I never had communion like that before

[HomeschoolDad]

I couldn’t agree more. This echoes my thoughts exactly.

I always found intinction very pleasing and wondered exactly why it fell out of use. It seems to me, to be the most perfect method of receiving communion.

 

[Jen95]

Quite a few self-intinct in our parish. Only minute fraction of the total, though. I think mainly it’s for hygiene reasons. Certainly , as an EMHC I am not going to get into a fight over it if they come to me. The priest knows what’s going on and it’s up to him to correct it.

Would it be worth asking the priest about this? If it’s totally wrong for the laity… Now that you know it’s not correct?

 

[Vico]

I went to the Polish mass last night and they like to use that dish that they hold under your chin (cannot think what it is called) whilst you kneel, I have done this a few times but this one time the priest dipped half the body into the blood before giving it to me. What’s that called and is that an old school way of doing things?

Norms for the Distribution and Reception of Holy Communion under Both Kinds in the Dioceses of the United States of America http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/norms-for-holy-communion-under-both-kinds/index.cfm

Other Forms of Distribution of the Precious Blood

48. Distribution of the Precious Blood by a spoon or through a straw is not customary in the Latin dioceses of the United States of America.

49. Holy Communion may be distributed by intinction in the following manner: “Each communicant, while holding a Communion-plate under the mouth, approaches the Priest who holds a vessel with the sacred particles, with a minister standing at his side and holding the chalice. The Priest takes a host, intincts it partly in the chalice and, showing it, says: ‘The Body and Blood of Christ.’ The communicant replies, ‘Amen,’ receives the Sacrament in the mouth from the Priest, and then withdraws.”

50. The communicant, including the extraordinary minister, is never allowed to self-communicate, even by means of intinction. Communion under either form, bread or wine, must always be given by an ordinary or extraordinary minister of Holy Communion.

 

[paperwight]

paperwight:

Quite a few self-intinct in our parish. Only minute fraction of the total, though. I think mainly it’s for hygiene reasons. Certainly , as an EMHC I am not going to get into a fight over it if they come to me. The priest knows what’s going on and it’s up to him to correct it.

Would it be worth asking the priest about this? If it’s totally wrong for the laity… Now that you know it’s not correct?

Thank you, I already knew it was not correct.

And therefore I am quite sure the priest knows it is frowned upon as well. I really don’t think that a member of the laity would know something the priest doesn’t.

 

[dochawk]

Can someone with more knowledge of Eastern Catholic practice enlighten us on how these sorts of situations are handled? @dochawk for example?

At my parish, they notify Father ahead of time, and he adds one of the extremely low gluten latin hosts to what he consecrates.

Other possibilities (and I say this without checking on rules! possibility!) would be setting aside one of the consecrated particles for an alcoholic (only Ruthenians directly consecrate the rest of the bread that will go in the Cup), or the Blood alone for gluten problems (in fact, we already do this for infants).

 

[Jen95]

But, but, does the priest do other stuff that is not correct? I would feel funny continuing on doing something that is against the rules. Do other priests in your diocese allow the laity to self-intinct?

 

[whatistrue]

Thank you. Some thoughts working and churning, but not coherent yet…