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Anonymous Mark wrote:

Hi, guys —

  • Is there a specific name for the practice of putting the Eucharist on your tongue rather than putting it on your hand?

Thanks

Mark
  { Is there a specific name for the practice of putting the Eucharist on your tongue rather than putting it on your hand? }

Eric replied:

Hi, Mark —

Not in common use. I suppose one could refer to it as "lingually," but few would understand that!

I've only heard it referred to as "communion-on-the-tongue".

This is the language of the Roman Missal (General Instruction on the Roman Missal # 161)

161. If Communion is given only under the species of bread, the priest raises the host slightly and shows it to each, saying, Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ). The communicant replies, Amen, and receives the Sacrament either on the tongue or, where this is allowed and if the communicant so chooses, in the hand. As soon as the communicant receives the host, he or she consumes it entirely.

The document Redemptionis Sacramentum [92.] also (among other documents), covers this topic.

Eric

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