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| Receiving host dipped in blood | Lori | Friday, December 5, 2008 |
Question: I recently attended a Mass celebrated by a guest priest. When he got ready to distribute Communion, he paused and told us that he would be dipping the Host in the Blood before administering it to us, and therefore, we had no choice but to receive it on the tongue, not the hand. I was wondering if this is proper liturgically, since I have never received the Host dipped in the Blood at a Roman Catholic Mass before. |
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| Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek
Dear Lori, Yes this is proper liturgically, it's actually very traditional, even though very uncommon nowadays in the West. There's a very short section in the GIRM that describes intinction. The minister is a priest, and a paten must be used. The U.S. bishops have added that the communicants may NOT dip the Host into the Precious Blood themselves.
Mr. Slavek Footer Notes: (a) A Eucharistic Minister is clergy (Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion). Laity are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and should never be called Eucharistic Ministers. (b) There is no such Mass called the Novus Ordo. The Current Mass is the Roman Missal of 2000, or the Oridinary Form of the Mass. The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Missal of 1962, or the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Please refrain from using the term, Novus Ordo. Thanks. (c) The titles of Acolyte and Lector belong exclusively to the Installed Offices of Acolyte and Lector, who are men (only) appointed by the Bishop. These roles performed by others are Altar Servers and Readers, respectively. |
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