Question about the host in perpetual adoration

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Can someone please tell if the consecrated host displayed in a monstrance during perpetual adoration has been dipped in consecrated wine before being put in the monstrance? If not, why display one without the other?

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It needn’t be in both kinds to be valid ( just the wafer is enough )
 
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Can someone please tell if the consecrated host displayed in a monstrance during perpetual adoration has been dipped in consecrated wine before being put in the monstrance? If not, why display one without the other?
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The host which is displayed in a monstrance for perpetual adoration is not dipped in the Precious Blood. This dipping action is called intinction. Intinction can only be validly done in the Roman rite if done by a priest immediately before consumption of the host. As the host is to be displayed in a monstrance, an intinction is inappropriate.

It is not necessary because the host is the primary form of the reception of the Blessed Sacrament for the majority of the laity. Even in Mass, the host is the only species which is available for the adoration of the laity during the elevation of the Blessed Sacrament. The wine is blocked form view by the chalice. Because both species of the Blessed Sacrament contain the fullness of the sacrament (the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ), an additional display of the Precious Blood is not necessary. Add to this that if the Host was intincted, it would spoil more quickly and would leave more residue of the Blessed Sacrament behind in the monstrance. This residue would have to be purified every time the host was changed instead of the visible inspection for crumbs done by the priest, deacon or acolyte when changing out a non-intincted host.

God Bless and Merry Christmas,
Br. Ben, CRM
 
The host has Jesus’ Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in it as does the wine. I know it may not literally look that way, but Jesus is not bound by human creations of wine and bread, He is equality and entirely in both, so you don’t need to receive both.

As such, to dip the host in the blood actually doesn’t make sense. That’s like saying dipping blood in blood, the host can’t become more Jesus when it is already entirely Jesus lol. That’s like saying receiving the host twice is double Jesus
 
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Having an intict-ed host in the monstrance would cause unnecessary mess anyways, and would result in Jesus’ Precious Blood going to waste.
 
Pardon my question of ignorance. How often is the host changed or does that vary?

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It varies. Each parish will have its own schedule.
 
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Is there a limit on the time it may remain displayed?

I’m just curious. I plan to do an hour of Adoration in the future.
 
There are places that have perpetual Adoration so I assume there is no limit on how long the Blessed Sacrament may remain exposed, so long as all other restrictions on Exposition are either addressed or not in play.
 
Like @UpUpAndAway said, there’s no limit, though I don’t think there is Adoration during Hply Thursday (or maybe Good Friday). I don’t know if this is a binding rule, but my other parish did not allow hosts to remain in the tabernacle or luna (what actually houses Jesus) for longer than ac year. The host used for Adoration would be consecrated at Easter Vigil.
 
As others have rightly mentioned, the consecrated Host is the Body, Blood, Soul and divinity of Christ - Him present in Sacramental form.

Yet, He is living and thus his Blood is present to us in His living Body - we must not and cannot separate the two.

As to the power of the Holy Hour, time spent listening to Archbishop Fulton Sheen is well spent:
 
Pattylt said:
Is there a limit on the time it may remain displayed?
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Just to add to what @UpUpAndAway and @Fauken said, it really depends on the parish. Some parishes do perpetual adoration, where the host is displayed almost 24/7 except during Mass, weddings, and other special events. I haven’t been at my current parish through Easter, but my last parish would also cover it during the Easter Triduum. The church may also close during certain hours and only allow those signed up for adoration enter, but these tend to be late evening or early morning. My last parish did it from 9 PM to 6 AM.

Some parishes only do it seldomly. The parishes around where I live may range from doing it all day one day a week, to only a few hours on one day of the month. Most parishes have this info on the website, either displayed itself or in the bulletins. Parishes that do perpetual adoration may also have special priest-led adoration sessions, but these tend to be a bit different from usual adoration at those parishes. They’re more structured as opposed to just being self-directed prayer, meditation, Bible reading, etc.

So basically, look up parishes in the area. This site also has a list of parishes with perpetual adoration if you don’t want to be limited by time outside of the aforementioned special cases.
 
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though I don’t think there is Adoration during Hply Thursday (or maybe Good Friday). I don’t know if this is a binding rule, but my other parish did not allow hosts to remain in the tabernacle or luna (what actually houses Jesus) for longer than ac year. The host used for Adoration would be consecrated at Easter Vigil.
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The rule is no adoration on Good Friday. The custom is that all Eucharist consecrated before Holy Saturday are consumed and/or properly disposed and anything after the Easter Vigil forward is “new”.
 
During Mass, are the hosts dipped in the wine? If not, what is the purpose of consecrating the wine?

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The Eucharist is made available under the species of wine to the faithful in many parishes. I receive both kinds at nearly every Mass. The priest must consume both for validity of the sacrament.
 
No they aren’t. Rarely in the Vatican they do with the Cardinals present. The purpose is honestly very literal to my knowledge, that we replicate the last supper and Jesus did consecrate His body and blood in separate forms despite being in each equality. So we do the same.

Plenty of churches only offer the host to the congregation
 
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