Then it’d be a solid gold pez dispenser. What is sillier than a silly thing that doesn’t tknow it’s silly?
Though, honestly, I kind of have a question…Why exactly are people saaying it is sacriligious? …
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I believe that they as Catholics were upset because using this dispenser is irreverent to the Real Presence in the Host. If the wafer was consecrated, then it is Jesus. During the Mass the Celebrant is super careful so that every tiny bit or crumb is treated with reverence. We, as the Faithful, give thanks for this precious gift! How much “colateral waste” for example breakage, crumbs or God forbid if the dispenser gets jammed
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Well, I guess I didn’t see anything that implied particles of the host left inside would be impossible to remove and consume, just like the priest consumes any particles left on the paten.Though, honestly, I kind of have a question…
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I believe that they as Catholics were upset because using this dispenser is irreverent to the Real Presence in the Host. If the wafer was consecrated, then it is Jesus. During the Mass the Celebrant is super careful so that every tiny bit or crumb is treated with reverence. We, as the Faithful, give thanks for this precious gift! How much “colateral waste” for example breakage, crumbs or God forbid if the dispenser gets jammedThe only concern I could see here is if particles would be lost in the actual act of dispensing, which, I admit, is a serious concern. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to make light of the importance of the Eucharist. I also am a Catholic who cares deeply about the protection of the Eucharist, both in preventing sacrilige and in showing due reverence, which is why I said I would not advice priests to use this as I believe it could easily help move towards a removal of reverence from the distribution of Communion.
Ack! You just threw the entire tradition of the Byzantine Rite under the bus here!!!
welll… I’m not quite sure about that either, as was pointed out, many Easten Catholic Priests distribute Communion with a spoon instead of directly with their hands. In my opinion it is more because of the industrialized aspect of using a dispenser… which… come to think of it is probably what you’re trying to get at in your post.
That somehow using a spoon still seems more personal than some sort of mechanism?Ack! You just threw the entire tradition of the Byzantine Rite under the bus here!!!
No disrespect intended to my Eastern brothers and sisters - but I’m also sure these traditions don’t mechanize the act of giving communion.welll… I’m not quite sure about that either, as was pointed out, many Easten Catholic Priests distribute Communion with a spoon instead of directly with their hands. In my opinion it is more because of the industrialized aspect of using a dispenser… which… come to think of it is probably what you’re trying to get at in your post.
Yes. From the time the priest performs proskomide (literally, preparation, which is when the prosphora is cut and prepared for Divine Liturgy), nobody touches any of the Sacred Species until the clergy receive. And they only touch the hosts they receive. Then the deacon would place all the Precious Body on the diskos into the chalice, again the only time someone touches them. Then they are distributed with a spoon. Even during the Anaphora, the bread and wine which becomes the Body and Blood of our Lord is not touched by anyone. Even the elevation is done by elevating the chalice and diskos.welll… I’m not quite sure about that either, as was pointed out, many Easten Catholic Priests distribute Communion with a spoon instead of directly with their hands. In my opinion it is more because of the industrialized aspect of using a dispenser… which… come to think of it is probably what you’re trying to get at in your post.
Gotcha
Oh… I didn’t know that!Gotcha
But know that in Eastern theology, Communion IS medicine. Our souls are sick with sin and the only medicine to cure us of this disease that leads to death is the Body and Blood of the all-powerful healer.
Yes, while the Western view of sin is more legalistic which means they are seen as offences, in the East sin is seen as a disease.Oh… I didn’t know that!
OK - staple gun/pez dispenser then!
Only if the priest is clumsy and it hits your teethThe dispenser makes irreverant noise.
Does the spoon?
No Crucifix on the wall can’t be assumed to mean ‘not Catholic’ as I’ve learned in my travels.
That wasn’t intinction. They were picking up little glasses of wine and walking off with them.
But I want communion on the tongue!
Was that a Roman Catholic Mass? They were using intinction…
I’ve been to Anglican ‘mass’. Other than the location of the Our Father and sign of peace it’s pretty much the same as a Catholic Mass. This didn’t look at all like that, unless they did some amazingly seamless editing.