Would you agree that the below list has broken down belief in the Real Presence?

[Gorgias]

The priest washes his hands prior the consecration, laity don’t.

To be fair, it’s more like “the priest celebrant runs a bit of water over his hands.”

From the time I walk out of my house with my family until I receive Communion, I have touched…

Think back to the last time you were at a restaurant. Once you handed the menu back to the waiter/waitress, what did you do? Did you pick up a piece of bread? Touch your straw? Imagine how many people, with dirty hands, touched that menu before you. And you’re worried about putting a host in your hands?

 

[maryjk]

The priest washes his hands prior the consecration, laity don’t. From the time I walk out of my house with my family until I receive Communion, I have touched door handles, picked stuff off the floor, wiped a toddler’s nose, blown my nose, wiped a toddler’s butt, coughed into my hands, had a kid cough or snot onto my hands, possibly scratched my own rear, and shaken hands with folks who’ve done the same. I realize Communion in the hand is permitted, but that’s my reason for preferring on the tongue.

I’m sorry, but you’ve wiped your toddler’s butt, and you haven’t washed your hands??

I have to agree, you shouldn’t receive in your hands.

In additional, you shouldn’t be shaking anyone’s hand.

 

[melonhead]

Yes, but I don’t believe the menu and sandwich are the most sacred things this side of Heaven, worthy of extreme respect and adoration.

 

[melonhead]

I’m sorry, but you’ve wiped your toddler’s butt, and you haven’t washed your hands??

If you wipe carefully, you don’t get poo on your hands. Duh.

In additional, you shouldn’t be shaking anyone’s hand.

Why not? I was specifically thinking of the sign of peace during Mass.

 

[maryjk]

Wow.

There is no response to those that think that wiping a butt does not require hand washing.

Sorry, but that is basic hygiene.

 

[melonhead]

That was a joke.

 

[Gorgias]

Yes, but I don’t believe the menu and sandwich are the most sacred things this side of Heaven, worthy of extreme respect and adoration.

The question wasn’t the relative value of the thing received, though, right? The issue you raised was “my hands are too dirty for me to put anything from hand to mouth.”