Raising the host at consecration

[Mary_Wayne]

I have recently attended some Masses where the host and chalice are not elevated as they used to be at the Consecration. Sometimes just the paten holding the host is lifted, sometimes the host is presented in a forward fashion towards the congregation. What’s going on? Is this acceptable? I thought we were trying to bring reverence back to the Eucharist. This seems to be treating it in an ordinary way. Has anyone else seen this?

 

[Mike_C]

the Carthusian monks do not elevate the chalice in their rite.

 

[space_ghost]

Mary Wayne:

I have recently attended some Masses where the host and chalice are not elevated as they used to be at the Consecration. Sometimes just the paten holding the host is lifted, sometimes the host is presented in a forward fashion towards the congregation. What’s going on? Is this acceptable? I thought we were trying to bring reverence back to the Eucharist. This seems to be treating it in an ordinary way. Has anyone else seen this?

I would ask the celebrant… if i was not satisfied with the response then I would write and ask the local bishop… children need to see the blessed sacrament… so do I…

 

[Exalt]

They aren’t elevated at my parish either, during the consecration. I can’t think of a parish that elevated them.

What happens usually is the preist has the bread and the wine and he says “become the body and the blood” and makes a cross over the now-body and blood.

 

[Hesychios]

The practice of elevating the Host and Chalice high above the head of the Presider derives from the practice of having the priest face the same direction (east) as the congregation.

It needed to be high to be seen. That was a very practical solution, in the Missa Normativa the Priest faces the congregation and most altars are elevated above the nave floor level so it is not really a necessity.

We might think that raising the elements very high would make them more “adorable” to us but it does not change their nature.

If we see the priest neglecting to bow or kneel before the consecrated Body and Blood we have a problem.

But this is not a problem.

Michael

 

[system]

Our parish priest elevates the host, and then the chalice in probably the most reverent way of any priest I’ve seen. He holds his arms nearly all the way extended above him, looking up at it, and then holds it up there, then brings it down very slowly. And then the same with the chalice. It really is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in a Mass. I always keep my head bowed during the prayer, but when he does this, I’m forced to look…

JELane

 

[Hesychios]

JElane:

Our parish priest elevates the host, and then the chalice in probably the most reverent way of any priest I’ve seen. He holds his arms nearly all the way extended above him, looking up at it, and then holds it up there, then brings it down very slowly. And then the same with the chalice. It really is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in a Mass.

I agree, it must be very, very moving!

Michael

 

[krazykatlady]

Our wonderful associate priest who just got transferred would elevate the host and the cup above his head and hold it there for several seconds. I thought it was so moving and reverent. Our pastor and our new associate simply raise the host and cup a few inches. I know it is a small thing but I sure did love the reverence our former associate showed to the Body and Blood, and I sure do miss it.

 

[newsjag]

Not to one up everyone, but our Priest says all of the Eucharitstic prayers with his head lifted up to the Heavens. He told us he does this because he is saying the prayers to God. it is just so moving and so different. We are so blessed to have a priest that also lifts the Host during consecration and deliver 30 minute homilies with HOMEWORK!

You really find out how lucky you are once you attend another mass!

 

[DrCat]

JElane:

Our parish priest elevates the host, and then the chalice in probably the most reverent way of any priest I’ve seen. He holds his arms nearly all the way extended above him, looking up at it, and then holds it up there, then brings it down very slowly. And then the same with the chalice. It really is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in a Mass. I always keep my head bowed during the prayer, but when he does this, I’m forced to look…

JELane

Our priests do this, also. I do not recall ever being in a Mass where it was not done. It might not be necessary (as someone mentioned earlier in this thread) but it is very reverent. Space Ghost said he needed to see the Eucharist. So do I (which is why I sit as close to the front as I can).

John

 

[Mary_Wayne]

Mike C:

the Carthusian monks do not elevate the chalice in their rite.

Who are the Carthusian monks and why don’t they elevate the chalice?

 

[Mary_Wayne]

krazykatlady:

Our wonderful associate priest who just got transferred would elevate the host and the cup above his head and hold it there for several seconds. I thought it was so moving and reverent. Our pastor and our new associate simply raise the host and cup a few inches. I know it is a small thing but I sure did love the reverence our former associate showed to the Body and Blood, and I sure do miss it.

How I wish every priest who is physically able would do it this way. It brings such reverence to what is happening at the most important part of the Mass. Oh for the good old days when all priests did this and you didn’t have to figure out which mass to go to so you could see the practice done.
Thanks,
MW

 

[deogratias]

Exalt:

They aren’t elevated at my parish either, during the consecration. I can’t think of a parish that elevated them.

What happens usually is the preist has the bread and the wine and he says “become the body and the blood” and makes a cross over the now-body and blood.

He says what? These are not the words of a valid consecration.