Communion in the Hand
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2020
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I thought I’d start by addressing that concern because for Catholics, Holy Communion or the Eucharist is the reception of the God of the Universe incarnate for us in space and time. If we truly believed that, don’t you think we’d treat the moment we interact with that substance with severe caution?
Like, imagine if you lived in the Marvel universe and some superhero walked up to you and said, I need you to take this, it’s one of the infinity gems, it’s a substance of incredible power. You’d probably have a lot of questions and reservations about being in contact with something like that. Like what’s the protocol with this thing?
Even our prescription medications come with a whole litany of instructions to ensure that we take them exactly as instructed because they are a persuasive substance that will produce considerable effects so you want to make sure that they produce the right ones based on how you use them.
Well, the Eucharist, is the bread of life. It’s the medicine that can heal your eternal soul, as long as you receive it as instructed by the experts. If you recognize the expertise of pharmacists and doctors when it comes to your prescriptions, because they’ve spent years studying this stuff and you haven’t, then we should, likewise, recognize the expertise of bishops and theologians when they tell us how we should treat the Eucharist.
The other reason this isn’t a trivial thing is because the way we practice our faith can create a sense of community and harmony among believers or it can create division and discord. And the current state of affairs, I think, lends itself to the latter so I think it’s important that we try to have these difficult discussions in the hopes that it will educate those who sincerely just want to practice the faith authentically.
So in case you didn’t catch the title of this video, it’s about the Catholic practice of receiving communion in the hand, which is the defacto norm in the Church today, even though that’s NOT the actual norm, which is pretty startling for people like me who, when I converted to Catholicism, was taught that it doesn’t matter.
I’ll start off by saying that I only receive communion on the tongue and the reason I started doing that was because I felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to try it and so I did and I’ve found that my appreciation for the sacredness of that sacrament as well as my sense of humility and reverence for it have increased.
It’s helped me to better worship God and appreciate who I am in relation to him and that’s purely anecdotal, but if it’s enough for you, then I’d encourage you to give it a try and see if your experience reflects mine. If you need reasons, then let’s explore that.
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Quite a few people have pointed out that my analogy of comparing particles of the Eucharist with particles of Christ's body during his earthly life is an unjust comparison and I appreciate that point. But, the thesis of what I'm saying doesn't rely on that analogy being perfectly equal. The point I'm making is that Jesus embraced the necessary risks of his incarnate body being accidentally treated in a way that does not appreciate the great treasure of the incarnation. You could adjust the analogy and the point remains valid. For example, what if Jesus and his companions were sleeping on the floor somewhere as they were travelling and someone got up in the middle of the night and tripped over Jesus in the dark. I'd hardly think that Jesus would jump up and condemn them for sacrilege. Incidental irreverent contact with particles isn't the kind of thing that is going to convince people to take more care in how they approach the Eucharist and you'd be hard pressed to convince anyone that this actually hurts Jesus. But irreverence and carelessness does hurt US and our fellow Catholics. That's where our concern, and I expect, our Blessed Lord's concern lies.
That you try to convince people from an argument for the best thing for us instead of the best thing for God makes clear how dark these times are.
Brian, the "particles" that Christ would have lost during his life were not of a glorified body. So there's that too.
Regardless, Jesus cannot be hurt anymore. The lack of reverence that seems, very strongly so, correlated with receiving Communion on the hand (and, in my opinion, the spread of the notion that daily Communion is for everyone and receiving Communion is the main point of the Mass) does hurt the Church. It hurts it terribly. Whole generations grow up seeing the Eucharist treated as some symbol we are all entitled to receive. I think that alone is enough to withdraw permission for receiving on the hand. In an ideal world, every single Catholic would be well catechized, lead a deep life of prayer, and this wouldn't be a problem. But we do not live in an ideal world.
I totally get your point. I think the key words are "accidental" x "reckless".
I also don't think Christ would feel sacrileged if a tiny particle of the host (which IS his whole body and divinity) might ACCDENTLY fall on the ground despite all the due care.
The point is that the due care has not been given and that totally change the situation of that very same particle. We (they) are consciously taking the risk of sacrileging the eucharist. This is a totally different situation.
First of all, thank you for your videos and especially for the calm attitude you have in approaching these topics. I think I see where you’re trying to go here, but I don’t think anyone is claiming that Our Lord would condemn those who unwittingly stepped on His Body, since obviously that isn’t their fault. It’s the fault of those who failed to take the traditional precautions which would prevent it from happening in the first place. Your quote from St Thomas said that nothing should touch the Eucharist but things which are consecrated for that purpose. I think, then, those who allow this to happen through negligence are at fault, and a failure to take into account the centuries upon centuries of tradition that firmly held to communion only on the tongue would constitute such negligence.
We also need to understand receiving Eucharist in the context of the Passover and how this was celebrated by Jesus and the Apostles. Jesus was humbling Himself in order for us to receive Him. So whilst we need to prepare our hearts to receive Him, we must also receive Our Lord as the humble sacrifice of Love poured out for us. I get what you are saying, that, in some aspects we can create an overeach, that whilst perhaps well intended in sincerity, by adding theology that may not necessarily apply in this context, it detracts from the act of taking and receiving. It is interesting to note, however, that the Greek word used when Jesus said, " Take, and eat...take and drink" is "Lambano", which means to to seize and take hold of with the hand.
I receive Eucharist in the Hand because I believe its true to the way it was celebrated at The Last Supper, and that Jesus humbles himself to me so that I may consume Him and as He enters me I enter more into Him. It is an intimate exchange. Thats how I receive it, and the most important element of the entire exchange is our heart of worship. Remember, as a baptised and worshipping Catholics, we have received the full divinity of God by way of the Holy Spirit and are temples of God everyday. Call me a purist, but how often do we also neglect His Spirit that resides in us also, and are called to draw into Him, in the Spirit?
Thank you Brian. The tiniest particle is not the tiny skin cell of Jesus. Even that tiny particle is the WHOLE, full body, soul, and divinity of Christ. That is why we must protect even the tiny particle of the Eucharist from getting trampled upon.
In the early church this was common, look at Cyril for example. Also when Jesus said take and eat of it, the fact that he used the word take likely implies that the apostles took it with their hand. I understand the reason behind taking it on the tongue, and its the only way I have ever done it, but to say that it is wrong or disrespectful, or even sinful is going too far.
@@winstonclarke1720 He said "take" to the apostles - i.e. priests. Priests do take the Eucharist themselves.
Yes, that's a good point. Thanks for sharing it. I've replied in the pinned comment.
