One of the necessary steps to true Eucharistic renewal is the elimination of Communion in the hand.
Thanks to Fr. D for the image! Biretta tip (even though I don’t use a pom on my biretta any longer)… o{]:¬)
One of the necessary steps to true Eucharistic renewal is the elimination of Communion in the hand.
Thanks to Fr. D for the image! Biretta tip (even though I don’t use a pom on my biretta any longer)… o{]:¬)
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I’m trying to figure out the context for that sign. I assume they mean Ask for a loaf, don’t grab it?
I think the original point is that the writer doesn’t know how to spell
TONG.
It has never made sense to me that the Bishops want to renew belief in the Real Presence, but, in the main, still permit, if not encourage, Communion in the hand and the use of hoards of “Extraordinary” Ministers of Holy Communion.
Yes, this is the Real Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Savior Jesus Christ and is the most precious thing on Earth- come and handle it yourself!
Along the same lines as L.’s comment, I have trouble squaring the following circle:
When Father or Deacon presides at Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction, he is specially vested in alb and cope, and then puts on the humeral veil when actually handling the luna containing the Presence and the monstrance. Yet when EMHC’s are deployed, they are neither vested in anything beyond their usual attire, nor does anyone bat an eyelash at them handling the ciboria with their bare hands. Why is the humeral veil for Father/Deacon — the ordinary! minister of Holy Communion — necessary for Benediction, but for actually distributing the Precious Body and Blood, nothing special is prescribed? Very confused over here…
To clarify–I am not saying that the humeral veil should be dispensed with for Benediction! Just that, rather, an enhanced sense of propriety would seem to be the order of the day for distributing Holy Communion to the faithful, not a diminished one!
In a recent survey at my parish on how to increase awareness of the Real Presence, I commented that we should have kneelers at the front of the church to allow people to kneel to receive, and to encourage receiving on the tongue. Crickets of course as to any response to my suggestion.
One memory I have as a kid (circa 1976) was a homily one Sunday that explained why our parish was beginning communion in the hand (others may remember this – particularly if they lived in a more liberal diocese). Even as an altar boy I would take communion in the hand and I was a Eucharistic Minister at my first college.
It wasn’t until years later I realized I would rather receive the Eucharist from a priest or deacon. At most parishes I can discreetly go around a Eucharistic Minister without being a distraction. It’s a matter of navigating the rows and sometimes attending a less crowded Mass. One parish I attend uses an altar rail which limits the number of Eucharistic Ministers at Mass. The parish I regularly attend the priest and deacon go to specific rows.
I have been asked to be a Eucharistic Minister and I have politely declined. I do sometimes usher and help with security at my regular parish though.