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Timothée
Hayes
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Grace and peace be with you, brothers and
sisters!
I want to ask for your help.
I know that intinction
is perfectly acceptable when receiving Holy
Communion, so long as the priest does it.
However today at Mass, I was mortified when I saw three people
receive the Blessed Host in their hand, take
the Host, then dip Our
Lord in the chalice. I do not know if the priest
was aware that this was happening, but the
Extraordinary Minister who was holding the
chalice should have known better.
I want to write a letter to the priest who
celebrated the Mass, as well as the pastor,
but would first like to know where the details
of intinction are discussed in Canon Law.
Thanks for your help!
In Christ,
Tim
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Before I write to the priest, can you show me where the details
of intinction are discussed in Canon Law? }
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Mike
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Hi Tim,
Any details
of intinction won't be found or discussed in Canon Law,
but I do know this specific practice mentioned in your e-mail is not
allowed in the Church. I would bring
your concern up to the priest in
a charitable manner. If you have
further difficulties with the priest
on this issue, you should make sure
the bishop is aware of what is happening.
The following was taken from an instructional
document published in March of 2004
by the Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Discipline of the Sacraments:
Redemptionis Sacramentum
Instruction on certain matters
to be observed or to be avoided
regarding the Most Holy Eucharist
[103.] The norms of the Roman
Missal admit the principle that
in cases where Communion is administered
under both kinds, “the Blood
of the Lord may be received either
by drinking from the chalice directly,
or by intinction, or by means
of a tube or a spoon”. As
regards the administering of Communion
to lay members of Christ's
faithful, the Bishops may exclude
Communion with the tube or the
spoon where this is not the local
custom, though the option of administering
Communion by intinction always
remains. If this modality is employed,
however, hosts should be used
which are neither too thin nor
too small, and the communicant
should receive the Sacrament from
the Priest only on the tongue.
[104.] The
communicant must not be permitted
to intinct the host himself
in the chalice, nor to receive
the intincted host in the hand. As for the host to be
used for the intinction, it should
be made of valid matter, also
consecrated; it is altogether
forbidden to use non-consecrated
bread or other matter. |
I highly recommend
reading all of this important
document. (Redemptionis Sacramentum).
For many of the faithful, including
the clergy, it will be an eye-opener.
Hope this helps,
Mike Humphrey
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