Drink from the chalice Self-intinction, or dipping your host into the chalice is not the means by which communion is consumed from the chalice. We eat the host and drink from the chalice. Intinction is only permissible when it is performed by the minister (not the communicant), and is considered to be an alternative method … Continue reading 15/11/09 – Things Communion Ministers Want You to Know #2
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This week, we have held formation workshops for our Ministers of Communion. Every year, our ministers share matters that they wish they could share with you. So this week, we have the first of a series we’re calling: Things Communion Ministers Want You to Know 1. Receive Communion under both kinds Our ministers understand that … Continue reading 8/11/09 – Things Communion Ministers Want You to Know #1
Last time, I began to discuss the concern one correspondent raised of the seemingly diminishing sense of the “real presence”, that is, our belief that Christ is fully present in the bread and wine we consecrate at Mass, and thus consume as his body and blood. It is a belief that Catholics have held for … Continue reading 19/7/09 – The Real Presence: Giving Due Reverence
Each week, the Liturgy Links article you see in Carmel is also posted here. Recently, a person asked for my opinion about the reception of communion: I hear that in past times it [communion] was only received by the tongue upon kneeling, but in even more ancient times it may also have been received by … Continue reading 5/7/09 – The Real Presence
You may have noticed last weekend that some of our common practices at Mass changed. Unlike last year, these changes are only temporary, and are not prompted by rewritten liturgical documents. Rather, they have been brought about by the current spread of H1N1 influenza (also known as swine flu). Given that there are reported cases … Continue reading 21/6/09 – Swine Flu Measures
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