Sometimes if the priest uses a large host for himself he’ll break it into smaller pieces that will get distributed to members of the congregation.Well, yesterday (Sunday) I was given half of the bread because it simply broke, and also it was almost finished. I felt weird. In my mind I was saying, “I did not receive the full body of Christ” and I felt bad. But later I said something like, “Jesus I still accept you”.
Is this okay? Has this ever happened to any of you?
ANways… I just wanted to share.
I received one of those just last weekend.Oh sure. Lots of times. Sometimes it’s a piece of the large host used by the priest. Other times it’s a piece of a smaller host. When you are towards the end of the Communion line you will often see the minister of Holy Communion breaking the hosts into smaller pieces.
A few weeks ago at Mass, there was an unusually large congregation, and not enough Hosts had been consecrated, so the priest instructed all of us who were EMHC’s to break the small Hosts in half to avoid running out.
That’s exactly what happened. They ran out. The hosts that are distributed are perfectly round. What I got was half of the host because it broke sitting under the other hosts before it.
Yep. THat’s what I was thinking. It’s just that I never had that happen to me before. Now I feel like God did that so that I can ask you guys’ opinions and learn something tonight!
One other time at Mass, they did run out of Hosts, so one person received from the Chalice only. She still received all of the Sacrament, only in the form of the Precious Blood. Jesus is still complete, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in either form.
Happens a lot. Its no big deal; you still received the full graces of holy communion. Don’t worry.Well, yesterday (Sunday) I was given half of the bread because it simply broke, and also it was almost finished. I felt weird. In my mind I was saying, “I did not receive the full body of Christ” and I felt bad. But later I said something like, “Jesus I still accept you”.
Is this okay? Has this ever happened to any of you?
ANways… I just wanted to share.
this was surely just a momentary emotional reaction, you do know and believe of course that the individual hosts represent one Body, blessed and broken for all. And you are of course aware that as long as one particle of the consecrated host retains the appearance of bread, it remains the full body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ and must be treated as such.
Amen! Those poor elderly cannot swallow the whole Host; some just have 1/8 of the Host.As a Minister of Care to the homebound, often the person can only receive a very small piece of the Host. Still, that small piece has all the Jesus they need!
Two years ago on this forum someone said how could all those different Hosts be Jesus ?Well, yesterday (Sunday) I was given half of the bread because it simply broke, and also it was almost finished. I felt weird. In my mind I was saying, “I did not receive the full body of Christ” and I felt bad. But later I said something like, “Jesus I still accept you”.
Is this okay? Has this ever happened to any of you?
ANways… I just wanted to share.
Two years ago on this forum someone said how could all those different Hosts be Jesus ?
**Last week stumbled on this analogy, take a mirror, break it into as many pieces as you like, then stand over them…there you are, a perfect image of you in everyone, no matter how many times it’s broken.**That’s a great analogy. I’ll definitely save that for my own use at some point.
So no worries.
Thank-you, your welcome ! :tiphat:
Or, she suffered from celiac disease, and received the Cup as she would get an allergic reaction to the accidents.
No this was daily Mass and I see her a lot. She always receives both kinds of Communion, but since Hosts were all gone, she received from Chalice only. But for allergic reactions, only receiving from the Chalice is fine also.
