Receiving on the tongue in my parish

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Newhills said:
here is no credible medical evidence that receiving on the tongue is presents more risk. If you chose not to receive then that’s your decision & nothing to do with anyone else being “uncharitable”.
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This is astonishing. Of course there will be no clinical studies on receiving a host. With your logic, you can ignore social distancing too.

And regarding the charity of it, if someone would not receive because you go ahead of them with COTT, rather than going last as has been instructed numerous times (hence the OP), well, you think it over.

Please, think it over.
 
Buks said:
This is astonishing. Of course there will be no clinical studies on receiving a host. With your logic, you can ignore social distancing too.
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I said evidence. Not a specific study. There is evidence that it would transfer just exactly the same via hands.

Tell me how you socially distance while receiving in your hands.

Funnily enough, it is still ok to receive on the tongue during the TLM (around me anyway) yet there have been zero identified cases.
 
Krisdun said:
In (2) someone may form the view that if you should not receive communion in non-consecrated hands but then which physical part of your body is? Your tongue certainly is not consecrated either?

But your points are valid and everyone is entitled to receive Jesus in the Eucharist as he/she deems appropriate.
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Feels like we’re getting to the point where this can keep going. My tongue is not consecrated. Jesus told me to eat his flesh. I can’t eat his flesh without it being in my mouth. I can receive it into my mouth without it touching my hands though. Going from “I don’t want to place my hands on the body of Christ” to talking about consecrated tongues seems to be just not accepting a response I gave to a question you asked. I’m sure it’s not your intention.

You asked 2 specific questions & I gave 2 specific responses. There are various other reasons for preferring communion on the tongue but this topic wasn’t really about that & I’m trying to refrain.

I have no problem with anybody who chooses to receive in the hand, they have the option to choose & it’s not my place to choose for them so we agree on that point. It seems that some people in here have a problem with people who choose to receive on the tongue.
 
Krisdun said:
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Newhills:
There is no credible medical evidence that receiving on the tongue is presents more risk.
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Not sure how easy it would be to conduct a proper clinical study into this? Any volunteers?
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In a deadly serious matter such as the current spreading of this virus we cannot wait for full knowledge, as we would even with other (less deadly) viruses. Measures with reasonable potential to slow transmission are employed, even if they do not each have a specific study behind them. For example, what is mentioned in this thread, some of the measures taken in churches thus far.

For an individual to wait in this matter before adding the precautionary step of going last in line for COTT is a serious ethical issue.
 
Newhills said:
Jesus told me to eat his flesh. I can’t eat his flesh without it being in my mouth.
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True enough although it wasn’t specified exactly how we should eat his flesh. However I should think most most of us eat using our hands in some way… not that I want to go into the debate of using spoons and forks in this particular case.
 
Yes good point. Personally I normally receive communion on the tongue but I am equally happy to receive on hand during this pandemic until everything returns to normal (however long that may take!)!
 
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Newhills said:
It seems that some people in here have a problem with people who choose to receive on the tongue.
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We also have a history on this site of people telling us how we “must” do whatever their preference is about {insert topic here} or else we’re in terrible sin. Some of us have an almost reflexive reaction to anything that rings that bell.
 
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tuffsmurf said:
How do Melkites recieve if they don’t use a spoon?
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the bread is cut into long narrow strips before liturgy.

the priest holds on end and instincts the other, and places it in the communicant’s mouth. No touching required.
 
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