Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ

[St.Faustina]

My mother told me one week ago that when she went to recieve the Body and Blood of Christ, that the Euchristic Minister drop the host. The Euchrist Minister did give her another, but the Minister did not pick it up. My Mom said he just left it there. What should she have done?

Thanks, and in Love with Christ.

 

[starrs0]

If it were me I would immediatly bend down and pick it up myself.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

We prefer that the communicant pick up the host if they can. There is danger of tipping the ciborium and spilling hosts if the Minister bends - and some, including priests, cannot bend.

 

[kage_ar]

Would not the server holding the paten be responsible for the fallen Host?

 

[J.R]

kage_ar:

Would not the server holding the paten be responsible for the fallen Host?

Thats part of the problem. Alot of the churchs I’ve been to they don’t have enough servers for all the Eucharistict ministers. That’s another part of the problem to many Eucharistict ministers in order to meet us Catholics demand for a fast Mass. :twocents:

God bless all here.

 

[dhgray]

kage_ar:

Would not the server holding the paten be responsible for the fallen Host?

As an Eucharistict ministers, YES it would be my responsiblity to pick up and “palm or pocket” the host immedately.

 

[Gem]

dhgray:

As an Eucharistict ministers, YES it would be my responsiblity to pick up and “palm or pocket” the host immedately.

What happens after the host is “palmed or pocketed”? Doesn’t it have to be consumed?

Also, out of curiosity, what happens to left over consecrated wine (Precious Blood)? Don’t the EMs have to drink it all after communion is over?

I’m just wondering what current practice is. I’ve heard stories of the “old days” where they would cut out the carpet where the host had fallen (and do what with it I don’t know). And I think there used to be a special “sink” with a Latin name where the extra Precious Blood could be poured out (!). Do they still use those?

Thanks for any enlightenment you can give me.

 

[dhgray]

ALL GOOD QUESTIONS GEM:

What happens after the host is “palmed or pocketed”? Doesn’t it have to be consumed? \QUOTE]

Yes it does. That is why I pick it up immedately.

Also, out of curiosity, what happens to left over consecrated wine (Precious Blood)? Don’t the EMs have to drink it all after communion is over?\QUOTE]

The EM’s do drink the non-consummed wine or evacuated on to HOLY ground. I was at a conference which had a closing Mass. There were around 1,000 people there. The organizors brought up two bottles of wine to be blessed. People did not drink as much wine has the organizors had planned. There were 4 of us and 1 1/2 bottles of blessed wine. Needless to say, my wife drove home from the conference.

I’m just wondering what current practice is. I’ve heard stories of the “old days” where they would cut out the carpet where the host had fallen (and do what with it I don’t know). And I think there used to be a special “sink” with a Latin name where the extra Precious Blood could be poured out (!). Do they still use those?\QUOTE]

Yes there is a special sink where we washe th chalices but I don’t know the name.

 

[threej_lc]

dhgray:

I’ve heard stories of the “old days” where they would cut out the carpet where the host had fallen (and do what with it I don’t know). And I think there used to be a special “sink” with a Latin name where the extra Precious Blood could be poured out (!). Do they still use those?\QUOTE]

The sink is called a sacrarium.

Concerning the “old days”, that still is the practice if the precious blood is spilled… Kinda.

If I remember properly, the floor where the blood spills is piled up in purificators, and then after an abrubt end to mass, scrubbed virorously with holy water.

Josh

 

[mark1270]

The Holy body should have been picked up immediatly. Then held by the EM or EMHC. Sometimes it will be placed in the tabernacle, separt, so that it can be disposed of properly after mass.
I believe the body is dissolved in water and disposed of in the sacrarium, which is a special sink whose plumbing leads to the ground and not to the local sewage system.

 

[Fergal]

Dear Friends,
The sacrarium is only to be used to discard water used in the washing of the liturgical cloths (altar cloth, purificator etc).
Never for the discarding of the sacred species.

DHGray said "The EM’s do drink the non-consummed wine or evacuated on to HOLY ground."

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PLEASE STOP!!! This is not the case at all. Read the following carefully from Redemptionis Sacramentum"

**In accordance with what is laid down by the canons, "one who throws away the consecrated species or takes them away or keeps them for a sacrilegious purpose, incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; a cleric, moreover, may be punished by another penalty, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state".194 To be regarded as pertaining to this case is any action that is voluntarily and gravely disrespectful of the sacred species. Anyone, therefore, who acts contrary to these norms, for example casting the sacred species into the sacrarium or in an unworthy place or on the ground, incurs the penalties laid down.**195

It would do us all well to remember to be very careful when giving answers, well meaning and well intentioned as they might be, to the questions raised here especially ones on the Scared Species. Always back up your teaching with the appropriate documents. Otherwise you may find yourself in very hot water indeed!!!

The Precious Blood is always consumed after Mass never discarded as this leads to an excommunication.

The Sacred Host is dissolved in water in order to remove the form. When the form has dissolved the presence of the Lord is no longer there and this may be disposed of through the sacrarium. Also in the respect the Church accords Hosts when they are dropped on the ground accidentally or spit up by the sick and must be disposed of.

 

[DJJG]

Gem:

What happens after the host is “palmed or pocketed”? Doesn’t it have to be consumed?

Also, out of curiosity, what happens to left over consecrated wine (Precious Blood)? Don’t the EMs have to drink it all after communion is over?

And I think there used to be a special “sink” with a Latin name where the extra Precious Blood could be poured out (!). Do they still use those?

“Palming” or “Pocketing” the host is WRONG!!! :nope: The Priest should immediatly pick up the host and either consume it or put it on the corporal, on the altar, to consume right after communion.

The sacarium, or the “special sink,” is for cleaning purificators and/or any cloths that get soiled (soaked) with the precious blood, before laundering. The precious blood is NEVER to be poured down the sacarium but consumed. This is specifically mentioned in Redemptoris Sacrimentum (or however it is spelled).

 

[bfdtex]

I am an EMCH, this has happened twice for me (dropped Host). Both times it was when the communicant tried to snach the Host out of my hand. I stop, kneel down, pick up and consume our Precious Lord. No five second rule here. I look for particles on the floor and continue distributing Holy Communion. Peace.