Catholic Dictionary
Intinction (ihn-TIHNK-shuhn): A way of distributing the Holy Eucharist
under both species. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal requires
that the one distributing Holy Communion dip a particle of Eucharistic
Bread (or a small Host)
“into the chalice, and showing it, says:
The Body and Blood of Christ. The communicants respond: Amen, receive
Communion. . . and return to their place” (n. 247b).
The 1970 Instruction Sacramentali Communione gives preference to drinking from the chalice
if Holy Communion is received under both forms. However, intinction remains
a perennially valid way of distributing and receiving Holy Communion
because [it] is more likely to obviate the practical difficulties
and to ensure the reverence due the sacrament more effectively. The
same document goes on to say that intinction makes it easier and
safer for all the faithful to receive Holy Communion. Intinction
also preserves the truth present in a more complete sign (in
contradistinction to the Eucharistic Bread only).
Reverend Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.L. Our
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