The Eucharist in My House

[ChristianWAB]

What’s the proper way to keep the Eucharist in my house? I would surmise that I’d need a Monstrance to hold the Eucharist, but I’m not sure where would be the best place to keep it.

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Marysann]

There is no proper way for lay people to keep the Holy Eucharist in their homes. The Holy Eucharist is properly kept in the tabernacle of a church or oratory with the permission of the bishop. We lay people visit our Lord in His house, the parish church.

 

[LilyM]

It actually is against Canon Law for the Eucharist to be held in a private house in the manner you describe.

"THE RESERVATION AND VENERATION OF THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST

Canon 934

1. The Most Holy Eucharist:

1/ must be reserved in the cathedral church or its equivalent, in every parish church, and in a church or oratory connected to the house of a religious institute or society of apostolic life;

2/ can be reserved in the chapel of the bishop and, with the permission of the local ordinary, in other churches, oratories, and chapels. "

This is the sum total of the places where the Eucharist may be housed (reserved).

 

[PhilotheaZ]

From the Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum, published by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in March 2004 (emphasis added):

[131.] Apart from the prescriptions of Canon 934 § 1, it is forbidden to reserve the Blessed Sacrament in a place that is not subject in a secure way to the authority of the diocesan Bishop, or where there is a danger of profanation. Where such is the case, the diocesan Bishop should immediately revoke any permission for reservation of the Eucharist that may already have been granted.

[132.] No one may carry the Most Holy Eucharist to his or her home, or to any other place contrary to the norm of law. …

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

What’s the proper way to keep the Eucharist in my house? I would surmise that I’d need a Monstrance to hold the Eucharist, but I’m not sure where would be the best place to keep it.

Thank you in advance for your help.

It is prohibited by Canon law to keep the Blessed Sacrament on your person or on in your house. The only place where the Blessed Sacrament is to be reserved is in a locked, secure Tabernacle in a church, monastery, or oratory.

 

[m134e5]

What’s the proper way to keep the Eucharist in my house? I would surmise that I’d need a Monstrance to hold the Eucharist, but I’m not sure where would be the best place to keep it.

Thank you in advance for your help.

There is no proper way to keep the Eucharist in your house, unless there is a consecrated chapel with a tabernacle in your house. The Sacrament should never be exposed in a monstrance and left alone.

 

[palmas85]

What’s the proper way to keep the Eucharist in my house? I would surmise that I’d need a Monstrance to hold the Eucharist, but I’m not sure where would be the best place to keep it.

Thank you in advance for your help.

This was one of the reasons that the church went to receiving on the tongue in the first place. People were attributing all types of cures and miracles to the Eucharist, and were using them as amulets to ward of illness, for love charms, etc. Private expositions in peoples homes were fairly common. That combined with other reasons led to the prohibition of receiving in the hand…

More than that it is prohibited by Canon Law if I’m not mistaken.

 

[CathMass]

Unless you have received permission to repose the Eucharist in your house, you may not keep it. There are people who have been permitted to keep the Eucharist in their homes but they had it in a private chapel or in a room on a suitable altar in a suitable monstrance with a suitable tabernacle with perhaps a veil. However, receiving permission is extremely rare. You would need to see your bishop to obtain permisssion. He may not give it to you unless you have a very very good reason.

I read in the Maryfaithful magazine about a man who had the Eucharist in his private chapel at home. At first, the bishop was reluctant to give permission. Well, the bishop eventually gave in to the request. The bishop told the man that he was totally responsible for the care of the host.

Well, this man died for Eucharist. His house caught fire and he went and tried to rescue the pyx from the tabernacle. However, he never made it out and died with Eucharist on his person.

So, if you did receive permission, you had better be responsible for the Sacred Host even to the point of death.