How do you prefer to receive the Precious Blood?

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In another poll, some pointed that it may be more hygienic to use the method of intinction to distribute the Precious Blood. Which method do you prefer?

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Eh…I’ve never recieved the Precious Blood. It seems a bit superfilous to me, and it’s far easier to spill or drop, and when it is, it’s harder to clean up without leaving some behind. I also like to recieve and then go straight back to the pew and kneel for a while while the Host dissolves, praying. I suppose if I were going to recieve, I would prefer intinction.
 
Neither option, I’m Greek Catholic and we receive it with a spoon.
 
I receive the Most Precious Blood via the Chalice, but I think intinction is a safer option. Just my opinion.
 
I receive from the Chalice. The only other option is to not receive it but I only refrain when I know I’m contagious. We were actually told in class that intinction is not an option in Canada because it removes the person’s choice to receive in the hand. Seems that if they gave the option of intinction or Chalice the choice would still remain that of the communicant.
 
I didn’t think intinction was allowed. At least not in any of the parishes in my Diocese. I thought intinction was a Methodist thing.
 
Jimsdun said:
I didn’t think intinction was allowed. At least not in any of the parishes in my Diocese. I thought intinction was a Methodist thing.
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Self-intinction isn’t allowed. However, it is permissible for the priest (and I’d have to look up re: deacon) to intinct. (Of course, one then only receives on the tongue, not in the hand for obvious reasons.)

Personally, I’d favor intinction as a norm. But that’s just me, not speaking for anyone else. I never receive in my hand due to some nerve damage, and I find it very stressful and awkward to contemplate handling the chalice, so I would never receive directly from a chalice. (It’s the medial nerve in my right hand that’s at issue–I lack sensation and have an impaired grip in the affected part of that hand.)
 
I personally question the wisdom of offering the cup at all, when so many walk past Christ under the form of the precious blood as though he were a stranger in the street.

To me, this is another case where a valid but exagerated concern for ‘signs and symbols’ ultimately led to a less reverant experience overall. In the moments after we receive, we shouldn’t be wondering whether that was herpes on the lip of the person who received just before us, or whether that kid has a simple allergy or bird flu.

Assuming you can’t get ill from the chalice is a form of presumption: God doesn’t protect us from the consequences of our own actions, no matter how well intended.

That said, I always receive the cup if I’m healthy. But I think we’d be better off if it weren’t offered at large Masses.
 
Sam_Maloney said:
I personally question the wisdom of offering the cup at all, when so many walk past Christ under the form of the precious blood as though he were a stranger in the street.
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True enough. I find it strange to see a few people in our parish receive kneeling and on the tongue, genuflect to the empty tabernacle when returning to their pews but then totally ignore the Precious Blood when they pass in front of the EMHC holding the chalice.
 
How do you prefer to receive the Precious Blood?

I don’t receive the Precious Blood at all. :o

“…but then totally ignore the Precious Blood when they pass in front of the EMHC holding the chalice.”

I bow my head slightly as I pass by the Precious Blood. Sort of like I do before receiving the host. 🙂
 
Jimsdun said:
I didn’t think intinction was allowed. At least not in any of the parishes in my Diocese. I thought intinction was a Methodist thing.
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Before converting to Catholicism in 1991 I was a born and brought up Methodist and I never experienced intinction.
 
Phemie said:
True enough. I find it strange to see a few people in our parish receive kneeling and on the tongue, genuflect to the empty tabernacle when returning to their pews but then totally ignore the Precious Blood when they pass in front of the EMHC holding the chalice.
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You’re right, I find myself doing this. I try to remember to bow, but it is just not part of my ingrained habit.

Most of us didn’t grow up with the chalice being offered. My current parish, and 90% of the masses I attend elsewhere don’t offer the chalice. So my routine is genuflect, receive, cross myself, return to my pew.

Therefore, when I encounter the chalice, I’m not prepared for it.

God Bless
 
thistle said:
Before converting to Catholicism in 1991 I was a born and brought up Methodist and I never experienced intinction.
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I was also a Methodist for a few years before converting to Catholicism in 1997. Intinction was the norm at the church I attended
 
I voted option 3, but this presumes my usual practice since I attend Mass at the Latin-rite monastery at my college. When I go to the Ukrainian mission in the city, I receive as is normative there–Communion by intinction.

-ACEGC
 
PBP said:
Is intinction dipping the host in the blood ? :confused:
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It’s when the Priest dips the host and places it on the communicant’s tongue.

Self-inctinction is strictly prohibited.

God Bless
 
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