Uncomfortable with EMHC singling me out during communion

[paperwight66]

I’ve wondered about that – I’ve heard a few EMHCs do the same, on occasion. Even if that’s not the case, it doesn’t mean she has bad motives in using the OPs name. She just needs to be told – by the priest, or the person in charge of the Extraordinary Ministers – that it shouldn’t be done.

Yes, my ‘class’ was trained to say the name, too - or rather, it was suggested as something we could do if we knew the person’s name. I never did, as my memory isn’t quick enough.
I’m quite sure the EMHC didn’t have bad motives - why on earth would she?

 

[robwar]

Who oversees or trains your parishes EMCH? You could just mention something to the person, not pointing this lady out and tell her while the intention maybe to be more personable, you are finding it distracting. The particular EMCH may have been trained or doing it at a previous parish and this is just an old habit if she is the only one doing it.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

I would just make a point of receiving from the priest. Problem solved…

Peace
James

Yep. We just started attending a new parish and we LOVE it. They have EMHCs but here is the thing. they just stand there! Every once in a while someone goes over to them but for the most part they just stand there. Everyone waits in line for the priest or deacon. And when you see it expressed that way you see how unnecessary EMHCs are in many situations.

 

[MSSheBear]

Yep. We just started attending a new parish and we LOVE it. They have EMHCs but here is the thing. they just stand there! Every once in a while someone goes over to them but for the most part they just stand there. Everyone waits in line for the priest or deacon. And when you see it expressed that way you see how unnecessary EMHCs are in many situations.

Are you sure you want to go there? On Sunday we need our EMHC’s. Yes, I am one of those people who goes in the priest’s line if I can. Without the EMHC’s the Communion line would be out the door.

 

[TimothyH]

Yep. We just started attending a new parish and we LOVE it. They have EMHCs but here is the thing. they just stand there! Every once in a while someone goes over to them but for the most part they just stand there. Everyone waits in line for the priest or deacon. And when you see it expressed that way you see how unnecessary EMHCs are in many situations.

Are you sure you want to go there?

On Sunday we need our EMHC’s. Yes, I am one of those people who goes in the priest’s line if I can. Without the EMHC’s the Communion line would be out the door.

He said that he loves it and put the word love in all caps. I’m pretty sure that he is sure that he wants to go there.

-Tim-

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Are you sure you want to go there? On Sunday we need our EMHC’s. Yes, I am one of those people who goes in the priest’s line if I can. Without the EMHC’s the Communion line would be out the door.

What in the word did people do before EMHCs? I have absolutely no problem waiting an extra 5 minutes to contemplate our Lord. Communion lines are not as long as people think. Rarely would it ever go past 15 minutes no matter where you are. That is what we are talking about here. 15 minutes…

Gotta make sure we are out of Mass before kickoff right?

Oh well, that is an argument for another thread!

 

[MSSheBear]

@TimothyH Oooh, I love to discuss EMHC’s and are they really needed.? Unfortunately we are suppose to be discussing something else. I hope this answered your question. I am not sure I made sense to you.

Okay, Hoosier Daddy: the situation at our parish is like this: we don’t have an extra fifteen minutes. Our Masses are a 1/2 hour apart and we have the one priest. He has no help except the deacon. An extra fifteen minutes would seriously cut into any sort of break he could have. Sometimes Mass actually goes over the alloted one hour. Also many of our parishioners would have trouble standing up for so long.

 

[ajecphotos]

One priest i remember used to mention my name when giving Holy Communion! I didnt mind at all

 

[QNDNNDQDCE]

Speaking of the practical use of EMHCs…

The TLM I attend on Sundays of course does not have any EMHCs and communion is distributed kneeling on the tongue at the altar by a single priest. In addition to this he is not merely saying, “the body of Christ”, but rather, “may thwe body of our Lord Jesus Christ guard thy soul unto life everlasting.” However, I do not think communion takes any longer than times where I’ve been to Novus Ordo mass where there are several EMHCs and everyone is standing in separate lines, receiving in the hand. It seems to me that if the problem of excessive communion times would be reduced by returning to the use of altar rails. Instead of everyone approaching one-by-one in single-file lines, each communicant has situated themselves well before they receive, and all that remains for the priest is to step a couple feet to the side from the preceding communicant.

Or maybe this is not the rule, and priests at this parish are just exceptionally fast. In either case, I doubt that the removal of altar rails and the initial introduction of communion in the hand was done because of time constraints.

 

[TimothyH]

@TimothyH Oooh, I love to discuss EMHC’s and are they really needed.? Unfortunately we are suppose to be discussing something else. I hope this answered your question. I am not sure I made sense to you.

I am more confused now than before.

I didn’t ask a question so I don’t know what question you could be answering, and you guys started discussing EMHC’s, not me. To start discussing whether EMHC’s are needed yourself and then dismiss me for doing so is what doesn’t make sense to me.

