Is a Personal Tabernacle Possible/Allowed?

[crossedsabres]

I was simply wondering, hypothetically, if a Host or piece of the Blessed Sacrament could be taken home for personal veneration? Wouldn’t this be a great reminder of the Lord’s presence in our lives? If the Host was treated with respect and kept in a proper space, say in a monstrance, would it be acceptable to keep it at one’s home? What if a personal tabernacle was kept at home, and the sacramental candle was lit and it was given proper veneration? Is this acceptable in the Church’s eyes? Or is the Body of Christ too precious to allow into a layman’s home?

Thanks in advance! Sorry if this thread is in the wrong place, I wasn’t sure where to put it

 

[OhMalley]

I was simply wondering, hypothetically, if a Host or piece of the Blessed Sacrament could be taken home for personal veneration? Wouldn’t this be a great reminder of the Lord’s presence in our lives? If the Host was treated with respect and kept in a proper space, say in a monstrance, would it be acceptable to keep it at one’s home? What if a personal tabernacle was kept at home, and the sacramental candle was lit and it was given proper veneration? Is this acceptable in the Church’s eyes? Or is the Body of Christ too precious to allow into a layman’s home?

Thanks in advance! Sorry if this thread is in the wrong place, I wasn’t sure where to put it

Under very specific conditions (true need, separate chapel, proper/secured repose, etc.) with formal approval from one’s bishop it is allowed.

Such situations are extremely rare though and are typically limited to clerics or professed religious it would seem.

 

[crossedsabres]

Under very specific conditions (true need, separate chapel, proper/secured repose, etc.) with formal approval from one’s bishop it is allowed.

Such situations are extremely rare though and are typically limited to clerics or professed religious it would seem.

I see, thanks! So laymen like us would generally not be allowed to keep the Blessed Sacrament in our homes if we had no particular reason to?

 

[OhMalley]

I see, thanks! So laymen like us would generally not be allowed to keep the Blessed Sacrament in our homes if we had no particular reason to?

Correct.

I know of two situations where the Blessed Sacrament is reposed in private chapels. One is on a giant, remote ranch where people cannot get to Mass on a regular basis and priests cannot get to the ranch on a regular basis.

The other is a retired priest who had extremely difficulty getting to church for adoration.

Both were done with written approval of the local ordinary.

 

[bpbasilphx]

Remember that the primary purpose of Reservation is to provide Communion for the sick or others outside of Mass.

Devotion to the Reserved Gifts is actually a side issue.

Furthermore, since the Body and Blood of Christ is present in the smalled recognizable particle of either Species, there is no difference between reserving a whole Host or piece of one.