If you partake Communion COT, why do you do this?

[Anathama_Sit]

Greetings to Catholic Answers Forum,

Why is COT your perferred manner of partaking the Blesseed Sacrament if you take COT?
What are the advanatages of taking Communion COT?

God bless.
Anathama Sit

 

[Love_Divine]

Well, I attend the TLM mainly, so it’s required, but I switched over prior to attending the TLM after I became more educated about the Eucharist and CITH vs COTT, it just sort of made sense for me to stop receiving in the hand.

 

[Oneofthewomen]

I started a thread that is now closed, back in May regarding this very thing. You can read the whole post here

But for me- this quote sums it up.

“It is in the very nature of the church to confess that the sacraments it celebrates in faith in the name of Jesus Christ have a spiritual efficacy called ‘grace,’ a beautiful term. The most forceful expression of this grace is no doubt that extremely sparing one given us in the diologue of eucharistic communion: to the statement, ‘The body of Christ’, Christians answer, not witht he description of their feelings or the difficulties that their intellect might struggle with, but simply with the ‘amen’ of faith. This amen comes from the mouth and the heart, of course, but also from the whole body since it is manifested by the opening of the hands into which the pure gift of God is placed. The gratuitous communication of God withthe believers, such is the salient point of the sacraments.”

From The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body, Fr. Louis-Marie Chauvet

 

[kimmielittle]

I started a thread that is now closed, back in May regarding this very thing. You can read the whole post here

But for me- this quote sums it up.

“It is in the very nature of the church to confess that the sacraments it celebrates in faith in the name of Jesus Christ have a spiritual efficacy called ‘grace,’ a beautiful term. The most forceful expression of this grace is no doubt that extremely sparing one given us in the diologue of eucharistic communion: to the statement, ‘The body of Christ’, Christians answer, not witht he description of their feelings or the difficulties that their intellect might struggle with, but simply with the ‘amen’ of faith. This amen comes from the mouth and the heart, of course, but also from the whole body since it is manifested by the opening of the hands into which the pure gift of God is placed. The gratuitous communication of God withthe believers, such is the salient point of the sacraments.”

From The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body, Fr. Louis-Marie Chauvet

 

[raaucoin]

When discussing this recently with friends, my answer was “because I know where my hands have been!” I was really only half joking.

for many years i had a lack of reverence. I believed in the real presence of Jesus. But I also fell for the trend of overemphasizing the community meal aspect. In other areas of my life I also took theLord’spresence for granted and developed a huge amount of pride. That pride led me farther away from Him and led me more and more to feel like I could do life on my own. And I left the Church.

Upon my return I realized just how wrong I was. And that I need Him for everything. Receiving on the tongue is a vivid reminder for me that without Him I can do nothing. Not even feed myself.
–None of us is worthy, but I use to receive in the hand in an even more unworthy manner. In some ways,by my hands not touching the Blessed Sacrament it’s sort of a personal reparation. Kind of like- I abused the priviledge, now I’ve lost it, or have given it up freely.

Also, with all of the abuses, I wish everyone received on the tongue. It wouldn’t prevent all problems, but surely many many.

 

[YoungTradCath]

For a reason which is represented visually by a word starting with the letter “r” and ending with the letter “e” which I will not type because of a sure flame war to be started if I do, and possibly a violation of forum rules. It’s very sad.

 

[MarkThompson]

For a reason which is represented visually by a word starting with the letter “r” and ending with the letter “e” which I will not type because of a sure flame war to be started if I do, and possibly a violation of forum rules. It’s very sad.

You do it out of “rage”?

 

[Anathama_Sit]

Greetings to those posting and or reading this thread,

I usually attend TLM, but I have begun to attend the Novus Ordo Missae when I go and visit with my friends. Usually I do not have a problem with receiving COT, but I know in the past some of my friends have made a big deal out of it, and I am sure of how to respond to them when they ask me about why I receive COT.

I tell them I am not against CIH, but for me, I feel that to receive COT it helps me to be more reverant to think more about what I am doing. I don’t feel worthy to hold Jesus in my unconsecrated hands. I do not want to make it look as if I am judging them, and am unsure as how to respond to them.

God bless you guys for responding.
Anathama Sit

 

[Cat]

If you’re using crutches and have some balance problems due to the cast/bandages, etc., Communion in the hand isn’t really a safe option. That’s why I started receiving Communion on my tongue about four years ago.

It does absolutely nothing, nada, zilch for me in terms of “feeling more reverent.”

As an evangelical Protestant for 47 years, I was trained from toddlerhood to avoid seeking emotional highs, mystical experiences, and any kinds of “experiential” worship, so perhaps that’s why the method of receiving the Lord doesn’t matter two pins to me.

Communion is not about me at all, but about the One that I am receiving, the Lord Jesus Christ. As long as He has instructed His Church to allow Himself to be received in the hand or on the tongue in the United States, who am I to argue with Him?

Just recently at my parish, one of the EMsHC dropped the host trying to place it on my tongue, and since then, I’ve been spooked enough to go back to receiving in my hand. I think it’s much more secure, unless I have to use crutches.

