Is it ok for the EMHC and the priest to all consume the Eucharist together simultaneously during Mass?

[Brendan_McCabe]

Is it ok for the EMHC’s to go up onto the altar during the lamb of God, receive the blessed sacrament from the priest and then all consume the Eucharist together simultaneously with the priest during Mass?

 

[Corki]

No.

 

[oneGODoneCHURCH]

Is it ok for the EMHC’s to go up onto the altar during the lamb of God, receive the blessed sacrament from the priest and then all consume the Eucharist together simultaneously with the priest during Mass?

No, No, No.

EMHC should receive just like the rest of the Parish, after the Priest has consumed he would then give to the EMHC. Then he would hand the the paten or chalice to assit him with the distrobution to the rest of the congregartion.

 

[Mrs_Sally]

No. The EMHCs should not even be on the altar when the priest receives.

They receive first after the priest (and after the altar boys usually), but they should receive at the foot of the altar and then take the ciborium - handed to them by the priest or deacon, not taken directly off the altar-- to their station to distribute.

 

[benedictgal]

These are the guidelines that the Church has established, begiinning in 1997, with the promulgation of Ecclesia de Mysterio:

To avoid creating confusion, certain practices are to be avoided and eliminated where such have emerged in particular Churches:

extraordinary ministers receiving Holy Communion apart from the other faithful as though concelebrants;
association with the renewal of promises made by priests at the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, as well as other categories of faithful who renew religious vows or receive a mandate as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion;
the habitual use of extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion at Mass thus arbitrarily extending the concept of “a great number of the faithful”.

Here is the citation from the 2011 Revised GIRM:

1. In the distribution of Communion the Priest may be assisted by other Priests who happen to be present. If such Priests are not present and there is a truly large number of communicants, the Priest may call upon extraordinary ministers to assist him, that is, duly instituted acolytes or even other faithful who have been duly deputed for this purpose.[96] In case of necessity, the Priest may depute suitable faithful for this single occasion.[97]

These ministers should not approach the altar before the Priest has received Communion, and they are always to receive from the hands of the Priest Celebrant the vessel containing the species of the Most Holy Eucharist for distribution to the faithful.

I hope this helps.

 

[Brendan_McCabe]

That’s what I thought, thank you to all who replied.