Receiving communion as toddler in Latin Church

[TheAdvocate]

Let’s say that your Eastern Catholic daughter was baptized, chrismated (i.e., confirmed), and received Holy Communion as an infant. You and your Eastern Catholic spouse are traveling to a different town for a vacation. You arrive at Mass half an hour early, and inform the priest that your 3-year-old daughter receives the Eucharist every Sunday during the Divine Liturgy. “Father,” you ask, “would you please also permit her to receive the Host when we approach as a family?”

What would Father’s reply be, and why? Does it merely depend on the priest, or is it a canon law issue? I would also appreciate it if sources could be cited where possible.

Thanks.

 

[SMHW]

Someone will probably speak up about any Church laws that apply.

But regardless of what is supposed to be allowed you are still going to have to deal with a particular priest. Some priests are going to be much more familiar with eastern practices than are others. Some priests are going to be concerned with what the rest of the congregation thinks and others will be less so. I can imagine some priests would be concerned about whether a three year old would be familiar with the hosts used in the Western Church.

 

[Castello]

We had an EC family move to our town, as Latin Rite is the only game in town, it was nice for our CCD kids to all get a lesson WHY these young children would be seen receiving communion at Mass.