Piece of Eucharist between teeth

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So you’re saying at the Last Supper, Jesus made sure it was this same size? Was it the same shape also? Sometimes our Hosts are round, sometimes triangle. Don’t add your opinion or what you were “told.” I had someone tell me my guardian angel could partake of the Eucharist for me before I came into the Church. I asked my Priest - I hope you can determine his answer was “no.”
 
But He didn’t tell us to let His body dissolve in our mouth - He said to chew or gnaw it.
 
Don’t worry about it. God isn’t petty. Not a bit.
 
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Sacrilege?-sorry but that’s quite absurd.
 
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I’m sorry, but all this stuff just seems so minisculely irrelevant and legalistic when seen in light of the fathomless love of a God who judges by the heart-and knows our intentions better than we do.
 
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You are wonderfully humble (name removed by moderator). Thanks for providing a good example to us all.

As far as chewing, many priests chew the large presiders host. Since they are the people I most watch consuming the host, it was surprising for me to learn that some people don’t
 
We’re eating the Body and Blood of Christ. Chewing is just fine. It’s part of eating. I very much doubt that the apostles swallowed the bread without chewing at the Last Supper.
 
I think this ties in with why many disciples left Christ after His teaching on the Eucharist. It was far to difficult for them to comprehend what He was saying. To be fair, I let it dissolve on my tongue for my first year because one of my Catechist told me to not to chew. But then, I heard and read that eat = gnaw/chewI and I changed. I can’t put it into words, but it has made a difference for me. Blessings.
 
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We’re eating the Body and Blood of Christ. Chewing is just fine. It’s part of eating. I very much doubt that the apostles swallowed the bread without chewing at the Last Supper.
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I have actually consumed the Body of Christ in the past in a form of bread that I understand (from this forum) is acceptable for the sacrament, but that could not have been consumed without chewing, unless you wanted to take a serious risk of choking on Our Lord and having to have someone Heimlich maneuver Him out of your windpipe.
 
Doesn’t the eucharist cease to be the body of Christ after you consume it?
 
ProdigalSon: There really is no way of actually knowing for sure whether it was the eucharist. I would suggest talking to the priest in that I think that will ease your distress.
 
Sacrilege is grave matter. If carried out with deliberate intent (and I find it hard to see how you could accidentaly commit sacrilege) and with full knowledge, I believe it would indeed be a mortal sin.

In the OPs case though it doesn’t sound to me like any sin was committed, let alone sacrilege. But his concern demonstrates, at least to my mind, a great love and respect for the Eucharist. Talking to priest in Confession is an appropriate thing for him to do, I think.
 
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Doesn’t the eucharist cease to be the body of Christ after you consume it?
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If a fragment of the Eucharist is stick in your teeth, it hasn’t been consumed yet.

When St Jacinta was ill and couldn’t go to Mass I believe (I think I remember reading that in Lucia’s memoirs) that she would ask Francisco to sit next to her after he had come from Mass and Communion.so she could be close to the “hidden Jesus” inside him.
 
How can it be sacrilege? I’m not sure you can accidentally commit sacrilege.
 
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You do realize that the Church does not speak this way anymore?

I understand this is how you were taught, but do you see how confusing this can be?

If you were taking a Theology class, discuss subjective & objective all you want, but in real life, talk like this is more discouraging than it is helpful.
 
I never said it was incorrect.
I said it is not helpful on this board.

Most people do not have a sophisticated enough theology background to make the subtle differentiation that you are talking about. Which is why so many people have told you that you were wrong.

Telling someone, well “objectively” you are sinning, but "subjectively " you are not, does not mean much to people. Putting it in language that is definitive- “yes, that is grave matter, so if you knew that an did it anyway it is a sin” is much more helpful
 
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