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Rogen80
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Hi,
What do you do if you accidentally spill the Precious Blood on your clothes?
Thanks!
What do you do if you accidentally spill the Precious Blood on your clothes?
Thanks!
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TheMc
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Your priest would know the correct thing to do, but I believe you would wash it out with water, pour the water down the sequarium (or into the ground). That’s what I recall, at least…
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ZDHayden
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That’s what my priest told me to do a few months ago, so I’d have to agree.
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cajun2core
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When that happened to a friend of me, the priest told him that when he got home to rinse it out well outside with a hose then he could wash it.
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jenkiedad
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I believe the special sink you are referring to is a “sacrarium”. Normally, any fluids poured into the sacrarium would drain down below the altar area, where there is a crawl space beneath the Church, or directly to a landscaped area, just outside the Church building slab, and in an area not subject to traffic.
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svid
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Our Lord can definitely NOT be sent down an ordinary drain. Since the priest is in persona Christi listen to our Blessed Mother: Do whatever He tells you.
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Rogen80
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Ok, I asked a priest and he said something like: “It’s not the Precious Blood anymore because in order to be the Eucharist, the accidents of “bread” and “wine” must be intact. Since a stain is no longer “wine” in liquid form, it isn’t technically the precious blood anymore. So he said that I should wash it out of reverence for what it ‘once’ was, not what it ‘is’. He also said I could wash it in the sacrarium if it made me feel better, but it isn’t necessary.” 
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Joe_Kelley
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As others have said; rinse it out in cold water and pour the water out in a non-traveled area; a flower bed or tree root is good. I have heard, but haven’t tried, a pile of slightly dampened coarse salt will draw the stain out of the material; then rinse the salt off.
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ConstantineTG
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My first impulse was burn the shirt and bury the ashes. But the other guys’ suggestion sounds better 
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josephdaniel29
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That would be my suggestion.
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stephraim
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GIRM, no. 280. If a host or any particle should fall, it is to be picked up reverently. If any of the Precious Blood is spilled, the area where the spill occurred should be washed with water, and this water should then be poured into the sacrarium in the sacristy.
De Defectibus, no. 42. If any of the Blood of Christ falls, if it is only a drop or so, nothing need be done except to pour a little water over the spilled drops and dry it afterwards with a purificator. If more has been spilled, the corporal or the altar cloth or other place is to be washed in the best way possible, and the water is then to be poured into the sacrarium.
De Defectibus, no. 42. If any of the Blood of Christ falls, if it is only a drop or so, nothing need be done except to pour a little water over the spilled drops and dry it afterwards with a purificator. If more has been spilled, the corporal or the altar cloth or other place is to be washed in the best way possible, and the water is then to be poured into the sacrarium.
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coolduude
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I’m young, but I have heard of what priests would do years ago if the Host fell or Blood spilled. I have heard that they would stop communion and vigorously wash the spot where the incident occurred. After all, it is the Lord Himself who has fallen and not merely a piece of bread or drop of wine.
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stephraim
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De Defectibus covers all sorts of defects, including spiders crawling into the chalice and, of course, dropping the Sanctissimum and spilling the Precious Blood.
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charlespinoy
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what does this look like?I believe the special sink you are referring to is a “sacrarium”. Normally, any fluids poured into the sacrarium would drain down below the altar area, where there is a crawl space beneath the Church, or directly to a landscaped area, just outside the Church building slab, and in an area not subject to traffic.
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TheMc
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It usually looks like a regular sink, often directly next to the actual “regular sink.”
Here’s the arrangement common in my area:
stpatricksmithtown.org/tour/tour-09/images/sacristy-sacrarium_-_750x440.jpg
The covered end opens with hinges on the far left edge and the one with no cover is the “regular” sink.
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Newbie2
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Best explanation I’ve heard.Ok, I asked a priest and he said something like: “It’s not the Precious Blood anymore because in order to be the Eucharist, the accidents of “bread” and “wine” must be intact. Since a stain is no longer “wine” in liquid form, it isn’t technically the precious blood anymore. So he said that I should wash it out of reverence for what it ‘once’ was, not what it ‘is’. He also said I could wash it in the sacrarium if it made me feel better, but it isn’t necessary.”
I’ve been trying to get a sacrarium at our parish for years now…
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Jeffgo
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I would say follow the GIRM No. 280, as a previous poster recommended.
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