If Holy Communion was offered both via intinction and via separate host/cup, which would you choose?

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I would be especially interesting to know how many would prefer intinction…
 
I voted intinction for the simple reason it requires only one priest or minister. Host and cup separately require 2 ministers. Intinction might require an altar server to hold the plate, but it’s still quicker and removes the concerns about 50 people sharing a common cup.
 
Tis_Bearself said:
I voted intinction for the simple reason it requires only one priest or minister. Host and cup separately require 2 ministers. Intinction might require an altar server to hold the plate, but it’s still quicker and removes the concerns about 50 people sharing a common cup.
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Traditionally intinction was distributed by a priest who dipped the Blessed Host in the Precious Blood which was in a chalice held by another priest. That’s how I received first Holy Communion. They now have nice “intinction sets” which include both a vessel for Precious Blood and a space for hosts allowing one person to distribute in this manner. Pope Francis reverses this by holding the chalice of Precious Blood with a cleric next to him holding a ciborium full of hosts. Seems more secure.

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When I’ve seen it done, it was always with the intinction set with attached cup. These were used on special days in my parish decades ago, and I’ve more recently seen the sets used in Europe, where intinction seems to be the norm in some areas.
Other than Pope Francis, I’ve not seen any priests intinct in a separate cup.
 
I am not a fan on intinction. I would rather receive the precious Body only rather than both by intinction.
I prefer to receive communion in my hand. I prefer both species, as it has a fuller sign value that only one.
I am never disappointed if the precious blood is not offered to the laity, it is not my choice.
I am just grateful that I can receive the Eucharist.
 
I would prefer intinction. I actually just received via intinction for the first time last week, and I found it very nice. It is also so much more hygienic!

May God bless you all! 😀
 
Intinction is forbidden? But it’s the second method in the GIRM (not even the last). Do you mean SELF-intinction? That is always forbidden. Of course the bishop governs his diocese but I can’t imagine a U.S. bishop actually forbidding priests to offer intinction. That would be like telling them that they couldn’t offer communion in the hand!
 
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Intinction is forbidden? But it’s the second method in the GIRM (not even the last). Do you mean SELF-intinction? That is always forbidden. Of course the bishop governs his diocese but I can’t imagine a U.S. bishop actually forbidding priests to offer intinction. That would be like telling them that they couldn’t offer communion in the hand!
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Very sad, but apparently true. I have read where individual (arch)dioceses have suppressed communion via intinction. Suppressing intinction is clearly not a good thing to do, but as you note, they have the power to do so.

I also know of at least two individual parishes in a large archdiocese that claim in their bulletins that intinction is not allowed throughout the archdiocese, when indeed it is.
 
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There would be no liturgical abuse if a cleric employed an intinction set to distribute communion via intinction. It may not follow the USCCB’s norm to the letter, but it wouldn’t be an actual abuse. It’s not as if the employment of intinction sets is specifically prohibited by the USCCB or more importantly the Holy See.

Odd that the USCCB doesn’t mention intinction sets (likely due to brevity) or the way Pope Francis distributes Holy Communion via intinction – he holds the chalice of Precious Blood and someone next to him holds the ciborium of hosts.

While this may be the “preferred method” in the eyes of the USCCB, the actual use of intinction by Popes Francis I and Benedict XVI also speaks volumes.
 
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That’s interesting. Why is it forbidden, do you know?

I have not seen it done in the US since I was a teenager. Saw it in Czech Republic recently.

It does defeat the purpose of wine as the alternative for celiac sufferers.
 
I very much agree with that.

However if an individual pastor in the US wanted to employ the use of communions sets in his parish and that was approved by his bishop, I see no problem at all. Same with the belief held by some that only priests can distribute communion via intinction. There is no prohibition of deacons and laypersons distributing via intinction, simply because they were not specifically mentioned in the cognizant documents. If a pastor had a question on this matter, all he would need to do is consult his bishop.
 
I don’t know about the vast majority. I’m not even sure that the use of intinction sets would even be viewed as contravention of the norm in practice – much like if a pastor decided to distribute communion via intinction as Pope Francis does.

Further I do know that bishops all too often allow things that truly are wrong and specifically prohibited – such as the pouring of the Precious Blood from ewers to chalices, so I really cannot say how the vast majority would view this intinction technicality.
 
Those are USCCB United States current norms. Use of the intinction set is still allowed in Europe, or at least I’ve seen them in use there.
 
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Those are USCCB United States current norms. Use of the intinction set is still allowed in Europe, or at least I’ve seen them in use there.
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They’re not specifically prohibited for use in the US either.
 
I wonder what the US dioceses did with the intinction sets I saw used here when I was a kid and a teen. I didn’t see anyone giving the Precious Blood in a separate unattached cup until I was in high school.
 
The Holy See does a great deal of parsing. Nothing wrong with parsing. Parsing often leads to clarity.

I don’t think this would even come to a bishop’s attention in most cases – unless someone complained about intinction in general and there was an investigation. Even then, unless there had been specific problems with using intinction sets, I don’t think most bishops would care, nor would I consider their use to be “illicit.”
 
Our Parish does intinction at the Easter Vigil for the Candidates & Catechumens.
 
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