Winston Clarke the apostles received in the hand because their hands have been consecrated as bishops and as priests
ABSOLUTELY
Recieved my first communion on the tongue yesterday. Made me cry
It's such an incredible moment, isn't it?
In Poland most people receive communion on the tongue.
Poland is based!
Sadly in Poland Communion in the hand is promoted by clergy and more and more people recognize it as privileged, modern, and are attracted to it.
In my parish (100% Novus Ordo) many parishioners complained about Communion in the hand. Our rector after Holy Mass on Feast of Corpus Christi(!) had a speech on the issue and he even claimed, that communion in the hand is based in Gospels! According to rector we should read Gospel and should be obedient.
If I could only bring argument taken from fruits of this practice I would point out that we should look at a level of deniers of Real Presence of Our Lord in Eucharist in countries that introduced "Communion in hand" long time ago.
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Kobrył yes but saddly most of us receive it in standing position. Not cold, not hot but in the middle. Not good.
Poland is the best country in 2020. Everyone should follow Poland.
I do think kneeling would be a great first step to more holy reception of the Blessed Sacrament
But some folks cannot kneel anymore but I totally agree. Reverence. Love.
bearpapie69 what does that even mean? It is truth
My knees won't let me, so I bow
@@margaretjewitt3813 True, but we can always lower the floor. th-cam.com/video/LukyMYp2noo/w-d-xo.html
@ipso246 01
compromises
I have seen some during covid, kneel but still take on the hand.
Brian, as a cradle Catholic (formed before Vatican II), I must apologize to you and to all the newly Catholics, who really deserve to know, receive and enjoy the beauty of our Church in it’s fullness, for not being taught the proper way from the beginning. I can’t conceive how our modern leaders (of course not all of them) cannot appreciate the patrimony that the Fathers of the Church entrusted us and that we must share with all our brothers and sisters in the world according to God’s desire.
But I’m glad you didn’t quite but continue digging into this treasure. I’d like to encourage you to continue digging, you’ll be surprise each day by the infinite richness God has for the ones that want to know Him more and more. I’ve been a Catholic for over 70 years (since I was in my mom’s womb) and everyday God reveals something new to me that makes me love Him more and more and make me desire being with Him forever and ever.
Brian thank you for your videos, you are an inspiration to me which make me appreciate more my faith. See, you are one of the nice surprises God had for me. May God bless you and your family always.🙏
Thank you! I was born way after Vatican 2, but I've been brought up in the Latin Mass since my mother discovered it when I was around 3. I always mistook the Novus Ordo for an entirely different religion. God bless Traditionalist bishops
@@_Gaby_950 > I always mistook the Novus Ordo for an entirely different religion
That is actually what it is!
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@@angelaa.4254 read Justin Martyr’s description of the mass.
www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm
Skip to ch 67 for the description.
Dunno, but looks like Novus Ordo to me
To Xio, Your catechesis is poor or you’re incredibly prideful. Last I learned, the bishops in union with the Holy Father made the decisions governing “right”worship. You must have some esoteric knowledge the bishops are unaware of. Please save us! (being facetious)
I did my first communion (tongue only) in the early 70s and was regular in the masses until the late 80s.
After those decades away, I recently got back to church and my first mass left me simply shocked: everything felt very different. An absolute lack of silence (a song after song after song) and the commumion time looked like children lined up to receive a candy which they put immediately into their mouths and go back to their seats.
Everything felt degraded. And note: I had been educated already in the novus ordo mass but back then there was still reverence and posture.
All the reverence and awe at receiving the body of Christ was gone. It nearly hurt me physically.
I still go to masses, but I now know my rights: I kneel, open my mouth and they have to very carefully put it on my tongue. And the line behind me has to bear my extra seconds of total reverence I dedicate to Christ.
Welcome home Gilson! God bless you! :)
I do the same.
In our city petitions to the Archdiocese eventually granted us 'Ad Orientum' masses once a week. This completely changed my understanding of Catholicism and lent new meaning to what worship is. Huge difference. +JMJ+
@@philanthropchic2238 I am also trying to convince my parish to offer Ad Orientem once a week. We already have the Bishop's approval- he released a statement several weeks ago encouraging priests to offer AO. The roadblock is sadly our pastor, I sent him an email a week ago humbly asking him to consider but have not heard a response yet. Do you have any advice? I would love to hear more details about how you made this happen. Thanks!
You do well
From a Lutheran: very appreciative for your gentle education. Will pass this on to others.
Protestant
Let's hope the others include Catholics.
God is with you always brother ❤️
Thank you for this amazing video, as a fellow receiver on the tongue I find it difficult to convey this to other Catholics. Your video will help many. God Love you ✝️❤️
Communion standing and on the hand is more than a sacrilege, it is also a sin against the faith!
These words highlight both the sacrifice, which pertains to the essence of the Mass that is celebrated daily, and the sacrament in which those who participate in it through holy Communion eat the flesh of Christ and drink the blood of Christ, and thus receive grace, which is the beginning of eternal life, and the "medicine of immortality" according to Our Lord's words: "The man who eats my flesh and drinks my blood enjoys eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
Moreover, the Catholic Church has held firm to this belief in the presence of Christ's Body and Blood in the Eucharist not only in her teaching but in her life as well, since she has at all times paid this great Sacrament the worship known as "latria," which may be given to God alone. As St. Augustine says: "It was in His flesh that Christ walked among us and it is His flesh that He has given us to eat for our salvation; but no one eats of this flesh without having first adored it . . . and not only do we not sin in thus adoring it, but we would be sinning if we did not do so."
Now thats Pope Paul VI saying this, and he was not known to be one of the most conservative Popes.
Matthew 10:32 Jesus Christ said ''31So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. 32Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. 33But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.…
In other words if he don't acknowledges us before the Father we're not gonna go to heaven, if he acknowledges us before the Father we're gonna go to heaven, but he's not gonna do that if we deny him, so by receiving Holy Communion standing (which is not a sign of adoration) and on the hand we are denying or not acknowledging that Christ is the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, his power, his almightiness, his omnipotence, his law, his Divine revelations (angel at Fatima instructed the children to receive Holy Communion kneeled and on the tongue), his words, his promises, and his teachings.
Eucharistic abuses will be avoided if we only receive it on the tongue.
That is simply not true. Are you the pope? Are you an expert on this subject? No, you are a guy who watched a youtube video by some renegades from the church.
@Hellenback You can't be more right.
I am very ignorant in matters of theology and I learned my faith from my illiterate Hispanic grandmother. I have never communicated in my hand in my life and I have not done it yet after the lockdown ended. The reason for that is because my grandmother taught me that we don't touch communion with the hand because my hands are not anointed or consecrated. Also, she taught me not to take communion every day I go to Mass if I haven't been to confession, and so I do.