-Tim-

 

[MSSheBear]

We receive both the Precious Blood and the Body which means we need extra EMHC’s. Also the layout of the nave isn’t the normal rectangle so the logistics of the whole thing requires EMHC’s.

I have observed, and this is an observation, that our priest knows the rules. The EMHC’s appear to me to be breaking the rules and then suddenly stop. Hmmm.

 

[ccmcmg]

Okay, Hoosier Daddy: the situation at our parish is like this: we don’t have an extra fifteen minutes. Our Masses are a 1/2 hour apart and we have the one priest. He has no help except the deacon. An extra fifteen minutes would seriously cut into any sort of break he could have. Sometimes Mass actually goes over the alloted one hour. Also many of our parishioners would have trouble standing up for so long.

Hmmmm, that is really close together! However, if Masses were known to last 1 1/2 hours, then they could be scheduled 2 hours or more apart. Is there a rule (general question) that says all Masses have to take place in the morning or early evening of Sunday? I know it isn’t customary for 1:00 or 2:00 Masses (at least in the US where I live).

 

[MissBorgia]

i will only receive communion from a deacon or a priest. i don’t like the idea of EMHC under
any circumstance.

Me either. Once in a great while I will, if I know the person, and what sort of public walk I know they have. it would bug the heck out of me for an EM to say, MissBorgia*, Body Of Christ.

*obviously not using my real name

 

[MSSheBear]

I am more confused now than before.

I didn’t ask a question so I don’t know what question you could be answering, and you guys started discussing EMHC’s, not me. To start discussing whether EMHC’s are needed yourself and then dismiss me for doing so is what doesn’t make sense to me.

-Tim-

I am not dismissing that Hoosier Daddy wanted to discuss whether we actually needed EMHC’s or not. But this isn’t what the thread is about and is a good way to get a thread closed. That is why I asked him if he wanted to go there.

 

[CB_Catholic]

I just love it. A poster asks a question about something an EMHC does. Then people start complaining about EMHC’s. Then someone feels they have to explain why they need them at their parish. (Why people so often feel they need to defend their parish practices on CAF, I have no clue). Then someone else decides that poster’s parish Mass schedule could be revised so EMHC’s wouldn’t be needed (why they feel they need to suggest revisions to another parish’s Mass schedule, esp. one the probably is clear across the country, I have no clue.)

Then the mods will probably close the thread for being off-topic.

Only on CAF.

 

[ProVobis]

In addition to this he is not merely saying, “the body of Christ”, but rather, “may thwe body of our Lord Jesus Christ guard thy soul unto life everlasting.”

It’s actually said in Latin and I really doubt if anyone other than I know my name (vocative case) in Latin. So I’m safe there.

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

@TimothyH Oooh, I love to discuss EMHC’s and are they really needed.? Unfortunately we are suppose to be discussing something else. I hope this answered your question. I am not sure I made sense to you.

Okay, Hoosier Daddy: the situation at our parish is like this: we don’t have an extra fifteen minutes. Our Masses are a 1/2 hour apart and we have the one priest. He has no help except the deacon. An extra fifteen minutes would seriously cut into any sort of break he could have. Sometimes Mass actually goes over the alloted one hour. Also many of our parishioners would have trouble standing up for so long.

Masses can be moved and 15 minutes really is the max. Probably at your parish it could be like 5 extra minutes. There is no “allotted hour” for Mass and people are certainly welcome to stand as best they can and sit if they cannot. The same way people did for thousands of years.

I have no problem with the idea of EMHCs at your or any other parish. But spare me the idea that Mass would cease as we know it at your parish if EMHCs were not there.

I hear time and time again about EMHCs and debates about blessings, what they should say, if they can withhold communion…etc. And I think, “well, there is an answer for all of that”

This idea of going over an hour is relatively new. And in other countries where there are no EMHCs little old ladies still go to Mass and receive communion.

Again, we are allowed to have them so it is perfectly fine that they are used. I have no beef with that. But lets be realistic about the sky falling if they were not used.

 

[Joy2day]

Unless the priest has this bad habit.

Oh yeah Baby!



:banghead:

 

[robwar]

What in the word did people do before EMHCs? I have absolutely no problem waiting an extra 5 minutes to contemplate our Lord. Communion lines are not as long as people think. Rarely would it ever go past 15 minutes no matter where you are. That is what we are talking about here. 15 minutes…

Gotta make sure we are out of Mass before kickoff right?

Oh well, that is an argument for another thread!

thread is a question about an EMCH using the OP name. this thread is getting off topic with peoples comments about EMCH and the need for them or what people think about them and differences between NO and EF Masses. It is sad that a basic question which has alread been answered has to turn into what people think about EMCH and Masses.

 

[bben15]

I believe this is an abuse is it not?

Peace
James

Yes, it is an abuse, unless the priest himself is unable to distribute the Eucharist. We have a permanent deacon at my parish, and he used to help distribute the Blood, while the EMHC helped distribute along with the priest. I’m glad my new priest has corrected this error. The deacon now distributes communion along with the priest, while the 2 EMHCs handle the Blood.