If you don't receive the Blood of Christ do you bow or hurriedly rush by to your pew?

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Do you bow before the Blood of Christ even if you don’t receive?

I understand that many don’t want to receive from the cup for various reasons.

Just walking past the cup hurriedly isn’t appropriate.

If you don’t receive the Blood of Christ do you bow or hurriedly rush by to your pew?
 
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If you don’t receive the Blood of Christ do you bow or hurriedly rush by to your pew?
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Why only those two choices? I surely don’t see people “hurriedly rushing” back to their seats.

It has been discussed here many times over, that bowing as one bypasses the chalice is neither necessary nor appropriate, as one has already received the Host.
 
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Why only those two choices? I surely don’t see people “hurriedly rushing” back to their seats.

It has been discussed here many times over, that bowing as one bypasses the chalice is neither necessary nor appropriate, as one has already received the Host.
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???

Do you know exactly which threads this has been discussed on? I would like to read.
 
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Why only those two choices? I surely don’t see people “hurriedly rushing” back to their seats.

It has been discussed here many times over, that bowing as one bypasses the chalice is neither necessary nor appropriate, as one has already received the Host.
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Not appropriate? As I believe it IS THE REAL PRESENCE and blood of my Savior…why wouldn’t I bow? What can it take, a milisecond ofreverence???

I’ve read more than once that we ARE to bow to the Chalice…most recently, this is what CatholicExchange has to say…"The adaptations to the 2000 edition of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (approved for the dioceses of the United States) state the following:
When receiving Holy Communion, the communicant bows his or her head before the Sacrament as a gesture of reverence and receives the Body of the Lord from the minister. The consecrated host may be received either on the tongue or in the hand at the discretion of each communicant. When Holy Communion is received under both kinds, the sign of reverence is also made before receiving the Precious Blood. (GIRM, no. 160)Thus, we see that we are to bow our heads when we receive Holy Communion. When the Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist holds up the Sacred Host and pronounces “The Body of Christ,” we bow our heads and say “Amen” and then receive Him. The same is to be done when we receive His Precious Blood. This bow of the head is not optional. It is required. And there is a reason why we bow our head. The minister is holding the Lord in front of us. And not only are we to bow our head — we must also be mindful of how we receive Him. catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=6&art_id=28948
 
When I attend a NO service, I don’t partake of the Precious Blood. However, I don’t bow or nod to it as I pass, I just walk by. I’ve already got Our Lord in me, so it seems a little silly (to me at least) to bow again.I keep a normal pace as I pass by.😉
 
Not appropriate? As I believe it IS THE REAL PRESENCE and blood of my Savior…why wouldn’t I bow? What can it take, a milisecond ofreverence???
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You are correct that the bow is not optional when you are about to receive from the cup. The OP was asking about those times when you either cannot or chose not to receive from the cup.

There are two “schools of thought” on this and I don’t think that there is a definative answer from Rome. It is not covered in the GIRM or in RS.

One idea is that one should not pass the cup without showing a sign of reverence.

The other idea is that since one has just received Our Lord, the should be reverencing Our Lord within before Our Lord in the cup. This seems logical since, in those Churches where one must pass the tabernacle on the way back from Communion, one would not expect each person to genuflect before the tabernacle.

I don’t think anyone should be hurridly going back to their seats, whether passing the cup or not. A reverent walk (with or without a bow to the cup) seems most appropriate.
 
When Holy Communion is received under both kinds, the sign of reverence is also made before receiving the Precious Blood.
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Yes, one makes a sign of reverence when receiving either the host or the precious blood.

If not receiving, one need not pause to make a sign of reverence.
This would also apply if one is receiving from the chalice only: one would not need to pause to make a sign of reverence to the ciborium.
 
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Not appropriate? As I believe it IS THE REAL PRESENCE and blood of my Savior…why wouldn’t I bow? What can it take, a milisecond ofreverence???

