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Saturday, February 29, 2020

CAN BISHOPS AND PRIESTS FORCE COMMUNICANTS TO RECEIVE ON THE PALM OF THE HAND AND IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM?


Despite any perfect priests, deacons and bishops, not to mention, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, most of us imperfect ministers of Holy Communion often touch some part of the hand of the communicant receiving in the hand. This is particularly true of small children who receive in the hand and are moving targets.

When a communicant is kneeling for Holy Communion (which is always the case in the EF Mass) the priest who places the Host on the tongue of the communicant who slightly tilts their head back, it seldom happens that the priest's finger tips or finger(s) comes in contact with the communicant's tongue, lips or face.

However, bishops seem to think that it is more hazardous to receive on the tongue than in the hand as it concerns the flu or coronavirus.

Can communicants be forced to receive either in the hand or on the tongue in the Ordinary Form?

Can communicants be forced to receive in the hand at the EF Mass??????????????????????

Germaphobes want to know. 

1 comment:

John Nolan said...

Communion in the hand is an option in the OF. Bishops may allow it, they may even declare it to be normative within those territories under their jurisdiction, or they may forbid it altogether (as in Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka). They cannot, however, forbid reception on the tongue (although this won't stop them from trying).

CITH is illicit in the EF. No-one can force another to break the law.