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Rasoleil
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Right before Mass today we were told that the Archbishop recommended the distribution of the Precious Blood will be suspended as a precaution due to the the Coronavirus.
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aroosi
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Thank God that the church is still open and you can still get Holy Communion in the form of Bread (unless you have celiac disease). In many areas affected by Coronavirus there are no Masses at all.
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Rasoleil
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Yes, thank goodness we are still able to receive His body.
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JohnWithFries
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I’ve only ever received the host. Not because I’m cool or a trad or anything, I just don’t see the point.
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stpurl
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Well, the thing is, when you receive the Host, you are receiving Body AND Blood, Soul and Divinity. And when you receive from the Cup you are ALSO receiving Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity. You don’t just receive ‘the Body’ when you receive the Host; you don’t just receive “the Blood’ when you receive from the Chalice.
A slightly clearer way to state it might be; ‘we cannot receive the Eucharist from the Cup at this point while we may still receive the Eucharist in the Sacred Host so we are still receiving the ‘Complete Lord in the Eucharist’.
It can be confusing to non=Catholics as well as some Catholics, because even here on the forums there are plenty of threads, even RECENT ones, where the people believe that they ‘only’ get the body if they receive the Host, or they think that they have to receive both species to get a complete Jesus.
A slightly clearer way to state it might be; ‘we cannot receive the Eucharist from the Cup at this point while we may still receive the Eucharist in the Sacred Host so we are still receiving the ‘Complete Lord in the Eucharist’.
It can be confusing to non=Catholics as well as some Catholics, because even here on the forums there are plenty of threads, even RECENT ones, where the people believe that they ‘only’ get the body if they receive the Host, or they think that they have to receive both species to get a complete Jesus.
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twf
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Yes, and in some parts of the world, my own archdiocese among them, the chalice is rarely or never distributed to the faithful.
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stpurl
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We didn’t receive from the chalice when I was young (back in the days when the TLM was the ONLY Mass) and if I’m not mistaken for some 500-600 years at least BEFORE 1969 in most places in the world not only did the faithful not receive from the chalice, up until the late 19th century a lot of the faithful received only rarely, only the host (on the tongue to boot).
For people with celiac disease obviously it is a gift to be able to receive from the chalice nowadays, just as it is a gift for those with alcohol sensitivity to be able to receive the Host only, but if there are individuals with those difficulties who cannot receive a species and the other is not available, they can make a spiritual communion.
For people with celiac disease obviously it is a gift to be able to receive from the chalice nowadays, just as it is a gift for those with alcohol sensitivity to be able to receive the Host only, but if there are individuals with those difficulties who cannot receive a species and the other is not available, they can make a spiritual communion.
Tis_Bearself
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As I said in the other thread, at many of the churches I attend, there is no Precious Blood distribution on Sunday. Even when there is, they often run out before everyone gets a chance to receive both species.
They may have Precious Blood distribution at the daily Mass, but I’d say it’s less than a 50 percent chance.
And every year the Precious Blood distribution at the churches which do offer it, is suspended for several weeks or even several months because of flu season.
While I prefer to receive in both species, as people have said, the consecrated host contains both body and blood of Christ, so one is not missing out on anything by receiving only the host, and although I am not old enough to remember TLM, it was rare for us to receive in both forms for most of my life, at every parish I attended. Prior to about the mid-1990s, if you saw both forms of Communion being distributed, it was usually some major event like First Holy Communion or a Bishop’s Mass or Easter Sunday. It wasn’t a regular thing.
They may have Precious Blood distribution at the daily Mass, but I’d say it’s less than a 50 percent chance.
And every year the Precious Blood distribution at the churches which do offer it, is suspended for several weeks or even several months because of flu season.
While I prefer to receive in both species, as people have said, the consecrated host contains both body and blood of Christ, so one is not missing out on anything by receiving only the host, and although I am not old enough to remember TLM, it was rare for us to receive in both forms for most of my life, at every parish I attended. Prior to about the mid-1990s, if you saw both forms of Communion being distributed, it was usually some major event like First Holy Communion or a Bishop’s Mass or Easter Sunday. It wasn’t a regular thing.
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peter26
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To a point it does, but communion wine has a volume of somewhere between 8-12%. That is only at best going to have mildly antisceptic properties.
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CilladeRoma
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There is not a high enough alcohol content in wine to kill anything.
You need something 60% alcohol or higher. Even your average vodka is only 40% alcohol.
It is very prudent to suspend the common cup, it happens in my diocese every flu season. While I also like the fuller sign value of receiving both species, it is not necessary.
You need something 60% alcohol or higher. Even your average vodka is only 40% alcohol.
It is very prudent to suspend the common cup, it happens in my diocese every flu season. While I also like the fuller sign value of receiving both species, it is not necessary.
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ioannes_pius
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My diocese has mandated that communion is only to be distributed under the species of bread.
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John_Martin
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You are actually receiving the Sacrament of His Body, and you are receiving his Blood, Soul, and Divinity concomitantly, but not sacramentally. The chalice holds the blood sacramentally present, and the body concomitantly present (unless you should happen to drink the small particle that the celebrant breaks into the chalice). There is a difference.
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John_Martin
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BTW: your senses are deceiving you; there is no alcohol in the Chalice, no wine, only blood upon consecration.
Of course, germs do not have faith, so they go by their senses and probably die of fright when they see what looks and smells like alcohol, since they cannot relate to it being the Blood of our Lord.
And an interesting side note: we did not receive the chalice sunday, and when the host touched my tongue, before I began to chew up my Lord’s Flesh, a piece broke off it on one side onto my tongue. And it occurred to me, "What happens when a body is broken, as our Lord? Blood (and water) flows out… It seemed to me the Father was telling me, I want you to have the Blood also, I want you to know you have it by this broken body that was sacrificed.
So, not from the Chalice, but I received it…
Of course, germs do not have faith, so they go by their senses and probably die of fright when they see what looks and smells like alcohol, since they cannot relate to it being the Blood of our Lord.
And an interesting side note: we did not receive the chalice sunday, and when the host touched my tongue, before I began to chew up my Lord’s Flesh, a piece broke off it on one side onto my tongue. And it occurred to me, "What happens when a body is broken, as our Lord? Blood (and water) flows out… It seemed to me the Father was telling me, I want you to have the Blood also, I want you to know you have it by this broken body that was sacrificed.
So, not from the Chalice, but I received it…
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John_Martin
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As a servant of my Lord I am to assert what my Lord asserts to be in the chalice and not to let my material senses nor practicality define the substance of our sacrifice.
I know that a scientist sees, measures, wine and alcohol and baked wheat flour, not discerning the body of the Lord. The definition of the substance is from the infomer of the matter, not from an onlooker measuring it.
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