geetarplayer Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I know a guy who is a Eucharistic minister, and he is the guy who prepares the appropriate amount of communion wafers for Mass. When his daughter was younger (maybe three or four years old), he would give her some unconsecrated communion wafers when she was hungry before Mass. Does anyone else think that's kind of bizarre and irreverant, even if they aren't consecrated yet? -Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Bad example, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Yeah, that seems really weird and irreverant. I remember that before my First Communion, the priest had us eat unconsecrated hosts, so that we would "know what it tasted like." I don't know if that was right, either, now that I think about it. Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zwergel88 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I saw someone doing that once, and I was kind of offended by it, I don't really know what to think though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I was fed an unconsecrated wafer before my first commuinoin, to practice the real thing, so we wouldn't mess up (Eastern Churches give only by mouth). It is wrong to feed it as actual temporal food, because then she has a really bad example. God bless, Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I could see possibly using them for "practice"... but come on... it's not a snack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 [quote name='Colleen' date='Sep 14 2004, 05:21 PM'] Yeah, that seems really weird and irreverant. I remember that before my First Communion, the priest had us eat unconsecrated hosts, so that we would "know what it tasted like." I don't know if that was right, either, now that I think about it. Anyone know? [/quote] Yeah, ours did too. I don't like that practice. All this talk of how it tastes like bread and stuff and focusing on the accidents of the Eucharist I find might confuse kids even more and make them doubt the Real Presence. I mean...we shouldn't focus on the accidents, even though they do have some meaning behind them...little kids get confused... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeldra Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I don't think there's technically anything wrong with it. When I was like eight we went on a field trip to where the nuns made the wafers and they gave us some..I thought it was weird...but I asked my parents and they didnt think there was antyhing *wrong* with it. But yeah...it is strange and I wouldnt encourage it :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scofizzle Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) well if you think about it. At that point it's only bread. The Eucharistic Miracle doesn't lie in the bread, it lies completely in the hands of Jesus. Granted there are other things that would be better to eat, but I don't really see anyhting technically wrong with it. It's going to be eaten anyways. Edited September 14, 2004 by Scofizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I would hope its a mandatory practice in the East, where communion by mouth is the only option, and little kids need as much practice as they can get. Granted, I never understood what the Eucharist was until last year, but that was probably from less than religious minded instructers, or the dialect barrier, but I believe its a fine mix. God bless, Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I can understand giving an unconsecrated host to teach someone what it tastes like . . . I've seen kids get freaked out after tasting it for the first time. This is perfectly allowable. However, to just snack on the unconsecrated hosts seems odd, since, especially for a child, this type of bread must be seen as different, intended for a sacred purpose . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelguy227 Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Whats so freaky about the taste ? It tastes like cereal or bread . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 2 yrs ago in Lebanon I was at St. Rafqa's I think and they were the kind of bread the consencrated hosts are made of. I dont think it's soo much of a sin to eat them but I do think its a bad example to do in front of lil kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 wrong? probably not weird and unusual? definitely so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbedxfairy Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 [quote name='reelguy227' date='Sep 14 2004, 06:43 PM'] Whats so freaky about the taste ? It tastes like cereal or bread . [/quote] i know i freaked out my first Communion 'cause my mom kept telling me it tasted like cardboard. so i was expecting paper flavored bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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