I do not have any answer concerning any official statement, but in all my years of attending Mass I have always observed that the decanter is always removed from the altar ( whether or not all of the wine was poured out ) . I believe that this is part of the Rubics ( ritual ) and therefore does not present a problem. If you have seen something otherwise please re-post. Hopefully there are others that are more informed than me.My understanding is that any bread and any wine on the altar is consecrated during the Mass, is this right? For example, if there is a chalice of wine and a decanter of wine on the altar, is the wine in the decanter also turned into the precious blood?
Can anyone find an official statement by the Church on the matter, ie canon law, encyclical…
This is not right.My understanding is that any bread and any wine on the altar is consecrated during the Mass, is this right?
This is my understanding as well.The bread and wine that the priest *intends *to consecrate become consecrated. What he does not *intend *does not.
Yes. To give an example in the other direction, in a Byzantine liturgy the antidoron is cut from the same prosphora bread as the pieces that will be consecrated, and it remains nearby during the liturgy, but the antidoron is not consecrated because the priest does not intend to.For example, at large celebrations presided by the holy father, the elements to be consecrated generally cannot fit on the altar. Rather, they may be held by by other priests stationed throughout the faithful. But the holy father *intends *to consecrate them all nonetheless.
This is correct. So then it would be liturgically recommended that as much as possible only the chalice containing the wine, the paten with the big host, and the ciborium(ciboria) containing the unconsecrated hosts, should be on the altar table during the consecration.The bread and wine that the priest *intends *to consecrate become consecrated. What he does not *intend *does not.
The elements resting on the altar and/or the corporal can be an evident expression of the priest’s intention, but that need not be the case. For example, at large celebrations presided by the holy father, the elements to be consecrated generally cannot fit on the altar. Rather, they may be held by by other priests stationed throughout the faithful. But the holy father *intends *to consecrate them all nonetheless.
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I have seen a priest accidentley leave a container of wine on an altar. The extrodionary minister of the Eucharist consumed it after Mass because they thought (along with the priest), that it had been consecarted.… but in all my years of attending Mass I have always observed that the decanter is always removed from the altar ( whether or not all of the wine was poured out ) . I believe that this is part of the Rubics ( ritual ) and therefore does not present a problem. If you have seen something otherwise please re-post.