Soap and Water?

[PoliSciProf]

My DW just attended a meeting of the extraordinary Eucharistic ministers called by our new pastor (new to the parish, not new to pastoring). He is asking the eEms to wash the cups, etc, with soap and water after they have been purified. Some eEms thought this was not proper. Who is correct?

 

[Orogeny]

My DW just attended a meeting of the extraordinary Eucharistic ministers called by our new pastor (new to the parish, not new to pastoring). He is asking the eEms to wash the cups, etc, with soap and water after they have been purified. Some eEms thought this was not proper. Who is correct?

If they have been purified, soap and water are fine. The extraordinary ministers of holy communion are able to do this just as anyone is.

Peace

Tim

 

[puzzleannie]

we do this, also use a special polish for the outside to keep them bright, this is done once every couple of months, and before major holy days.
sorry, just purifying at the altar is not enough in flu season. if the purificators can be laundered normally after being washed in the sacrarium until visible marks are gone, so can the vessels be washed normally once they have been purified.

 

[Phemie]

My DW just attended a meeting of the extraordinary Eucharistic ministers called by our new pastor (new to the parish, not new to pastoring). He is asking the eEms to wash the cups, etc, with soap and water after they have been purified. Some eEms thought this was not proper. Who is correct?

At home, would you just rinse the dishes, dry them and put them away? The sacred vessels have been used by many people so after purification to make sure nothing of the Body & Blood of Christ remains on/in them you wash them to clean them.

 

[Joannm]

How else are you to get those stubborn lipstick marks off without soap and water? But it is also important to dry the vessels well so that they do not tarnish.

 

[OutinChgoburbs]

Actually, Dawn for Dishes for the inside, and a bit of Brasso for the outside applied with a soft cloth.

 

[Catholic90]

Of course it’s fine.

How would you like to eat dinner at my house and know the dishes have only been rinsed, not washed?

Blech.

Purify them and then wash them using soap. We use Dawn.

 

[Paten]

Actually, Dawn for Dishes for the inside, and a bit of Brasso for the outside applied with a soft cloth.

Noooooooooooooooo! Brasso is far too abrasive! It doesn’t shine very well either. Take out a bank loan sometime and buy a tube of something like Flitz polish and one of their treated rags. Then give your vessels a good polish. Once you have removed all the micro scratches left by using Brasso you will be left with FAR more sparkling vessels (the difference is stunning) – and you won’t be lapping away anywhere near the amount of metal.

And take your rings off before washing the vessels! Those scratches we see inside scared vessels are largely from diamonds!

 

[OutinChgoburbs]

Noooooooooooooooo! Brasso is far too abrasive! It doesn’t shine very well either. Take out a bank loan sometime and buy a tube of something like Flitz polish and one of their treated rags. Then give your vessels a good polish. Once you have removed all the micro scratches left by using Brasso you will be left with FAR more sparkling vessels (the difference is stunning) – and you won’t be lapping away anywhere near the amount of metal.

And take your rings off before washing the vessels! Those scratches we see inside scared vessels are largely from diamonds!

I don’t wash them, or polish them. Father does it all, from purifiying to polishing. Go figure. Every other priest in the area hates to do it, and threw a bit of a temper when they had to purify. Not this one. I just asked what he used.

I will go buy him a tube of Flitz and a polishing cloth, though. I looked it up, and it doesn’t cost that much.