Lord knows the truth.
I think it’s not a good idea to try to influence people to receive the Lord Jesus in a certain way that makes them uncomfortable. It creates conflict in the soul and makes people unhappy and feel unworthy or irreverent. The Holy Spirit is perfectly capable of convicting of us of something that we need to do in our lives to make us holy.
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MagdalenaRita
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You’re right many parishes do not use them, but I have to say I am slowly starting to see them return, which is a good thing.
Must be your parish, I still hear “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord”.
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MagdalenaRita
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I doubt anyone is judging you as irreverent. I have arthritis and grab the pews also as I walk up to the altar.
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Horton
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I receive on the tongue, started to do this a couple of years after RCIA. It does feel awkward at first but becomes very natural after a few times. Now I don’t really think about how I am receiving, just that I am.
As a EMHC I find it easier to distribute the body on the tongue. So many people have different ideas of how to hold their hands when receiving in the hand that I worry as I place the body there.
As a EMHC I find it easier to distribute the body on the tongue. So many people have different ideas of how to hold their hands when receiving in the hand that I worry as I place the body there.
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CaliCatholic247
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Technique is key. And we probably have no way of knowing how many people contract a cold or flu from receiving Communion in the hand.
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MiserereMeiDei
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Where’s the alter server with the paten?
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MiserereMeiDei
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Why not kneel in front of the priest? I’m genuinely curious as that’s what I do when attending an of mass.
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MiserereMeiDei
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I never knew what to do in OF. Thanks. I just did what I do in the EF and didn’t say amen. Of course, I also prefer him saying “Corpus Domini Jesu Christi custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen.”
Maybe I’ll add the rest next time I go to an OF mass as I kneel.
Maybe I’ll add the rest next time I go to an OF mass as I kneel.
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Kima
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Post Vatican II cathechesis is pretty bad. However, I really love Catholicism so I´ve made sure to feed my brain with knowledge
Although, I often question where reverence for the Eucharist went after Vatican II, as a lot changed in regards to that. I believe that if we all believed that the Eucharist really is the Body and Blood of our Divine Savior (which only about 33% of U.S. Catholics do), we´d all wanna receive reverently. At least, I wouldn´t ever want to receive in a way that makes me more likely to drop the precious Body of our Lord on the floor. Also, kneeling/receiving the Eucharist on the tongue is a great reminder of whom we receive. We receive our Lord, not just some regular food - so let´s treat it like it´s our Lord.
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