You should go to confession before receiving Communion if you are aware of having committed a mortal sin. Venial sins, lesser sins do not prevent us from receiving. I would suggest if you are ignorant in matters of theology, that you do some research to learn more, it is very important to know our faith well. This channel is a good start. God Bless.
My late grandma also instructed the same thing
Step number one. Get out of Catholicism.
Step number one. Read the Church Fathers and all of church history, and return to communion with the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, and repent of your schism and heresy.
jasons growing tree step one for Jason, read church history and understand the Catholic Church is the only church founded by Jesus
I am thankful that our parish priest one day approached & challenged me (as a daily communicant) to receive the Holy Communion on my tongue, which I've been doing it prior to the Covid pandemic, but stopped it since I had a concern for my health safety (for his finger often touched my tongue).
I had to challenge my faith & trust in God's power & protection over a biological risk, while I went & decided to show Him my true reverence & self-abandonment.
So far nothing but true union & His power takes over me after each communion I receive on my tongue (more than 1 yr passed by).
I have received communion both in the hand and on the tongue and I have no problem with people choosing either. What I do have a problem with is not receiving Him with reverence and humility. It's possible to receive Him reverently in both ways, either on hand or tongue. I think it comes down more to a disposition in ones heart. I stopped receiving on tongue (for now) purely because I felt sometimes I was being driven more by ego.
it took me a while to fall on my knees and receive on the tongue. once i surrendered to this call (out of deep reference to our king) , there was no way going back to receiving on the hand.
The teaching of the Church is clear, viz., that reception in the hand is an acceptable practice that was initially brought in via indult but was also an ancient practice of the Church as indicated by St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Theodoret, and St. John Damascene.
Not true. The only place in the world that takes Jesus in the hand is America. JP II received the request from the USCCB and denied their request. They turned his letter around and said that it was approved. It has never been approved for us to handle the sacred body of Christ in our unclean hands.
@@midwestairgunner8500 That's 100% incorrect because I don't live in America and my country also has the practice of receiving in the hand.
The issue with stepping on even a particle of Christ's Body is that it offends Him. It harms Him the same way when we sin. We should not brush off sacrilege and assume that Christ is ok with it.
Yes but crumbs are different from specks. The Church also teaches that if it is so small that it appears to be a speck of dust or skin cell and is not distinguishable, it is no longer the body of Christ. It needs to retain the appearance of bread.
@@dansedevie123 That's true. Many have a very materialistic understanding of transubstantiation, but we deal in substance and accidents, not atoms.
The Angelic Doctor: "But if the change be so great that the substance of the bread or wine would have been corrupted, then Christ's body and blood do not remain under this sacrament; and this either on the part of the qualities, as when the color, savor, and other qualities of the bread and wine are so altered as to be incompatible with the nature of bread or of wine; or else on the part of the quantity, as, for instance, if the bread be reduced to fine particles, or the wine divided into such tiny drops that the species of bread or wine no longer remain." - St. Thomas Aquinas, ST III:77:4
If the appearance of bread ceases, so does the real presence. Specks indistinguishable from dust floating around (or particles so small that you wouldn't say "that's a crumb of bread" if you saw it somewhere outside the context of the mass) no longer have the appearance of bread. This doesn't mean we should be lax in our treatment of the Eucharist, but we ought to understand where He is and where He is not.
As sentimental as that is, I don't see how it's true that an accident that comes with following the direction of the Holy Catholic Church is anywhere equal to willful disobedience with full knowledge of Christ's suffering (mortal sin).
But it is not sacrilege at all. Nobody is stepping on any particles of Jesus's body. That is a lie that the SSPX supporters are trying to spread. When done correctly, communion in the hand is not sacrilege at all. Nobody has EVER walked around their church after communion saying "Wow, look at all those particles of the host on the floor". It just never happens. So whichever youtube pope you are following, they are lying and telling stories. Now, I agree that communion in the hand should be stopped, because a better practice is available - communion on the tongue is better. But is communion in the hand SACRILEGE? Not at all. At least four popes have engaged and approved of this practice. Tens of thousands of bishops have done it. Hundreds of thousands of priests have done it. Do you think this all happened and nobody noticed that it was sacrilege? Of course not. Stop exaggerating. A better practice, yes. A sacriligious practice? Not at all.
@@tomthx5804 I did not say it was a sacrilegious practice, I do believe communion on the hand leads to more sacrilege than communion on the tongue. I'm saying this out of experience, I've taken communion on the hand when growing up and also recently (due to the restrictions made by the bishops). There are visible particles and they can drop on the floor. This is why its important that *if* you are taking communion on the hand you should: bring your hand with the Body of Christ to your mouth (this is a common practice here), receive communion via mouth, and check your hands for any visible fragments without too much scrupulosity. Also, carpets in churches can hide those visible fragments you mentioned.
If you had a bottle of wine that cost thousands of dollars, you would try not to spill a single drop because of its value, not because it could harm the wine itself. If you had stack of $100 bills and the wind blew them out of your hand and scattered them across the ground, you would hurriedly try to pick them up, because of the value. The body and blood of Christ is priceless, worth more than anything in the universe. It's not that we think that trampling the body will hurt Jesus more than he already suffered. Rather, that every fragment and every drop should be treasured and adored and handled with reverence and attention, because Christ is present in every drop and fragment, body, soul and divinity. I think that the possibility of spilling or dropping even the smallest fragments of the sacred species is a reasonable concern. Another real concern is that satanists and pagans have been known to take consecrated hosts at communion to use in black masses, which is only made easier for them when it's given in the hand.
That's a good analogy.
Would you pour each of your friends a glass from that bottle of wine, or would you force them to drink straight from the bottle?
Isn't the satanists using communion in the hand for Black Mass, philosophically identical to the argument that guns should be banned because of school shootings?
Are you personally in favor of stricter government controlled gun laws and prohibitions, or do you feel that guns should be readily available and that the law-abiding citizens shouldn't be punished because of the actions of the few School shooters out there??
This has been the best description I’ve heard and argument for receiving on the tongue. I have recently decided to only receive on the tongue and I want to pass this to my family, so there can be more reverence in receiving the Eucharist. Thank you for this video that approaches the subject in such a kind and loving mannwe
Very good video. Clear and concise with some great points made. God bless!
