Little Loaves of Bread

[Phemie]

When I was young we were taught not to chew the communion wafer, but to let it dissolve in your mouth. (Of course it often got stuck on the roof of your mouth.) Now it seems like many people chew up the body of Christ with gusto. It seems a little disrespectful.

I was taught that too, but it was a pious practice, nothing more. Jesus did say “Take and eat” and eating involves chewing. While host are practical, there is nothing forbidding the use of ‘real’ bread as long as it meets the canonical requirements.