Hilde Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I should add that the church wasn't full, so it wasn't so difficult for the priest. I have a friend who has told me to receive on the tongue when I become Catholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aalpha1989 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Communion on the hand has been allowed at EF Masses due to the H1N1 epidemic... I don't think it's an abuse, but I definitely think it's imprudent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I'm not upset by people receiving on the hand in that video. I am appalled by the old lady who took it from the priest! Who the heck does she think she is??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ora et Labora Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 [quote name='aalpha1989' date='20 January 2010 - 11:39 AM' timestamp='1264005554' post='2040772'] Communion on the hand has been allowed at EF Masses due to the H1N1 epidemic... I don't think it's an abuse, but I definitely think it's imprudent. [/quote] Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='20 January 2010 - 09:35 AM' timestamp='1264001714' post='2040757'] I seem to remember being told that Communion on the Hand is absolutely not permitted in the EF. It's only an indult specific to the OF in certain countries. I may be wrong though. [/quote] Haha. Its frustrating and ironic that we have 'indults' legitimizing more or less universal practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ora et Labora Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 [quote name='Veridicus' date='20 January 2010 - 12:55 PM' timestamp='1264010142' post='2040841'] Haha. Its frustrating and ironic that we have 'indults' legitimizing more or less universal practices. [/quote] It's annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveletslive Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 i was denied communion on the tongue at a NO mass because of "the h1n1 virus." that's SO ridiculous! come on. no one cares about swine flu anymore and you aren't going to get it from tossing the Eucharist in my mouth. just wash your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappo Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) [quote name='loveletslive' date='20 January 2010 - 10:41 AM' timestamp='1264012873' post='2040877'] i was denied communion on the tongue at a NO mass because of "the h1n1 virus." that's SO ridiculous! come on. no one cares about swine flu anymore and you aren't going to get it from [s]tossing[/s] [b][size="4"]placing[/size][/b] the Eucharist in my mouth. just wash your hands. [/quote] I sure hope they aren't tossing it! BTW: Agreed... well I'm sure some people still care about it... but Eucharist > H1N1 Edited January 20, 2010 by Slappo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle_eye222001 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 [quote name='Veridicus' date='20 January 2010 - 12:55 PM' timestamp='1264010142' post='2040841'] Haha. Its frustrating and ironic that we have 'indults' legitimizing more or less universal practices. [/quote] Really mocks the whole indult and reduces it to nothing special or significant. [quote name='Ora et Labora' date='20 January 2010 - 12:56 PM' timestamp='1264010187' post='2040842'] It's annoying. [/quote] That too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffpugh Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 [quote name='aalpha1989' date='20 January 2010 - 11:39 AM' timestamp='1264005554' post='2040772'] Communion on the hand has been allowed at EF Masses due to the H1N1 epidemic... I don't think it's an abuse, but I definitely think it's imprudent. [/quote] It had happened hear. Apparently it is a grave sin to do this though... it [i]is[/i] in the rubrics that only on the tongue after all. Btw, I don't understand this fear of receiving on the tongue in the OF. Step one, get on your knees, step two, stick out your tongue. But I guess I am in a more "orthodox" area, so they won't call me a schismatic for doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zunshynn Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='20 January 2010 - 03:12 PM' timestamp='1264025520' post='2041039'] It had happened hear. Apparently it is a grave sin to do this though... it [i]is[/i] in the rubrics that only on the tongue after all. Btw, I don't understand this fear of receiving on the tongue in the OF. Step one, get on your knees, step two, stick out your tongue. But I guess I am in a more "orthodox" area, so they won't call me a schismatic for doing so. [/quote] I think you and sternhauser are missing the point that nunsense was trying to make... she wasn't saying (correct me if, I'm wrong, nunsense) that she was afraid of what they would do/say to HER... Rather it was a fear that the person distributing Holy Communion won't be paying close enough attention to notice that someone intends to recieve on the tongue, or that they are kneeling, and in that case, would put the Host in danger of falling. In my experience, that is a serious problem, and often is precisely in the places that abuse the rubrics of the Mass in the first place. I won't receive communion kneeling because of that, unless I am in a place where that is commonly done... not because I'm afraid of what anyone will think of me if I don't but because I don't want to see the Host fall to the ground. I could see why someone also would opt to recieve in the hand if that was the case, although personally, I would prefer to make a spiritual communion rather than recieve in the hand, if I was unsure if it was safe to recieve on the tongue. Wearing a veil helps though, actually... people notice the veil and often assume, it seems, that I will also recieve on the tongue. And priests, for the most part, seem typically more prepared for people that recieve on the tongue, so I try to stick to the lines in which a priest or deacon is distributing, for that reason, and because I simply prefer to recieve from an ordinary minister of communion when it is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccountDeleted Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Folks, it's not really a problem for me since I don't go to NO any more, if I can at all avoid it. You have no idea what some of these priests get up to. The last NO I went to (about two weeks ago now) the priest left the chalice on the altar for people to help themselves. I did go up to him afterwards and ask him about it, and he admitted that it wasn't allowed, but said it was just their practice when they had no EMCs. Can you say "abuse"? He would probably deny me on the tongue for the h1n1 reason, I can't say for sure, but I don't even try because I can't imagine what would happen if he dropped the host while trying to put it on my tongue - probably throw it away, step on it, I don't know!? He certainly doesn't seem to believe in the Real Presence. Standing up to a priest isn't an easy thing for me to do and you really can't imagine the level of abuse that is going on here. It isn't just one parish. I just don't want to deal with the abuses any more, and I shouldn't have to. So I attend EF. End of story. As zunsyhnn says, it is almost better just to make a spiritual communion than to put up with these things. I never thought I would ever say that! But God has given me an EF church just down the road from me, and I can go there - so end of problem for me. I am still praying for everyone else here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aalpha1989 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 [quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='20 January 2010 - 05:12 PM' timestamp='1264025520' post='2041039'] It had happened hear. Apparently it is a grave sin to do this though... it [i]is[/i] in the rubrics that only on the tongue after all. [/quote] It's in the rubrics for the OF, too. I'm pretty sure the indult doesn't specify the NO Mass, though... I don't see why bishops couldn't interpret it to mean the EF if they didn't want it to. Again, I think it's imprudent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridicus Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 [quote name='zunshynn' date='20 January 2010 - 04:23 PM' timestamp='1264026210' post='2041048'] I think you and sternhauser are missing the point that nunsense was trying to make... she wasn't saying (correct me if, I'm wrong, nunsense) that she was afraid of what they would do/say to HER... Rather it was a fear that the person distributing Holy Communion won't be paying close enough attention to notice that someone intends to receive on the tongue, or that they are kneeling, and in that case, would put the Host in danger of falling. [/quote] I acknowledge what you're saying...but if your EMHCs can't refrain from mindlessly dropping the host on the ground perhaps they should resign from their extraordinary ministry. There is no excuse and no world where you should feel like you are risking negligence to the host because you want to receive Communion in the traditional Latin Rite posture. Perhaps the priest should be informed of the gross negligence of his EMHCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 [quote name='aalpha1989' date='20 January 2010 - 11:39 AM' timestamp='1264005554' post='2040772'] Communion on the hand has been allowed at EF Masses due to the H1N1 epidemic... I don't think it's an abuse, but I definitely think it's imprudent. [/quote] Didn't the FSSP refuse to distribute Communion rather than distribute it in the hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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