We are orthodox, we get communion via a spoon directly in the mouth. My brother married a catholic woman and their children got baptised in the catholic church. My nephew is now following special lessons ( catechesis?) because he will have his confirmation this spring. Yesterday he told me they received communion in the hand. His friend took a bite out of the eucharist but decided he didn't like it. He put the eucharist in his pocket and told my nephew he will give it to his brother or throw it away. Most if not all of those children and parents aren't even believers. They follow a tradition because the grandparents want it, because of the party afterwards and of course the presents. The children don't get educated about what the eucharist is, so they throw it away, even to the amusement of the adults.
It may or may not help to know that my experience was EXACTLY the same! No one told me I must take communion on the tongue, but I felt this strong pull ftom the Spirit to do so. And once I did, I never went back for the same reason as you. The practice significantly improved my relationship with the Lord and the Holy Spirit, and also made me highly more reverent, aware, and in tune with all that was going on in the mass; especially when it came to His presence. That's why I'm still waiting for tongue reception to be allowed again before taking communion. After all He's done for me, I can certainly wait a little longer for Him. In Christ, Andrew
Andrew Me too actually. I hope they go back to more reverent practice.
You cannot be denied communion on the tongue! If your priest is denying you speak to him after or before mass, maybe you can receive after mass? If you feel strongly about it ( as I do) your priest should accommodate you, I receive at the end of the line, also easier to kneel, God Bless you
I was strongly convicted by the Holy Spirit also,cannot receive in the hand anymore, unfortunately this had been the norm in all the parishes I have attended. I have been a catechist for first communion but can no longer teach communion in the hand, I’m thinking I’m going to get the boot once classes resume, these are very difficult times, please pray for me
Tell your bishop to lift the temporary ban on communion on the tongue. In my archdiocese, the parishes cannot ban it.
Hi, we are just being allowed Holy Mass again but are not allowed to receive on our tongue, only our hand which I don't feel right about, are you waiting it out? Our priest told me to be grateful for God's gift... don't know what to do???
Communion on the tongue was introduced to prevent abuse. It acquired symbolic meaning _post hoc._ Which does not detract from its value and meaning.
2:53 WHAT?! Really? I'm mexican, 26, married, expecting a little girl soon. During almost my entire life (about 23 years) I never heard about the practice of communion in the hand and I never saw one person receive in the hand ever. I was taught in catechism that touching a consecrated host with anything other than your tongue was equivalent to sacrilege. It wasn't until recently that I started traveling (to the US, Canada, Japan and China) that I realized that Catholicism in general is very different outside of Mexico. What's wrong with you guys? XD
What is wrong is that the lay faithful are governed by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church (as Christ designed it) and when a misguided deacon, priest, bishop , Cardinal or pope makes decrees that are ill-considered or wrong, all the body of Christ suffers. As an example, my bishop, Bishop Garcia-Siller has decreed that during the COVID-19 "crisis" no one may receive on the tongue. Thus my choices are to receive on the hand, against my conscience, or abstain from the Eucharist and the graces therein.
@@michaelk969 I understand that, but why are things so different in Mexico?
I was raised in the US with on the hand and was not taught or shown any different. Shame on those shepherds who were supposed to care for the education and flourishing of our souls. By the grace of my Immaculate mother and a group of traditional women I'm finally getting the fullness of our faith!
You are absolutely right, I am from Eaten Catholic Church never received communion on the hand.
jucarda572
It’s not only in Mexico but all over the place except North America
Another brilliant video. The Eastern Orthodox began the practice of spoon feeding Communion precisely to avoid the accidental desecration of the Eucharist. I was considering conversion to Orthodoxy, but now I believe it was the Holy Spirit leading me back to a reverent reception of the Eucharist during Catholic Mass. In addition, being discouraged from kneeling to receive Orthodox Communion was what stopped me dead in my tracks. I've decided that even if the Catholic Masses in which I participate are nowhere near as reverent as the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, at least I can receive the Lord in a way that feels reverent and appropriate, even if I'm the only one to do so.
Great video as always. Made me rethink about how i treat the communion
I was receiving on the tongue until Covid. When we started having Mass outside, we were instructed to receive in the hand, in a certain way so it couldn't be blown away. Father thought that it was safer, virus-wise, to receive in the hand even though he prefers that we receive on the tongue. So now I have been receiving in the hand, temporarily. Also, I am unable to get up from a kneeling position without having something to hold onto. Since we do not have a communion rail, like too many church buildings, I have to receive standing and I really do not like it.
Before Covid, they were putting out a prie-dieu (?) so those who wanted to receive kneeling could do so.That was perfect. For some reason, they have not been using it lately.
For me it’s the opposite. The priest has a separate procession for communion in the tongue so ever since COVID, I’ve been receiving on the tongue. I’ve only really began receiving on the tongue since the reopening of churches but continue forever.
When I was young and living in Eastern Europe in the 1980s all people would kneel along the banister which also had a white, clean, embroidered table cloth on it. Waiting for communion, people would put their hands under the table cloth, and the priest would pass with his helper who held a curved plate under the chin of each communicant, in order to prevent possible accidents. The fresh and smell of the starched tablecloth and the priest’s garments and incense, as all were kneeling in reverence, effected that sense of the worship of Paradise, where hosts of Angels sing “Holy, holy, holy...”.
Today in that church of my childhood there are guitar masses, clapping of hands and a casual approaching of communion as if it was a distribution of lottery tickets...
Thank you so much, I'll have to rewatch this video, but I've learned alot. I really appreciate it
Excellent. I willShare this with many Catholics. I’m going to share it on Facebook. You have beautifully explained and educated all of us as to why we should receive communion on our town. Which I do all the time for the reasons you laid out.
Brian, I greatly appreciate your content. Several years before the COVID Pandemic hit, I like you, made a decision to begin receiving the Eucharist on the tongue. I do believe that at the time, it did give me an increased sense of reverence for the Sacrament. After the Pandemic hit, I was obedient to my bishop and began to receive in the hand. And I don't believe that my appreciation for the great mystery of the Sacrament has diminished. I also serve as an EMOHC both in the Mass and to the homebound, and if it please God, will in about three years be ordained as a Deacon, so I guess, regardless of whether I receive in the hand or on the tongue, my unworthy hands will be handling the Sacred Species. That said, I will likely resume receiving on the tongue for the simple reason that for me, the idea that in the Sacrament I am receiving Christ's body is more clear than if I place it in my own mouth. That said, as an EMOHC, I often administer to people who reverently receive in the hand and self administer, who receive on the tongue while standing, and occasionally who receive on the tongue while kneeling. While posture can lead us to greater sense of reverence, what is truly important is our internal disposition and I know many who receive in the hand who have a profound love for our Saviour and Lord in the Eucharist. But again, I appreciate your thoughts on the subject and do find them thought provoking.
