Recieving the host on your tongue

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I was in church once and girl went up to recieve communion on her tongue. Well it fell off her tongue onto the ground.The eucharistic minister picked it up and offered it again but she wouldn’t take it. What do they do with the hosts that fall of the ground? Does the priest eat them? I mean, they can’t just throw them away. And I don’t think that they gave that host to the next person in line.
 
The priest has two options. He may consume the host, which is preferable, or he may place the host in a special little container (I can’t recall the name) that is filled with water and then placed inside the tabernacle. After the host has dissolved, he should pour that water down the sacrarium or into the ground in a suitable spot.
 
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I was in church once and girl went up to recieve communion on her tongue. Well it fell off her tongue onto the ground.The eucharistic minister picked it up and offered it again but she wouldn’t take it. What do they do with the hosts that fall of the ground? Does the priest eat them? I mean, they can’t just throw them away. And I don’t think that they gave that host to the next person in line.
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The previous poster (flamingsword) has answered this adequately.

The fact that the Host fell off of the recipient’s tongue should be addressed - it might be that the recipient did not open her mouth properly, or did not extend her tongue sufficiently, but more commonly, the EMHC was not properly trained to place the Host firmly on the recipient’s tongue. Some sort of toss it - as if they were afraid of a bite!!

I receive on the tongue, and frequently think of offering training on how to give Communion on the tongue! It is most disconcerting to have to stand there as if I was a dog that might bite being fed!!!
 
I concur, and even thoughI am a hand-receiver, there should be training for both people (young children included) and EMHCs on the hows of comunion on the tongue. And they need to slow down!!! Last night, an EMHC flipped the Eucharist into my hand as if He were a fifty-cent piece!

Gee- What better use of unconsecrated hosts??? Or do they want to use pieces of newspaper or Necco wafers?
 
I realise that the following comments are not 100% on point, but what concerns me is where the host actually falls to. The problem is made more serious where communion on the tongue is received while standing.

The practice in the TLM, where communion is received on the tongue and kneeling, of having the Altar Boy holds a communion paten (rectangular metal plate) under the chin of the communicant ensures that should the host fall off the tongue it does not fall onto the ground.

In order to show the greastest respect for the Eucharistic Species, after communion the priests wipes any remaining particles on the paten into the Chalice, as part of the ablutions.

Chris ZA
 
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The previous poster (flamingsword) has answered this adequately.

The fact that the Host fell off of the recipient’s tongue should be addressed - it might be that the recipient did not open her mouth properly, or did not extend her tongue sufficiently, but more commonly, the EMHC was not properly trained to place the Host firmly on the recipient’s tongue. Some sort of toss it - as if they were afraid of a bite!!

I receive on the tongue, and frequently think of offering training on how to give Communion on the tongue! It is most disconcerting to have to stand there as if I was a dog that might bite being fed!!!
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Yeah, and my church doesn’t have communion patens. That’s why I haven’t recieved on my tongue yet. I’m afraid that it’ll fall. :o
 
This is odd. I don’t see how a Host could possibly fall off of someone’s tongue. It’s my experience that when Host touches tongue, it sticks. Period.

Unless the communicant has dry mouth or the Host has some sort of slick coating on it, which would probaly be illicit.

This sounds more like a fumble-fingered EMHC. Some of these people are clueless about how to distribute on the tongue and don’t show much inclination to learn. To which I say: TOUGH! Deal with it. Reception on the tongue is still the norm in the Latin Rite and if you can’t perform your “ministry” properly, stay in the pew and let someone else do it. :tsktsk:
 
For receiving on the tongue, it helps to drink water before mass and to prepare your mouth in the communion line on the way up so that it is moist. I have a problem with dry mouth and that has helped immensely. The host sticks firmly now. It also helps to put your hands behind your back or twist them up in a knot in front of you so that no one can attempt to place a host in them.

The only time I’ve seen a host fall was when the EMHC picked it up out of the chalice wrong and fumbled it. It had nothing to do with reception on the tongue. A paten would not have helped, unless the altar boy were a budding hockey goalie and dove for it. Oh, man! I can see it now, robes flying.😃
 
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The only time I’ve seen a host fall was when the EMHC picked it up out of the chalice wrong and fumbled it. It had nothing to do with reception on the tongue. A paten would not have helped, unless the altar boy were a budding hockey goalie and dove for it. Oh, man! I can see it now, robes flying.😃
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:rotfl: :bigyikes:
 
Oh, no, I said chalice. I meant ciborium, but I timed out on the edit feature to fix it.:o I shall go down in the forum archives as the muddle head I am.

It reminds me of a day when I kept insisting that jihad was a pillar of Islam when I meant hajj (pilgrimage), and the whole room was laughing at me and I couldn’t figure out why.
 
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The priest has two options. He may consume the host, which is preferable, or he may place the host in a special little container (I can’t recall the name) that is filled with water and then placed inside the tabernacle. After the host has dissolved, he should pour that water down the sacrarium or into the ground in a suitable spot.
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It is called an oblution cup. Spelling may begin with an A
 
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