 

[Newsy]

I converted Easter Vigil 2011, so I haven’t been receiving our Lord for that long. I feel like it is more reverent, for me. I don’t feel right holding Him in my hands. Most places we go, CIH is standard. My wife and daughter receive CIH, it’s just not for me. I have a fascination with “traditional” or “old school” Catholicism, I think it comes from being a protestant for 30+ years. Before I converted, I could pick and choose practices and ideas with very little boundary. I had a lot of “freedom” in my faith. I guess I feel drawn to the “old school” way of doing things.

I don’t push my preference for COT on others. If the Bishops say either way is fine, then its OK with me.

 

[At_Trent]

I receive on the tongue because the Church has taught that only consecrated hands are to touch the Blessed Sacrament.

I have not seen a Church document stating this teaching has been reversed.

 

[At_Trent]

For a reason which is represented visually by a word starting with the letter “r” and ending with the letter “e” which I will not type because of a sure flame war to be started if I do, and possibly a violation of forum rules. It’s very sad.

reverence is fine

 

[Oneofthewomen]

I receive on the tongue because the Church has taught that only consecrated hands are to touch the Blessed Sacrament.

Until I see a Church document explaining why there is now an about face on this matter, I will not receive in the hand.

I won’t judge others for doing what is permitted, but I won’t touch the Host.

Does this mean you will not receive communion from a Deacon?

What about if you end up in a care facility and the only way you could receive with any regularity is from an EMHC. (I work in such a facility- we have not had a priest come to say Mass for almost a year! )

I know these questions really don’t have anything to do with the OP, but you opened the door with your reply saying you will only receive from “consecrated hands”.

I am not trying to start and agrument, I sincerely would like to know, would you really forgo receiving the Eucharist if you could not receive from a priest?

 

[ElToro]

**I receive on the tongue because the Church has taught that only consecrated hands are to touch the Blessed Sacrament. **

I have not seen a Church document stating this teaching has been reversed.

That’s simply not true. Byzantine Catholic Priests DO touch the Blessed Sacrament and their hands are not consecrated. I remember explaining that to someone and he gave me a look as if his brain had exploded.

 

[YoungTradCath]

reverence is fine

 

[Anathama_Sit]

That’s simply not true. Byzantine Catholic Priests DO touch the Blessed Sacrament and their hands are not consecrated. I remember explaining that to someone and he gave me a look as if his brain had exploded.

Greetings ElToro,

Can you please cite your sources for Byzantine Catholic priests that their hands are not consecrated? I have never heard of this before. However, just because I have not heard of something before, does not mean that it’s not true, hence the request for sources.

Thanks.

God bless.
Anathama Sit

 

[Anathama_Sit]

Does this mean you will not receive communion from a Deacon?

What about if you end up in a care facility and the only way you could receive with any regularity is from an EMHC. (I work in such a facility- we have not had a priest come to say Mass for almost a year! )

I know these questions really don’t have anything to do with the OP, but you opened the door with your reply saying you will only receive from “consecrated hands”.

I am not trying to start and agrument, I sincerely would like to know, would you really forgo receiving the Eucharist if you could not receive from a priest?

Greetings Oneofthewomen,

I know the questions that you have posted in this post do not have to do anything with the OP, but I am very interested in the reply from At Trent.

You see, I do not know where I would fall in this spectrum, just as long as I don’t have to go through the discomfort of having the Host placed in my unconsecrated hands, then I am not sure if I would have a problem receiving from a non priest, however thankfully in my life I have been blessed to always have been able to receive from a priest.

I do not think that I would refuse the Eucharist just because I could not receieve from a priest.

God bless you.
Anathama Sit

 

[Newbie2]

I receive on the tongue because the Church has taught that only consecrated hands are to touch the Blessed Sacrament.

I have not seen a Church document stating this teaching has been reversed.

Such is not a teaching in the Roman Catholic Church. We in America can receive in the hand, and EMHCs can distribute the Blessed Sacrament.

That aside, I don’t particularly care about how I receive; I am more concerned about **what **I receive. I “get” the reasons why some prefer COTH, but personally, I couldn’t care much less about how I recieve.

 

[At_Trent]

That’s simply not true. Byzantine Catholic Priests DO touch the Blessed Sacrament and their hands are not consecrated. I remember explaining that to someone and he gave me a look as if his brain had exploded.

This is a Roman Catholic topic and it’s obvious we are talking Latin Rite here.

 

[ElToro]

That’s simply not true. Byzantine Catholic Priests DO touch the Blessed Sacrament and their hands are not consecrated. I remember explaining that to someone and he gave me a look as if his brain had exploded.

This is a Roman Catholic topic and it’s obvious we are talking Latin Rite here.

Are you serious? First, their is no prohibition in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church for an unconsecrated finger to touch a consecrated host. That’s absurd. Worse you don’t frame your comment in the context of a custom or tradition you mention it as if it was something dogmatic. Either the Eastern Catholic Priest or the Latin Rite Deacon shines a light on the absurdity of trying to lend credence to COT because you personally believe the Catholic Church (in the Latin Rite) does not allow non-consecrated finger to touch consecrated hosts.

The only reason I am typing this is because a newbie might actually take your comments seriously.