Host in the wine?

[bookgirl32]

I have been to a Mass where the priest dipped the host into the chalice before giving the host to every person at communion. I then heard someone say after Mass that this was not okay. What’s the truth on this?

 

[SenorSalsa]

Its called intinction, and it is quite licit and valid. As long as it is the priest who is doing the intincting, and it is received on the tongue only

 

[bookgirl32]

Its called intinction, and it is quite licit and valid. As long as it is the priest who is doing the intincting, and it is received on the tongue only

Yes, it was the priest, and I guess I don’t remember if anyone else tried to receive in the hand, but I wouldn’t think so (and knowing this priest I can’t see him letting them). I really couldn’t see this priest doing something that is blatantly wrong in the Mass as this person claimed. Thanks for the info!

 

[benedictgal]

This is perfectly legitimate. Here is what Redemptionis Sacramentum says on the matter:

103.] The norms of the Roman Missal admit the principle that in cases where Communion is administered under both kinds, “the Blood of the Lord may be received either by drinking from the chalice directly, or by intinction, or by means of a tube or a spoon”.191 As regards the administering of Communion to lay members of Christ’s faithful, the Bishops may exclude Communion with the tube or the spoon where this is not the local custom, though the option of administering Communion by intinction always remains. If this modality is employed, however, hosts should be used which are neither too thin nor too small, and the communicant should receive the Sacrament from the Priest only on the tongue.192

[104.] The communicant must not be permitted to intinct the host himself in the chalice, nor to receive the intincted host in the hand. As for the host to be used for the intinction, it should be made of valid matter, also consecrated; it is altogether forbidden to use non-consecrated bread or other matter

Self-intinction is what is prohibited. I hope this helps you.

 

[dconklin]

I have been at a parish where this was the practice. Right before we came up to receive, the priest instructed us: To receive by hand, put your hands out. For intinction, clasp your hands.

In EM training at my church, we were told the EMs (cup ministers) are allowed to intinct, but the people cannot do it themselves - which still gets done.

 

[FrDavid96]

I have been at a parish where this was the practice. Right before we came up to receive, the priest instructed us: To receive by hand, put your hands out. For intinction, clasp your hands.

In EM training at my church, we were told the EMs (cup ministers) are allowed to intinct, but the people cannot do it themselves - which still gets done.

Dave,

As for the second part of your post:

Redemptionis Sacramentum, quoted above, clarified the Church’s discipline on this one–so at the time of the training, it was probably seen as a possibility. It’s simply a matter of what we see above being published later, or that it took some time before it was applied on the parish level.

 

[puzzleannie]

I have been to a Mass where the priest dipped the host into the chalice before giving the host to every person at communion. I then heard someone say after Mass that this was not okay. What’s the truth on this?

those who said this are wrong. it is licit and even preferred in some instances for the priest (no other minister) to communicate by intinction. What is forbidden is self-intinction by the communicant or for anyone other than the priest to do this.