Small particles of the host - why no concern?

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This is the best answer on the thread so far, bearing in mind that a microscopic particle (or one we cannot see) doesn’t bear the Real Presence anyway.
 
We also practice intinction and all receive kneeling at a rail, on the tongue, so admittedly we are a little bit of an OF anomaly.
 
paperwight said:
In our parish, the altar breads have sealed edges. I have never know one to break up in my hand.
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Same here. AND we use patens.
If our hosts were constantly crumbling, Father would have already been looking for a different supplier.
 
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You’re right! But sadly, many people still receive without believing in the True Presence and while not in a state of grace.
 
This is offensive to me, and to any one I know who has seen it.

Receiving in the hand is not some new novelty, it was done from the beginning, just like receiving from the cup.

Commercial hosts of today, at least in the US, are sealed and not crumbly at all.

All this rhetoric and hyperbole is ridiculous.
 
CilladeRoma said:
All this rhetoric and hyperbole is ridiculous.
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I will defend the true presence of our Lord, the Eucharist, and the dignity and respect He is reserved no matter what. I do not care if some scoff and brush it off as “rhetoric and hyperbole”.
 
CilladeRoma said:
This is offensive to me, and to any one I know who has seen it.

Receiving in the hand is not some new novelty, it was done from the beginning, just like receiving from the cup.

Commercial hosts of today, at least in the US, are sealed and not crumbly at all.

All this rhetoric and hyperbole is ridiculous.
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It should be offensive to any catholic. Especially if it regards the dropping of the host or even parts of it.

The argument that it was done from the beginning is a little vague. And to infer that the method used today; receiving in the hand while standing, with merely a slight bow of the head, was always used in the beginning is not accurate.
 
And what makes you think I do don’t defend and believe in the Real Presence?
 
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It is what the Church in the US has allowed, with the OK from the Vatican.
Are all those against it OK with going against what Rome has said is an option?
Sorry, there is only one Magisterium, and it’s not people on the internet.
 
Fair enough. But my post wasn’t arguing against what is allowed now. I just said that what has become the norm shouldn’t be viewed as the way the early Church did it in the beginning.

I’m aware that there’s only one magisterium, but I think the issue has to do with things such as reverence and a proper understanding of how one should receive vs how we’re merely allowed to receive.
 
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CilladeRoma said:
Are all those against it OK with going against what Rome has said is an option?
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This isn’t the point.

According to the Church you are only ever required to go to confession once a year at Easter. You are only required to receive the Eucharist once a year.

You are also ALLOWED to receive on the hand with a bow. Many don’t even do that.

I would argue you should go to confession every time you commit mortal sin. You should receive the Eucharist every chance you have, as long as you are in a state of grace. You should also receive as reverently and carefully as possibly, which would be on the tongue. But you are certainly allowed to only go to confession once, only receive once and only receive on the hand.
 
I did. And I have also studied Liturgy and Sacraments on a Master’s level.
I have also had numerous discussions,with priests and Bishops who were there in the thick of VII and the changes.
I will say to you what they have all said to me-
“Rome does not “go with the flow”. If for any reason, they felt that CITH was contrary to any doctrine or dogma, it never would have been allowed. Period.”
 
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If/when you become a priest, you can urge your congregation to stive for more.
In fact, I have never not heard a priest say that doing the bare minimum is a good thing.

Again, we have one Magisterium, the set the rules. If it is OK with them, it should be OK for everyone. No one person’s opinion is higher than that of what Holy Mother Church allows.
 
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