Very well said Brother. God Bless! Our Parish gives you the choice tongue or in hand. We must wait till all Parishioner's take it in hand. Then take it the way the Catholic Church taught us back in the day. God Bless! ✝️🙏🏼
Outstanding! The best, most authentically charitable explanation I've ever heard!!! 👍
Guys, for you interested on the issue: now that there's the covid even some priests try to make mandatory the communion in the hand. Not any priest, not even any bishop has authority for that. They have the obligation to allow who wants it the communion in mouth. So it can only be recommended or suggested to have communion on hand.
In my diocese the bishop ignores Church guidance which says the faithful always have the right to receive on the tongue.
Well said, what comes to me is the importance of how we begin, as in our first reception and then what we are taught with clear understanding
This video convinced me to recieve by mouth. I'm so very nervous to do that but I feel it's a vulnerability and fear of intimacy in myself christ might want me to overcome. If I can't find that with christ I won't be able to portray that kind of humility anywhere else
Thank you so much for speaking with clarity on this topic! Sacrilege happens at every mass. Tragic.
Thank you Brian for this wonderful video! I really enjoyed it! 😀😃😄
receiving the Eucharist on the hand, standing up, is the lowest possible reverence allotted by the church, the lowest of the low, the very least possible regard, the very bare minimum. We should treat the Eucharist as something worth kneeling down for
I agree that the Eucharist is worth kneeling down for. In the East though, communion is received standing (and they do not kneel at all on Sundays), and it is no less reverent.
I do agree though that we need to promote increased reverence for the Eucharist, regardless of how it is received.
Great video by a great guy. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video, Brian. Ever since I started receiving the Eucharist on the tongue while kneeling at the rail, it has deepened my experience of coming into union with the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord. I don't know if I can ever go back. While some people may be able to reverently receive in the hand or while standing, it is obvious how the post-Vatican II relaxed practices have impacted the faithful's understanding of the Eucharist and respect for it. Most do not believe in the real presence. Another problem is how people want to rush through communion. Some churches have numerous Eucharistic ministers to make the process more efficient. Why rush? Why not adore the Lord? Thanks for the video.
Good commentary. Thank you. Love the Gregorian Chants in the background.
Isn't there a specific procedure for the priest to sanctify his hands in preparation of handling the Eucharist? Why should the laity receive it in the hand if that's the case?
Excellent question. +JMJ+
Priests' hands are annointed at their receiving the sacrament of priesthood. He may not touch the sacred host with any other part of his body. In baptism salt is put on our tongue so that we may receive on the tongue..
WE SHOULDN'T RECIEVE IN THE HANDS ...IF WE DON'T WANT TO RISK CARELESSNESS AND SACRILEGE...plus We dont have CONCENTRATED HANDS
Biblically speaking, the priests of the Old Testament tabernacle and temple were commanded by God to wash their hands and feet before commencing with their priestly duties and rituals. If they did not wash their hands and feet, they would die. Specifically, they washed themselves with water from a special laver which had been consecrated and made holy, making the water holy as well.
Yes, there is. I'm an altar server and I have the privilege of pouring the water on the priest's hands so that his hands will be cleansed. One of the reasons why I now only receive Holy Communion on the tongue.
I am forever grateful for two third order Discalced Carmelites for teaching me to receive Holy Communion on the tongue (and why) when I was going through RCIA in a liberal parish where everyone received in the hand. I took what they said to heart and have never received Him in the hand, not even during covid when receiving on the tongue was often forbidden (I just made a spiritual communion in those situations). Jesus deserves it!
Reception of Jesus is certainly "... *not a trivial matter"* .
Whatever The Church can do to give Christ in the Eucharist more awe and reverence ought to be a prime goal.
Dear Jesus, have mercy on us all. Please guide our shepherds so that they may always treat you AS GOD and not trivialize your presence. Inspire your bishops to guide their flocks. Amen.
- Reg
+JMJ
Spot on! well put. Thank you for saying so eloquently what I have been trying to say for so long and so poorly.
Even before the Covid, our pastor did not like to give the Eucharist on the tongue. He said it was better to receive on the hand, or at minimum, equally good. He said we were "making a throne" for Jesus in our hands. And he made it seem that those who thought otherwise were ill-informed or scrupulous. And it seems our Bishop agreed. So you see, it is hard to know what to believe or think on this subject.
what about kneeling at the altar rail to receive ... that was the norm in my youth
I've run afoul of that, from a certain inflexible clergyman, the issue for me being, there was no altar rail in that church and I was unsteady.
That is what I did, too. I hate that we don’t have alter rails anymore! In our parish we had a kneeler that many used and I would have, too, but sometimes it is difficult for me to get up without heavily leaning on something. I was afraid to try in case I fell or knocked the kneeler over. I would kneel in a heartbeat if I knew it was sturdy enough. COVID basically changed a lot of things. I would love to receive on the tongue, but, although not refused, we have been requested to receive in the hand or wait until after mass to receive on the tongue. Either way, is not preferred, but I’m just grateful to receive at all! Many can not. Jesus knows what is in our hearts!
The Episcopal Church I go to has a communion rail. Very interesting that it seems to be less common in Catholic churches
Scotty Leonard some of them still do..... some really old churches still have them and different rites of the Church still use them. Most newer churches don’t, and in some it was taken out. I think your churches never had a “change” like ours did 50 years ago. I think the Catholic Bishops took the changes way too far. It’s sad. High Latin Mass is beautiful and appears to be making a comeback, but sadly is rare in our area.
We should go back to kneeling. However, receiving standing is not sacrilege. It is simply a method that makes people forget some of the reverence we should have towards the host.
Thank you for your gentle teaching on this topic. I have been considering communion on the tongue for awhile. Once the restrictions of mask wearing are lifted, and I can return to church, I plan to receive on the tongue.
You are soo great as always.
I'm going to have to translate to Spanish your down to earth, excellent reasoning. You NAILED IT! (no pun intended)
I agree with you Brian. Many of us agree with you. My family & family groups. Our Youth Groups, we all agree with you. God bless.
Communion in the hand was practiced in the early Church, apparently pretty regularly. Communion on the tongue became the standard practice in the early middle ages.
The issue is reverence and internal disposition of the soul. In fact, St. John Chrysostom has a whole sermon where he contrasts the practice of people washing their hands before taking communion so as not to receive the Lord with dirty hands, but being content to receive him with a dirty soul.
as someone who receives exclusively on the tongue and attends the parish where the normative practice is to receive kneeling and on the tongue this video is very well done. Lex orandi lex credendi. The law of prayer is the law of belief. God bless you
Hi, with this pandemic we are not allowed to receive on the tongue, what should I do?
