.The short answer, unfortunately, is no, definitely not. The slightly longer answer is that with the permission of your bishop (which is never granted for this purpose except rarely to convents and the like), or in time of severe persecution when the Church is forced underground, such a thing might be allowed. You can read the relevant section of canon law here.Can the laity reserve the Holy Eucharist at home? so they can give daily adoration to the blessed sacrament?
Have not been able to find any information about this… would greatly appreciate information and links to information
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It all boils down to what the local bishop is willing to permit. I am sure in some very remote areas with no churches the Blessed Sacrament is most certainly reserved in carefully selected private homes.Can the laity reserve the Holy Eucharist at home? so they can give daily adoration to the blessed sacrament?
Have not been able to find any information about this… would greatly appreciate information and links to information
Thank You
yeah lets use the Kennedy’s as a model for catholics…
This is not what the question is about. It is about a lay person having permission to keep the Blessed Sacrament reserved in their home. This is not permitted. It may be that some family has a private chapel with a tabernacle and permission to reserve the Holy Eucharist, but this would entail a priest saying Mass there at least once each fortnight (I believe this is the required time period), since the Host reserved would be consumed and a new one reserved, so that the Host does not become moldy …
It seems that if a private household has a private oratory, then they are allowed to keep the Blessed Sacrament reserved, as long as Mass is celebrated there twice a month
We are not talking about religious communities here. We are talking about the average lay man or lay woman.
But you are talking about carrying, not reserving. As I quoted from Canon Law, with the bishops permission, a “pious house” may reserve the Blessed Sacrament in an oratory or chapel, as long as a priest celebrates Mass there twice a month.
But, Stylites, it stands to reason that if you have more than one Sacred Host, what are you going to do with the pyx at home? Thus, the question does relate to reservation.
What? I guess you mean if you brought Communion to the sick, and had some elft over? One would consume it, of course (if that is what you mean). I don’t totally understand what you are saying.
We can use the real VonTrapp family (who not only had a chapel but retained a chaplain before they fled Austria) if you like, it is irrelevant in this case.
The issue, though, is if it is okay to have the Blessed Sacrament exposed at one’s house. From the Canon Law already cited, it shows that it is okay as long as four conditions are met:
The Host cannot be kept in a Monstrance unless it will be attended 24 hours a day, something I doubt can happen in a home:
If reserved off-site, the Blessed Sacrament must therefore be in a proper tabernacle, and in a secure place safe from profanation.
I said used in the Monstrance. I did not say kept in the Monstrance for perpetual adoration. The Host used for that purpose can be kept in a luna in a tabernacle. So my post is still correct.
Yes it can but then the entire monstrance must be reserved. I have seen in some churches there they have what amounts to a gorgeous and secure “cabinet” (it’s a tabernacle) attached to the rear wall of the sanctuary. To expose the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance all they had to do was unlock the “cabinet” and open its doors. Sublime.