It’s permissible to have a Mass said. Regarding “privately”, since private Masses are discouraged, if it’s feasible for the priest to invite other Catholics (like if he’s traveling with a group) he should do so. If not practical, such as there aren’t other Catholics to invite or the room is too tiny, then he doesn’t have to.Is it permitted to have a mass privately said in a hotel room?
By a Catholic priest using his “mass kit” and a table.How would the eucharist be consecrated in this situation?
I would assume just like any other situation, although the priest would probably need to figure out in advance exactly how many people would be taking communion so he could consecrate the appropriate number of hosts.How would the eucharist be consecrated in this situation?
Yes - he asked for a show a hands who would be receiving Communion and consecrated that many hosts.I would assume just like any other situation, although the priest would probably need to figure out in advance exactly how many people would be taking communion so he could consecrate the appropriate number of hosts.
As FYI - priests can’t just simply walk into any Catholic Church (eps outside their diocese) and pray the Mass.That is interesting to me. Was it out of convenience or were there no catholic churches where you were vacationing?
Deacon ChristopherMany times politicians who would cause scandal by receiving Holy Communion publicly have private Masses (although they still shouldn’t commune).
Mass can be celebrated anywhere there is a Priest with his means. It was common practice in colonial days that Mass was celebrated on the beach where a ship landed.Is it permitted to have a mass privately said in a hotel room? How would the eucharist be consecrated in this situation?
I raise this question after reading this story from the governor of New Jersey. It is something I have never heard of occurring before.
Now that’s a good story!I also attended a mass when the altar was the hood of a jeep when I was in the army.
If it had to do with Joseph Biden, that’s a different thread.
He was in Germany, it was way back in 2013, there would have been no scandal, his Mass activities as VP wouldn’t have even been covered by the US press, and his own bishop gives him Communion at his own parish church when we’re not having COVID.Many times politicians who would cause scandal by receiving Holy Communion publicly have private Masses (although they still shouldn’t commune).
I happen to live a short ways away from his parish church in question. I used to attend their noon weekday Mass fairly regularly (they have discontinued that Mass due to COVID so I haven’t been since early this year). The Bidens are not exactly sneaking around under a bushel basket for fear of causing scandal.
It’s more likely that there would have been security issues with letting Joe and his nearest and dearest make an unscheduled stop at a Catholic church. When the VP travels even within US, it typically requires that a team of the Secret Service come and sweep everyplace he’s going to be well in advance of the visit.
Gotcha.I wanted to know if mass in a hotel room is something that normally happens that I was unfamiliar with, or if the govenor was mistaken in what happened.
Same here. For my wedding my local deacon conducted the rite of marriage but a priest friend of my husband’s family conducted the nuptial mass, which was at noon Saturday.I also had a private mass celebrated by a priest in a hotel room. The occasion was my daughter’s wedding out of state and was for traveling convenience. This was separate from the wedding itself.
Well, that is a shame. I recall when Obama was running for president at least two bishops publicly stated Joe Biden was not to receive Holy Communion in their dioceses. St. Louis and, Scranton, PA. If I remember correctly, Scranton was where he grew up. It could be a new bishop there, now. St. Louis has has two bishops since.The Bidens are not exactly sneaking around under a bushel basket for fear of causing scandal.