Reception from the Chalice

[anthony333777]

Is a priest allowed to set the chalice on the alter and let each communicant take as they will?

 

[Zahmir]

Is a priest allowed to set the chalice on the alter and let each communicant take as they will?

No. This is self-communication and a flagrant liturgical abuse.

Of course, priests may self-communicate.

 

[John_Lilburne]

From the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) approved for the USA, which can be accessed from romanrite.com/girm.html :
“160. … The faithful are not permitted to take the consecrated bread or the sacred chalice by themselves and, still less, to hand them from one to another. …”.

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Is a priest allowed to set the chalice on the alter and let each communicant take as they will?

No, that is prohibited.