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k@lliOpee217
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 09:58 pm |
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This question may have been asked before, if so "SORRY" I'm asking again or if someone can direct me to a link that would be great too!! I became confirmed and baptized in the Catholic Church on 3/22/08. Now here's my question which is the correct way to receive on the tongue or in your hand? I've heard the proper way is on the tongue even though I've been receiving in the hand. I'd like to do it the proper way. Thanks!
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 10:02 pm |
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Either way is fine. Some people feel that receiving on the tongue is more reverent, but receiving in the hand is the way the Eucharist was received in the early Church, so it has more history behind it. It is a matter of personal preference.
Pope Benedict seems to prefer distributing communion on the tongue, based on his recent masses, but either way is acceptable in the United States.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 11:02 pm |
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| The important thing is to have a reverent, worshipful attitude. I believe the rubrics suggest a deep bow or genuflection prior to receiving in the hand.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 01:20 am |
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| Thanks for the responses to my question, I do bow before I receive I just was wondering since I've seen it done both ways.
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 09:29 am |
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I've mentioned in my few posts the emergence of the Society of St. Pius X. I was able to read one of their pamphlets they are distributing for sure in our city. One was about the "proper way" of receiving the Body of Christ. As strict follower of the Latin Mass, they argued that the Body of Christ should be received through the tongue as practiced before the Second Vatican Council. They further explained that the hand is not consecrated and this was the tradition for hundreds of years.
I asked our Jesuit chaplain, a 77 year old New Yorker regarding the issue that they raised. He said the tongue is not consecrated either. If I happen to meet Jesus, he asked, am I going to embrace/hug Him, or lick Him? That made me laugh.
One reason also why we distribute here the Body of Christ through the hand because of the emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) years ago. That's why the lay ministers in our chapel before giving communion wash their hands with alcohol even until now.
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 01:18 pm |
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I know a parish priest who will not place the Body of Christ in a communicants hand or on their tongue until they respond, "Amen."
If they just stand thee looking confused, he will ask, "Amen?" Then they get the message. Good for him!
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 01:39 pm |
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Because this forum is read by people all over the world, we need to make some distinctions.
The rule allowing reception of communion in the hand applies only to the United States and certain other specified countries by indult (that is, by special permission from the Vatican), and then only to the Ordinary Form of the Mass. In most countries of the world, and in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (the 1962 Latin form), communion must be received only on the tongue.
These rules apply only to the Latin Rite. Eastern rites have their own rules.
It should also be noted that the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is a schismatic group not in union with the Catholic Church. They have recently confirmed that they prefer to remain separated from the Catholic Church because of differences over the concept of ecclesiastical authority and consequences stemming from that disagreement. Their practice is to follow the old Latin form of the Mass, which is basically the same as our Extraordinary Form.
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 01:45 pm |
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Along this same line, my priest will NOT give the EM the ashes to help distribute, during Ash Wednesday services, until the EM says "Amen" at the time they are to receive the bowl of ashes.
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 01:51 pm |
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JasPax wrote:I know a parish priest who will not place the Body of Christ in a communicant’s hand or on their tongue until they respond, "Amen."
This priest is not alone; I’ve seen a good number like him, and they are right. The Ordinary Form of the Mass requires each communicant to respond “Amen” to the minister of communion’s words, “The Body (or Blood) of Christ.” This is in addition to the required act of reverence (kneeling, genuflecting or bowing, according to the local rule promulgated by the bishop or national council of bishops and confirmed by the Vatican). Again, these rules apply to the Latin Rite.
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