Receiving the Blessed Sacrament

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Transubstantiation. The changing of the bread and wine to the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

How many of my CAF brothers and sisters have the opportunity at their parish to receive both body and the blood at Mass? And how many sisters and brothers choose to receive both?
 
I go back and forth…during flu season, I do not receive the precious blood.

Fortunately, the wisdom of the Church has made it clear that receiving one species is sufficient, and therefore I don’t give it a second thought.
 
We only get the option to recieve the body and not the blood in my parish.
We are thinking about maybe asking the parish priest about why he doesn´t have us recieving the blood as well.
 
I am old school.
Growing up, both the bread and wine were not offered.
The only time I have receive both was when my wife and I were married.
I have thought about receiving the wine, but have just not been moved by the Holy Spirit to partake in the bread and the wine.
 
When I think of it, I haven´t actually recieved the blood as a Catholic, the only times I have was before when I were Protestant.
 
Since I received my First Communion in 1982, the cup has been available at every parish I have attended.
Unless I am ill, I always receive both.
I actually just left a parish after the new parochial administrator made a bunch of changes, including suppressing the cup for the laity. 😒
 
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That happened at my parish for awhile. We had a change in priests. But when we had the next change in priests, the wine again was offered.
It seems like there should be some sort of sameness everywhere. But it seems to be an option left to each parish.
 
I have the opportunity to receive the whole of Christ, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity under the species of bread at mass every Sunday.
 
In the US, it is up to each individual Bishop to set the norms for his diocese, but ultimately it is up to the Pastor to decide within those norms.
 
Ah, yes. But when receiving both species, there is a fuller sign value.
Jesus told us to take and eat AND take and drink.
 
The priest who stopped the offering of the wine was very conservative…
I think my reservation in receiving the blood comes in the transfer of the chalice from the minister to my hands to drink from the cup. I fear mishandling and possibly dropping the chalice and spilling the Precious Blood.
 
The OP asked whether we had the opportunity to receive both the body and blood of Christ at mass. I replied accordingly.
 
Our parish offers both but I only take the Body usually. I have taken both many times but lately (especially since I usually have my toddler in my arms) I do not take the Blood since it would be too likely to spill. When I was a EMHC I hated doing the chalice because it was so nerve wracking trying to keep it from spilling especially when really young people, old people, or those who were recklessly handling the chalice would almost spill it or actually spill it.

Regardless the fullness of the sacrament is received whether you take both or just one.
 
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How many of my CAF brothers and sisters have the opportunity at their parish to receive both body and the blood at Mass? And how many sisters and brothers choose to receive both?
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Whether a person receives just the host, just the chalice, or both, they are still recieving both the Body and Blood of Christ.

I think there is often confused thinking (understandably so) that receiving the host is to receive just the Body of Christ and receiving the chalice is to receive just the Blood of Christ.
 
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JackMcCoy said:
That happened at my parish for awhile. We had a change in priests. But when we had the next change in priests, the wine again was offered.
It seems like there should be some sort of sameness everywhere. But it seems to be an option left to each parish.
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The CDW gave conditional approval to reception of both kinds per the ordinary, from 1984 (Prot. CD 1297/78).

For the USA: Directory for the Celebration and Reception of Communion under Both Kinds, 5 Nov. 1984
F. When Communion Under Both Kinds May Be Given
20. At the discretion of the Ordinary, and only after the proper catechesis of the faithful has taken place and the necessary cautions for its reverent celebration have been pointed out …
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http://www.clsadb.com/document/1ac48b14-1a57-4b9f-a6e9-96781656fcd6
 
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Never heard this before…but not disputing it…do you have an authoritative Church teaching on this?
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From the Catechism (emphasis mine):
1390 Since Christ is sacramentally present under each of the species, communion under the species of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace. For pastoral reasons this manner of receiving communion has been legitimately established as the most common form in the Latin rite. But “the sign of communion is more complete when given under both kinds, since in that form the sign of the Eucharistic meal appears more clearly.” 225 This is the usual form of receiving communion in the Eastern rites.
 
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I thank the Lord that he gave authority to the Church to clarify what we need to know.

After the Consecration we call it the Body and Blood. In my parish both Body and Blood are offered on weekdays, but not the Precious Blood on Sundays, as it is a large church building recently renovated and it must be figured out how to do that in an orderly fashion.

It is good to remember that whether we receive a particle of the Consecrated Host, or a drop of the Precious Blood, we have received entirely the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is necessary for the priest, in the Mass, to consecrate both species.

And, when people choose to bypass the Precious Blood we should not judge about that.
 
Kima,

You receive the Body, and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ even if you receive a crumb of the Eucharist or a drop of the Precious Blood. (Both are the Eucharist, of course.)
 
These are the norms regarding reception of Communion in the US .
From the USCCB
Paragragh 281 is were it addresses Communion under both kinds.
 
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