This is a really good video. I think I've been a bit militant in recent times trying to convince my family members (unsuccessfully) to receive on the tongue - but this video convinced me that I was going about it all wrong.
Thank you Brian.
Thank you, Brian. In religious communities you can find religious cleaning the chalice and patent by dumping the water (that was used to clean the sacred vessels) down a piscina. This is for respect to any particles that may have been left on the vessels. Piscina - a little sink that empties on the ground where no one walks. It doesn't go into any water ways. Many saints including priest have received on the tongue kneeling. Also I was told every time Communion in the hand was the normal practice the faith went down. Sounds like today.
I like communion with the tongue because it makes me like a child being fed by a father...but in this pandemic situation of Covid19, I prefer to receive it with my hand because it is for necessity.
Thomas Aquinas' discussed the reception of the holy eucharistic in his Summa. This may be read online.
An excerpt:
"...out of reverence towards this sacrament, nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest's hands, for touching this sacrament. Hence it is not lawful for anyone else to touch it except from necessity, for instance, if it were to fall upon the ground, or else in some other case of urgency."
Summa Theologica, Part III, Q.82, Art. 3
Brian isn't the Eucharist the body, blood, soul and divinity of Christ? Therefore the fragments of the Eucharist would be different from a fragment of Christ's skin (body part only -- without the soul and divinity). You are spot on regarding how to receive and how to educate the faithful on how to receive the Eucharist. Great video Brian.
But Christ's divinity and humanity are not separate. A fragment of His skin, hair is human AND divine also. Do you think the Eucharist is more divine than Christ's body when He walked the earth?
@@joan8862 actually that's incorrect: fragments of shed skin are no longer the person they came from, any more than the atoms that make up that body are the ingested food they derive from. The metaphysical essence of a thing is dependent on its form; atoms from an apple pass into us and incorporate into our bodies. Matter hasn't disappeared in the process yet it is correct to say the apple no longer exists. So too, the entire Lord is present in each fragment of the sacred species in a way He wasn't present in each of his shed skin cells
@@joan8862 Yes, but the Eucharist contains the soul where the fragment of skin doesn't. My skin isn't the fullness of my humanity. Christ skin isn't the fullness of his humanity either. The Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ.
When the priest breaks the Eucharist and puts particles inside the chalice, he’s still putting the fullness of Christ inside the chalice. That’s a fact. That’s exactly what is taught by the church. Every single particle of that host weather broken or whole is the fullness of Christ’s presence.
That's a good point. Thanks for sharing it. I've replied in the pinned comment.
God bless you. At least one catholic from Brazil is watching you now.
Brian
You are so on target
God has revealed this to you
Please continue to relay this message to everyone
He picked the best to do this.
Robert
Showing this video to my RCIA students tonight. I will not stay silent on this!!
Because Our Lord infinitely transcends the host, every crumb or speck of the host IS identical to the substance of Our Lord, which is why it is called transubstantiation. If the host is broken into 2, Our Lord is fully present in both pieces, and same goes for the smaller pieces.
Thank you Brian. God bless you.
Communion in the hand was the earliest form.
I don’t really think pointing out that you’d literally be stepping on Our Lord is inflammatory. I think its pointing out truth that we should understand. If you have reverence for Our Lord and believe in the true presence, that statement shouldn’t offend you or turn you off. It should make you realize that we should treat the sacrament with care and devotion. When I first was told that a light switch went off in my head and I began receiving on the tongue. Great video though. Will be sharing to my catholic youth group
I take it that you must have listened to the silly video of Taylor Marshall and Bishop Schneider trying to convince everyone that communion in the hand is sacrilege. I think we should go back to communion on the tongue and do it kneeling, just to show reverence for the true presence of Christ. However, I find that the idea that everyone is dropping particles of the host all over the floor at every church ludicrous. No one has ever seen these particles. And the entire church has not been committing sacrilege for all these years. Schneider and Marshall are big SSPX supporters and SSPX supports usually try to argue that everything the church does is sacrilege. And who decides what is sacrilege? Well, in their very protestant world, the SSPX (a breakaway sect) decides these things. Once again, Marshall and Schneider are trying to confuse and cause division in the church. They do so by grossly exaggerating reality.
THat is why the altar boy holds the plate under my chin in case Our Lord is dropped.
I saw a video where during an exorcism the demon admitted that the receiving by the hand is of their doing.
Only on the tongue. We MUST respect our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, we MUST RESPECT HIM.
I've tried receiving on the tongue before when I had a hand injury. I liked how it reminded that the Eucharist was special. However, it could be distracting at times as I was always nervous about missing and having the Eucharist fall or accidentally licking the minister's finger. I suppose I am just not coordinated. So I went back to receiving in the hand when my hands were healed.
Jess I yeah I get nervous too, but I just close my eyes and stay still
If you already have your tongue out, and close your eyes, you will have no reaction to Our Lord being placed on your tongue. Also, try receiving from the priest, who tends to be less nervous than an EM as he is used to it. Eucharistic ministers are supposed to be Extraordinary anyway.
STICK YA TONGUE OUT!
Why??? The particles drop on the ground
Unfortunately in Germany it's the bishops who are behind the disrespectful treatment of the Eucharist!
Which is one of the reasons why Germans are leaving the Catholic Church.
The bishops in Germany are probably the very worst in the world. Hardly Catholic at all. They don't even want to be Catholic
One blessing of the COVID quarantine is that now I can kneel to receive my Lord
I received communion on the tongue at my first communion from a standing position. A couple of years later, the nuns directed the students that the Church was making changes, and that communion would be taken in the hand and confession would be done in a face to face manner. No explanation. Since Brian's video following the shocking survey where only one third of Catholics believe the real body and blood of Christ is present in the bread and wine, I now take it on the tongue from a kneeling position as a sign of reverence. I've been paying more attention to the Church's reasoning for taking it on the tongue and I accept the avoidance of loosing even one precious crumb of the body of Christ. I also acknowledge the elimination of the chance of the satanic taking a consecrated host in the hand and leaving with it to use later for the desecration of the body of Christ during satanic masses.
Beautiful, God bless You.
I took communion both ways and I felt so uncomfortable receiving in the hand. It was an awkward experience personally. When I had it on the tongue it felt peaceful and I felt full of grace. This video was too long for me but I appreciate the discussion. I think it’s a personal decision. We should go and experience it. Not have someone tell us what we should do. God will tell us what to do. I can’t study the material as you suggest. I get bored 😐 easily. Experiences tell me what I should follow. Amen 🙏🏽 to your video as I appreciate people talking about this.
