White WIne

[SuscipeMeDomine]

I’m guessing you mean the sacrarium. So long as the Precious Blood is diluted so that it no longer resembles wine, the Church has no problem with it.

Did you see this happen? Was It diluted?

Um…no.

From Redemptionis Sacramentum:

[107.] In accordance with what is laid down by the canons, “one who throws away the consecrated species or takes them away or keeps them for a sacrilegious purpose, incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; a cleric, moreover, may be punished by another penalty, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state”.[194] To be regarded as pertaining to this case is any action that is voluntarily and gravely disrespectful of the sacred species. Anyone, therefore, who acts contrary to these norms, for example casting the sacred species into the sacrarium or in an unworthy place or on the ground, incurs the penalties laid down.[195] Furthermore all will remember that once the distribution of Holy Communion during the celebration of Mass has been completed, the prescriptions of the Roman Missal are to be observed, and in particular, **whatever may remain of the Blood of Christ must be entirely and immediately consumed by the Priest or by another minister, according to the norms, **while the consecrated hosts that are left are to be consumed by the Priest at the altar or carried to the place for the reservation of the Eucharist.[196]

And the GIRM;

1. When the distribution of Communion is finished, the priest himself **immediately and completely consumes at the altar any consecrated wine that happens to remain; **as for any consecrated hosts that are left, he either consumes them at the altar or carries them to the place designated for the reservation of the Eucharist.

 

[paperwight]

Oops! Sorry if I have misled anyone.

Thank you for the gentleness of your correction, SuscipeMeDomine.

So the dilution rule is only in the cases of spillage or contamination, then?

 

[japhy]

So the dilution rule is only in the cases of spillage or contamination, then?

Basically, yes. It also is employed after the Chalice’s contents have been completely consumed: water (and maybe wine too) is poured back into the Chalice and carefully circulated to touch all parts of the Chalice.