Not enough time to fully consume Host before receiving Blood

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When we receive and consume the host and then move on immediately to receive the Blood, there is seldom enough time to finish fully consuming the host (i.e., it is still in the mouth, being chewed, dissolved etc.) I usually bite the host with my molars to break it in two, and then push the two pieces to the side of my cheek with my tonge to keep them secure while I sip the cup. Then with Blood and Body both in my mouth, I chew and swallow together.

Is this proper,or is there a better way?

Thanks.
 
comrade1789 said:
When we receive and consume the host and then move on immediately to receive the Blood, there is seldom enough time to finish fully consuming the host (i.e., it is still in the mouth, being chewed, dissolved etc.) I usually bite the host with my molars to break it in two, and then push the two pieces to the side of my cheek with my tonge to keep them secure while I sip the cup. Then with Blood and Body both in my mouth, I chew and swallow together.

Is this proper,or is there a better way?

Thanks.
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This is fine. I often keep the Host whole on my tongue and sip the Precious Blood.
 
I break the host againt the roof of my mouth with my tongue and leave it there to get dissolved by the wine.

I don’t do that if I attend a TLM after I discovered the priest uses those hosts that are super strong and don’t break easily. I accidently choked on the host when it slid into my windpipe whole. :eek: I was able to discreetly cough it out of my windpipe and back into my mouth without anyone seeing. 🙂

I can’t stand it when people masticate the host.
 
Love_Divine said:
I can’t stand it when people masticate the host.
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It’s really none of your business, though.

Incidentally, in places like John 6:54, where Jesus says “Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you” (“ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον, κἀγὼ ἀναστήσω αὐτὸν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ”), the Greek word which is usually translated “eat,” trogein, literally means “gnaw,” “munch,” “chomp on.” It’s a word generally used of animals gnawing audibly on food; it’s not a dainty “ingest” or, quod Deus avertat, “let dissolve.” He really said, “Gnaw on my flesh.”
 
Love_Divine said:
I can’t stand it when people masticate the host.
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Whatever people’s preferences are about chewing or not chewing the Host, I must say that ad orientem celebration of the Mass along with the reception of Communion at an altar rail greatly diminishes the visibility of what happens in people’s mouths when they receive the Host. No longer would the priest’s decision to chew or not be on public display, and no longer would the wandering eyes of people in the pews see whether people are chewing as they process back to their seats.
 
If this truly bothers you, you can skip the precious blood. We do not need to receive both.

My parish doe not offer the precious blood because our parish is very crowded and there is not enough room to do it safetly. At other churches we go to where the precious blood is offered, the ‘stations’ are far enough apart that this is not an issue.
 
It’s always wonderful to see people consuming the Holy Sacrament.

At a recent Mass there was a boy of about 7 or 8 standing in line with his mother, and the priest asked her if he had already received his 1st Holy Communion, and the mother replied that he had. So the priest gave the blessed Sacrament to him, and he walked back to the pew nibbling on the edges as if it were a cookie.
 
Stylites said:
It’s always wonderful to see people consuming the Holy Sacrament.

At a recent Mass there was a boy of about 7 or 8 standing in line with his mother, and the priest asked her if he had already received his 1st Holy Communion, and the mother replied that he had. So the priest gave the blessed Sacrament to him, and he walked back to the pew nibbling on the edges as if it were a cookie.
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:eek::eek::eek:

This is a problem. He needs to consume the Host before walking away.
 
japhy said:
Whatever people’s preferences are about chewing or not chewing the Host, I must say that ad orientem celebration of the Mass along with the reception of Communion at an altar rail greatly diminishes the visibility of what happens in people’s mouths when they receive the Host. No longer would the priest’s decision to chew or not be on public display, and no longer would the wandering eyes of people in the pews see whether people are chewing as they process back to their seats.
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Very good point.
 
Stylites said:
It’s always wonderful to see people consuming the Holy Sacrament.

At a recent Mass there was a boy of about 7 or 8 standing in line with his mother, and the priest asked her if he had already received his 1st Holy Communion, and the mother replied that he had. So the priest gave the blessed Sacrament to him, and he walked back to the pew nibbling on the edges as if it were a cookie.
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No one should have let that happen.
 
Stylites said:
It’s always wonderful to see people consuming the Holy Sacrament.

At a recent Mass there was a boy of about 7 or 8 standing in line with his mother, and the priest asked her if he had already received his 1st Holy Communion, and the mother replied that he had. So the priest gave the blessed Sacrament to him, and he walked back to the pew nibbling on the edges as if it were a cookie.
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It is my thought that the first and last line of defense in this situation should have been the boys mother.
 
Love_Divine said:
I can’t stand it when people masticate the host.
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how else you supposed to eat it? 😛

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Im also an Usher at my Church. The Eucharistic Ministers usually give to us first since we’re holding the patten (also so they wont forget). Sometimes they will start coming up from the pews and I’ll still be chewing. Its so emabarrassing. 😛 :o
 
I receive Him and joyfully rip the Host into bits with my teeth, chomping down on our Lord as if there was no food left and it was the last day on Earth. The Eucharist literally means, in Greek, “thanksgiving”, and I believe we must use Communion to really give thanks. When you are thanking God and enjoying life with your brethren, you really shove that food back and rip it to shreds! Jesus Christ is our light, our way, our food, our life, and the whole truth of the Universe which He created with His blessed and holy power. I certainly know that when I’m with my best friend and we’re eating, we’ll be as silly as possible and enjoy life. That’s not to say that we must treat the Eucharist nonchalantly, but that we must enjoy His gift of Himself and TRULY EAT!

I find it hard not to choke up and cry at Communion, because I know I’ll be chewing and gnawing on the One God, who freely told us to TAKE AND EAT. I’m going to eat Him like He said, and not treat Him like a sucker or lollipop. Since 95% of my full-communion (since Easter :)) Masses have been spent serving at the altar or reading, I only have a few seconds between consuming His most precious Body and His blood. By the time His blood gets to me, though, the I’ve festively and most happily broken the Eucharist up in my mouth and am in the process of consuming Him entirely. The precious Blood washes away the broken bones and sinew that remain on the Cross, and so both species cleanse me.

There’s no need for anxiety in His presence… just eat God! Literally! Amazing!
 
GloriousOrder said:
The precious Blood washes away the broken bones and sinew that remain on the Cross, and so both species cleanse me.
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“For these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him.”
–John 19:36
 
MarkThompson said:
“For these things were done, that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him.”
–John 19:36
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Sorry :), but whenever the Fraction occurs, I always have the image of a rib being cracked by the piercing lance. Those points are pretty wide, and the ribs are rather close together. Assuming that our Lord’s heart was pierced, it must have at least torn two ribs apart, or gone underneath them. It is certainly a grinding sound, that echoing “crack” before the Agnus Dei.
 
GloriousOrder said:
Sorry :), but whenever the Fraction occurs, I always have the image of a rib being cracked by the piercing lance. Those points are pretty wide, and the ribs are rather close together. Assuming that our Lord’s heart was pierced, it must have at least torn two ribs apart, or gone underneath them. It is certainly a grinding sound, that echoing “crack” before the Agnus Dei.
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I believe that the lance did go under His ribcage. It did, after all, go through lung and heart together.
 
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