I hope that many young Catholics can understand what means only one tiny particle of his heart laying on the ground, that we have to be devoted to him in any circumstances of our life
Before I found my TLM I was going to the same sort of church I grew up in and feeling inexplicably strange about it but I had an experience one of the last masses that I attended there where I was receiving the Eucharist from a laymen and had thoughtlessly put my right hand on my left so I basically confused myself and ended up dropping the host. Embarrassed, I picked it up and consumed it, but no one mentioned that maybe I shouldn't have? It was a truly jarring moment and it felt like such a moment of hurt which I didn't know how to describe just yet. Going to the rail at Latin mass with the choir and the organ (instead of the piano and the Church Carpenters music) with the alter boy or the supporting priest holding the tray beneath the host - that felt natural. Watching the preparation of the chalice and bread finally makes sense when the priest takes such a great reverence with every careful step presented humbly to Christ in such contrast to the masses I used to attend that seemed to be some kind of show.
The thing that I love about the Latin mass is that I finally understand what we are doing and why. The Novus Ordo that I grew up with is a poor imitation of what mass is meant to be and this is one of those things that really irritates me about modernization. We are deprived of so many amazing things by the various modes of modernity.
If only consecrated things can touch the Eucharist, than none of us can receive it. Our tongues, throats, stomach, etc. are not consecrated.
I like your non-combative approach.
Beautifully explained 👏
While I agree with your reasoning for receiving on the tongue and kneeling to receive our Lord, many of us are not in a position to do this right now.
I grew up with this reverence and these practices and wish the American bishops had not changed things, but wish in one hand and spit in the other...
Anyway, right now, while Covid is going on, I receive in the hand and am just grateful to be able to receive at all! So many are still not allowed this freedom!
I still feel the reverence I’ve always felt and remind myself of it every time before I receive and trust that Jesus knows what’s in my heart... my love and reverence for Him.
Unfortunately, not one of the churches in our area has a communion rail anymore and that’s a shame because we’ve lost the symbolism of it along with the practicality of it.
I am glad you did this video, though and emphasized the reverence for our Lord in the Eucharist.
Where can I find the background music? It has a profound effect on me.
Thank you for explaining things so well and succinctly. I thoroughly agree with you that we have been short changed regarding the actual teaching on this matter as with many other things. Besides returning to Holy Communion on the tongue and kneeling, we should abolish the so-called 'Extraordinary Ministers of Communion'. They, unfortunately, lend a terrible casualness and informality to the distribution and reception of Holy Communion. I have witnessed men in jeans and football shirts and women inappropriately dressed, distributing Holy Communion which diminishes the respect and honour due to Almighty God.
While there is room for personal preferences, one should not say or teach in the hand is sinful or disrespectful. As a formal council of bishops of the church convened by the pope, Second Vatican Council is the authority on the matter for faithful Catholics. In the hand is appropriate and acceptable, just as Christ instituted the sacrament, in two steps, “take this bread and eat it”
Jesus doesn't care if you receive communion standing on your head, as long as you receive him!
I attend Lutheran church in Norway. At current, with Corona, we aren't even receiving in the hand, we are receiving the host on a small cup, which we then pick up and put on the tongue ourselves (and the blood is poured from the main chalice into the small cup for each person). Corona changes practices.
Excellent points! Thank you!!!!
Good explanation. I think this video will help people understand why the Eucharist must be reverrnced and adored.
I was a cradle Catholic who fell away from my faith. About five years ago, I experienced a strong conversion back to my faith and returned to confession. Along the way, I felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to begin receiving Holy Communion on the tongue and kneeling. I have been doing so ever since. But now, due to this coronavirus scare, I have had to receive Communion in the hand. I have done this at the request of our pastor and my husband. I accepted this because it was seemingly temporary and due to extraordinary circumstances, but it is beginning to really bother me. So much so, that I spontaneouly knelt and opened my mouth. Our young priest gave me Communion on the tongue without batting an eyelash, but he may have caught some flak later from the pastor. 😕I know I disobeyed my pastor and my husband's explicit instruction, but I don't know if this was a sin, because I want to revere my Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. I do know I can't repeat this. I will now have to receive in the hand, or not receive at all. Many traditional Catholics online are condemning Communion in the hand as sacrilege, even though the church approves it and is even requiring it because of COVID-19.
I suppose the solution is to make only a spiritual Communion, but this makes me sad. No one knows how long this situation will last. I was hoping they would have let us back in the church by now. My plan had been to forego receiving on Sundays, but to try to receive on the tongue at sparsely attended daily mass by going to the end of the line. But we are still only allowed parking lot masses in our cars on Sundays, with masks required for Communion.
I would appreciate hearing anyone else's experience or advice on this. Thank you!
As Brian said, I too recently (sometime before COVID) felt prompted by the Holy Spirit to receive on the tongue. However, the church has never taught that receiving in the hand is sacrilegious (and I'm sure if it was that the Church would be the first to condemn it), and in fact Jesus would have given in the hand at the Last Supper, and all the first apostles and Christians for the first several hundred years would have received in the hand. With regards to disobeying a Bishop's order and your husband, ponder the meaning of 1 Samuel 15:22, "To obey is better than sacrifice". God bless you.
There is a quote I heard somewhere: obedience is the way saints always take. As long as it's not a sin of course. I personally receive It on the tongue usually, but I have no problem with taking it with my hands if it's the only solution. No matter how we receive the Eucharist, we don't deserve it. If God enters our stomach, I think He is not offended to touch our hands. The disposition of your heart is what really matters. Let's not become pharisians.
The US Bishops allowed receiving communion in the hand and eventually it was condoned by the Pope Paul VI (Now Saint Pope Paul VI). If you our a Catholic you accept the authority of the Bishops and the Pope. The issue is used as a cudgel to cause internal division in the Church.
According to The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, “the consecrated host may be received either on the tongue or in the hand at the discretion of each communicant. When Holy Communion is received under both kinds, the sign of reverence is also made before receiving the Previous Blood” (#160). That sign is usually a simple bow.
Thank you for the explanation. I have wondered about this for some time, as in the Anglican-Episcopal church, Province of Japan, practices vary from place to place. I am a member in a "pilgrim church" (=as many as 90% of our attendees are with us temporarily, from around the globe) where the issue of how to receive communion is... quietly fraught. The bottom line is, the host is received with reverence and humility. Refusing to administer communion to someone who approaches the sacrament with reverence and humility because they didn't kneel, or because they didn't receive on the tongue, could be more damaging than administering it even with those variations. (refusing to accept it in the hand lacks a certain degree of humility) The Bishop, in his wisdom, quietly assigns clergy to congregations with their tendencies in mind - some congregations have fewer than 10% "new" people who did not grow up with grandparents in that congregation.
