HOLY FATHER, PLEASE, WE BEG YOU, DON’T USE THOSE MONSTER TRUCK TYPE HOSTS AT MASS AND DISCOURAGE THEIR USE UNIVERSALLY….

As an aside from the purpose of this post, I ask, is the Holy Father wearing a white cufflink or is it a button? It seems His Holiness has gone from nice French cuff white shirts clasped with nice cuff-links to buttonable cuffs! Ugh! But, also note, and I think this is consistent thus far at His Holiness’ Masses, that he removes his watch so it isn’t visible during the Mass or the elevations. That’s a pre-Vatican II custom I believe:

I hate to nitpick, but Holy Father, please be most careful with that monster size large host you used to consecrate at your first canonization Mass for Saints Carlo and Pier Giorgio. When you fracture that humongous Host, after consecration, particles, large and small, fly everywhere and not just onto the altar and corporal cloth, but on your chasuble, on the floor and everywhere.

Please note the jagged edges from the fractured non consecrated large host:

Please note the unconsecrated host fragments on the black background:

I can’t find the photo I took around 2010 or so and posted to Southern Orders as I sat at my office desk wearing my black clerical clothes, where I took a large unconsecrated host and broke it. Afterwards, I took a photo of my black pants as I sat at my office chair and I was shocked, shocked I say, to see large and small particle of that fracture host all over my black pants, and I mean all over my black pants.

Holy Father, go back to the smaller large host. What we see, even at a large outdoor Mass, is seen as large due to our sense of perception when we see. There is an illusion that the Host is seeable, even the smaller one!

 AI Overview

In the Catholic Church, consecrated hosts, including crumbs or particles from large hosts, are handled with great reverence because they are believed to be the real presence of Jesus Christ

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Procedures for handling host fragments

During the Mass

• Use of a paten and corporal: To prevent particles from falling to the ground, a paten is held under the chin of each person receiving Communion on the tongue. The priest handles the large host and breaks it over a corporal (a white linen cloth) on the altar to catch any fragments.
• After the fraction: After the host has been broken, the priest wipes his fingers over the paten and gathers any visible fragments to be consumed. 

After Communion

• Purification of vessels: After distributing Communion, the priest carefully purifies the sacred vessels, such as the chalice and paten, to ensure no fragments remain.
• Consumption or dissolution: Any visible fragments gathered on the paten are reverently consumed by the priest, deacon, or an instituted acolyte. If a consecrated host or fragment is too soiled to be consumed, it is dissolved in a container of water.
• Disposal of dissolved hosts: The water used to dissolve the hosts is then poured down a sacrarium—a special sink with a drain that leads directly into the earth—or onto a patch of ground that will not be walked upon. 

The "theology of the crumbs"

For Catholics, the reverence shown to host fragments stems from the belief in transubstantiation, where the bread becomes the body of Christ. This means that even the smallest visible particle is considered sacred. The emphasis on gathering every fragment is sometimes referred to as the "theology of the crumbs". The practice is especially prominent in the Traditional Latin Mass, where extra caution is taken to prevent particles from being lost or desecrated.