I’ve read more than once that we ARE to bow to the Chalice…most recently, this is what CatholicExchange has to say…"The adaptations to the 2000 edition of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (approved for the dioceses of the United States) state the following: When receiving Holy Communion, the communicant bows his or her head before the Sacrament as a gesture of reverence and receives the Body of the Lord from the minister. The consecrated host may be received either on the tongue or in the hand at the discretion of each communicant. When Holy Communion is received under both kinds, the sign of reverence is also made before receiving the Precious Blood. (GIRM, no. 160)Thus, we see that we are to bow our heads when we receive Holy Communion. When the Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist holds up the Sacred Host and pronounces “The Body of Christ,” we bow our heads and say “Amen” and then receive Him. The same is to be done when we receive His Precious Blood. This bow of the head is not optional. It is required. And there is a reason why we bow our head. The minister is holding the Lord in front of us. And not only are we to bow our head — we must also be mindful of how we receive Him. catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=6&art_id=28948
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Thank you AGirone,
Your reply is most informative and makes the most sense to me. Instinctively I feel better bowing to the Blood of Christ the few times I can’t receive.
Bless you,
Contemplative
 
Maybe the parish I attend had the foresight to take these types of questions into consideration. I don’t walk “hurriedly” back to my seat or bow because the EMHC (and it’s always an EMHC) who holds the chalice is positioned to the side so no one need walk by if they aren’t receiving.

However, if I were to walk by, I’d neither bow nor walk by hurriedly as I’ve already received Him in the host and am certainly not showing disrespect nor ignoring Him.

Penitent
 
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contemplative:
Thank you AGirone,
Your reply is most informative and makes the most sense to me. Instinctively I feel better bowing to the Blood of Christ the few times I can’t receive.
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Now just a darn minute.

We pointed out that AGirone didn’t answer the question that you asked. So why are you agreeing with him?

Again - if you have received the Host but are not receiving the Blood, bowing to the Blood is not necessary. It might even be theologically incorrect.
 
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rcn:
Now just a darn minute.

We pointed out that AGirone didn’t answer the question that you asked. So why are you agreeing with him?

Again - if you have received the Host but are not receiving the Blood, bowing to the Blood is not necessary. It might even be theologically incorrect.
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I respecfully disagree about it being being both unecessary and/or theologically incorrect. I’m curious as to what logic or theological reasoning you are considering when arriving at your conclusion?

Let’s bear in mind that concelebrating priests genuflect before communicating themselves with the Blood of Christ when the main celebrant departs the altar to distribute to others present, and AFTER they have consumed the Host along with the main celebrant.

The USCCB amendment to the 2002 GIRM makes it clear that in the US a bow is to be considered the sign of reverence before receiving the Host and/or the Cup.

I argue that even those who choose to not receive from the Chalice should make a sign of reverence when passing by the minister with the Chalice, to ackowledge Christ’s Eucharistic presence there. Can small, unobstructive acts of adoration and reverence to the Lord ever be considered superfluous or redundant?
 
I thought the reason we don’t genuflect to the tabernacle or bow to the altar when returning to the pew after receiving Communion was precisely because Jesus is inside us too, so we don’t need to acknowledge the Lord ‘externally’ at that point. I would have guessed the same applied to bowing to the Blood as you pass after receiving the host.

I don’t rush by - at my Church the EMHCs with the chalices stand rather close to the main Communion line. It causes a bit of a traffic jam really, which is a little distracting if you’re not receiving the Blood. Then again, most people do (I don’t, but that’s a medical thing).

Mike
 
It is not necessary to bow to the Precious Blood after you have received the host. I notice many in my parish receive the host then genuflect towards the tabernacle. This is unnecessary, as the presence of Christ is already within you and you may focus on that.
 
Another problem or concern to avoid by just attending the TLM.
 
When I have received the host, I have received both the Body and Blood of Christ.

If I bow to the chalice, I should also bow to everybody who has received Holy Communion.

We should spend the time, after we receive Holy Communion, talking with our Lord, not doing a lot of bowing.
 
In my Church, only the Priest takes the Precious Blood. When I visit other Churches I never bow toward the Chalice. I am always walking reverently with head down and hands clapsed (fingertips pointed upward) in front of me on my way back to my pew. As someone else pointed out, when you receive either the Host or the Precious Blood, you are receiving Jesus, body, blood, soul & divinity and I have already made my bow to him when I receive with the Host.
 
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