Then comes the introduction of the highly contagious COVID-19. It has shut down public worship in our churches from March 8 through July 5 (the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tokyo suspended services from March 1 to June 21). The responsibility to our brothers and sisters in Christ when re-opening requires thoughtful care and consideration. Not every clergy person nor communicant is physically rock-steady, and the potential for cross-contagion through unexpected lurches during the administration of the elements on the tongue exists more highly than receiving the host in the hand - this has been demonstrated in churches in South Korea. Reasonable variation should be allowed, and ... ongoing tutorials on why-we-do-what-we-do and how to best live our lives following the example of Christ are key. Thank you for your videos which are a good part of that.
Fantastic video! Thank you! I'm a convert and had to go digging myself. I feel RCIA failed me in some aspects..
Because I firmly believe in the presence of Christ during communion, I always kneel before receiving and would never take by hand. Most unfortunately now it’s by hand so I have the host placed on my left hand and I then take it with my tongue. I also always sit in the first pew. He is present, I’m His fan, I want front seat. Thanks
Had to study about what the Church teaches myself. I went to a Catholic school, which is ironic.
I hear that many Catholic schools today are hardly Catholic at all.
EXCELLENT ! ! !
Great insight, Brian.
This was a really good video. I'm one of those "Communion on the tongue only" guys, but I considered before your point about Jesus losing particles of himself while on Earth.
JMJ
I think that stepping on a particle is the same as stepping on an entire host because both are 100% Jesus in His body, blood, soul, and divinity.
Lance Aloakan that’s 100% true
That is why the altar boy holds the plate under your chin - incase Our Lord is dropped,
Very well explained Brian, and for the same reason the Eucharist must be administered ONLY by priests, not "lay helpers".
The practice of receiving Holy Communion in the hand started in Holland during the early 1960s. The unsanctioned practice spread to Belgium, France and Germany. Pope Paul VI directed the bishops to immediately stop the practice. The Bishops continued the practice despite the Pope’s plead to stop.
In 1969 Pope Paul VI decided to strike a compromise with his disobedient bishops. Given “the gravity of the matter,” the pope would not authorize Communion in the hand. He was, however, open to bestowing an indult - an exception to the law (not a right but a permission)- under certain conditions: first, an indult could not be given to a country in which Communion in the hand was not an already established practice; second, the bishops in countries where it was established must approve of the practice “by a secret vote and with a two-thirds majority.” The indult was an attempt to contain the practice of communion in the hand; not to propagate it.
So how did Communion in the hand arrive in the United States where the practice was not wide spread?
In 1975 and again in 1976, Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, the president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) attempted in vain to garner two-thirds of the bishops to vote in favor of receiving Communion in the hand. Bernardin conducted a third vote that once more fell short of the two-thirds majority. This, however, did not end the matter. Bernardin decided to (unlawfully) begin gathering “absentee votes” from any bishop he could find - including retired bishops who no longer administered any dioceses. Consequently, the number was adjusted to meet the two-thirds majority.
In summary, the practice of communion in the hand was thus born out of disobedience and granted to the United States due to an illegal rigged vote.
In 1950, 87% believed in the Real Presence. Today, that number has plummeted to a mere 34%. The abusive and hurried manner in which the practice of Communion in the hand was imposed led to a widespread lack of reverence for the Eucharist and caused great pain for many in the Church.
Every particle of the host, after consecration, has become the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Communion in the hand allows loose particles to fall off the host onto the hand and floor. It is desecration of the Eucharist and a sacrilege to allow these unconsumed particles of the host to fall to the floor and be trampled on, left in our pockets, smeared on the steering wheel, run through the washing machine, etc.
Knowing that communion on the hand creates significantly higher incident rate of desecration of our Lord means we have a moral obligation to receive in our Lord in the more reverent manner, kneeling and on the tongue.
The Congregation for Divine Worship, Vatican, responding to a question about denying communion on the tongue during the H1N1 "swine flu" pandemic:
"[The CDW] observes that its Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum (25 March 2004) clearly stipulates that 'each of the faithful always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue', nor is it licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ’s faithful who are not impeded by law from receiving the Holy Eucharist."
Right!!!
I really hope that people will read your comment.
This is one of my favourite videos of yours in recent months.
As my RCIA sponsor said in response to the instruction of how to receive without any mention of receiving on the tongue: "Or, you could be really hardcore and receive it on your tongue".
I've been a practicing Catholic for two years now and the only time I received on the hand was the last time I could before the coronacrisis, when our bishop instructed for in-the-hand only. It was so weird to do it that way, I'm not sure if I would do it again if at all possible.
He cannot do that, virus or not. As an extraordinary minister I can assure you if have a good 1, it touches God and your tongue, that's it. I only have problems when I place it on the hands, I end up touching other parts of the hand. Also the Bishop can not do that, check out church militant for further explanation
@Andrew you may be right, but what is the answer? We have 1 priest taking care of 2 churches the poor guy is getting about 4 hr of sleep a night maybe and I'm not exaggerating. We have 2 masses on saturday, 4 on Sunday between the 2 churches. He and whom ever he can get rotate around. All of the help he gets are retired priests. Now before I moved here I lived in a " city" which is only a city in name it's very small. There were 6 churches, 2 on the same street 3 within a stone's throw. There is 1 now all combined. 4 of them have been demolished, the 1 I attended , I'm sure they would love to get rid of, but they cant because a certified miracle occurred there. NOW , I cant even believe this I just found out last week, now they added another church to him 10 miles away because that priest was promoted. Now I look around my church, I dont see any, any young couples. Who, tell me who is distributing communion to all the nursing homes in the area? There are a lot of them, a lot, they need and want religious comfort. Now I am not worthy, but the priest can't do it. They are absolutely pushed to the limit. They have masses at these places and rotate every other week. I get Vatican 2 was terrible, but what is the answer? To me it's the wizard of oz, Dont take it personally but you complain about communion in the hand, alter girls, extraordinary ministers, that's just the show, what going on behind the curtain in Vatican 2, the change from Thomism to Rahner, Congar, etc is the reason we have the abomination Myfear is there will be 1 or 2 churches left in an area and that's it. I have traveled around and thereare churches with out kneelers, how is that possible? I dont know what the answer is that for sure. But if you have any we will be glad to hear about them.
Amen Brian! Thank you
“Gentle education” YES! ❤️