I take on tongue I left Baptist faith to enter the true faith as scripture Catholic Catechism and Early Church Fathers show an d I am not happy at the church nearest by doesn't put anything under my chin this is God songs are protestant. I didn't feel like I worshiped Jesus. I will speak to priest. Or find a different Church the Pope took Latin from Franciscan order nearby I loved. I will continue to go by the truth no matter what. I am older and don't have a car
The Communion is to salvation not by works but by his grace, not to be confused with faith & its work. ,When we receive the communion in the hand it amounts to as wages of our labor,. whereas communion directly to the mouth indicates his Grace, out of the Mercy of God.
Asha, awesome observation dear. As I read your note this verse of our Lord to Simon Bar Jonah came to mind.....Matt 16:17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
Thank you for your comment. Here are some particulars which you may wish to investigate. Communion on the tongue remains the law of the Church even today, as is officially published in the 1969 Instruction “Memoriale Domini.” Further, the April 17, 1980 Instruction “Inaestimabile Donum” issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship (now called the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship) confirms that the Instruction Memoriale Domini is still in effect. The official text of Memoriale Domini, along with an accompanying letter of instruction issued by the same Congregation, is found in the 1969 volume of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (the document being in Latin, and the accompanying letter in French) on pages 541-547, here: www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-61-1969-ocr.pdf Inaestimabile Donum begins on page 331 here: www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-72-1980-ocr.pdf Two unofficial English translations of Memoriale Domini can be found online at these sites: www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/memoriale.htm www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/instruction-on-the-manner-of-distributing-holy-communion-2195 and a translation of Inaestimabile Donum here: www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/instruction-on-the-holy-eucharist-2179 (see paragraph 2 of the Forward). In Appendix IV of the book, "Fatima Priest" (online at fatima.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Fatima-Priest.pdf beginning on page 358), Father Gruner provided an unofficial translation of the above-mentioned letter of instruction issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship to the Conferences of Catholic Bishops which had petitioned the Holy See for permission to allow the practice of Communion in the hand. The letter outlines seven conditions essential to this permission. Father notes that this permission is predicated on strict conditions (requiring that the practice includes no danger of profanation, that it serves to increase the recipient's faith in the Real Presence, and that it incorporates adequate care that no particles of the Blessed Sacrament are lost), noting at the same time that these dangers (of profanation, loss of faith, and desecration of particles) are inseparable from the practice of Communion in the hand. As the law of the Church forbids the sacramental ministers to give Communion in the hand unless the stipulated -- but impossible -- conditions are satisfied, it is clear that there exists in fact no permission for this practice, and no obligation on the part of the minister to capitulate to the preference of the communicant who seeks to receive the Sacred Host in his hands.
God bless you Father. You are a true faithful servant. Our Blessed Mother stated that FEW will enter into Heaven. We need to pray very hard for ALL to come back to tradition and The One True Faith. It is shameful that man (Priest's) will think of there position before God.
Mark 1:7 If John the Baptist (Born without original sin) whom Recognised and baptized our Messiah, believed he was not worthy to stoop down and loose the latchet of our lords shoes, then how can we conceive we are worthy to hold him in our disgusting unconsecrated hands?
You make an excellent point. I never receive communion in the hand. But I admit, it's hard to receive directly on the tongue by "Extraordinary Communion Ministers".. theres as many as 10 in certain parishes. Only 1 priest.
Well.. but we are also unworthy to receive Him in the mouth...We can't be worthy of receiving Christ, no matter what..I'm not saying we shouldn't receiving Him, I'm just saying that no matter how holy you are no human can pretend to be worthy of receiving such an amazing gift.
No that is heresy. St. John the Baptist was born without original sin. He was sanctified by the Word Incarnated when he was in his mother's womb. Mary was much more filled with grace because she was conceived without original sin.
Surely there are times when one take the Host from the Church for nefarious reasons. Then, we can see persons swiping their paws upon their clothing having particles of the Host, an otherwise automatic reflex to cleanse ones hands after eating food stuffs etc..and then the particulates fall to the floor where all the parishoners ignorantly stomp upon the Body of Christ !! And this is allowed??
I agree Fr. I've been searching for options to receive The Eucharist properly in the tongue, because all parishes here since the pandemic started only administer Communion to the hand. What suggestions do you have?
Thank you for your question. For numerous weighty reasons, the best course would be to find the nearest traditional Mass and to have no further part in Novus Ordo liturgies. God bless you. sspx.org/en/mass-locator fssp.com/locations/ www.latinmassdir.org/
I have a strong devotion to the Holy Eucharist (God willing), always receive on the tongue and strongly desire that hand reception is abolished. I'm also an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and through the health ministry team at our parish, bring the Blessed Sacrament to sick individuals in the local hospital. The priests in the Diocese here are too few and far between to attend to every sick person desiring Holy Communion. Although a corporal work of mercy, should I refrain from volunteering in this ministry so as not to handle the Blessed Sacrament as a lay person?
I have received Holy Communion on the hand only when I was not given on tongue due to the reason given of the pandemic. I was not comfortable but still I accepted. Do I need to confess this sacrilege? And if the priest himself does not believe it is a sin, will I be given absolution and consequently be forgiven?
Thank you for this important question which we will submit for reply in our Ask Father video series. In the meantime we urge you to take the safer course by confessing these incidents, mentioning the approximate number of times it took place. Very important, however, in regard to the counsel which will be given to you, will be to find a trustworthy traditional priest to whom you can make your confession. Finding a traditional Mass venue will also obviate future offenses in walking upon the countless Particles of the Blessed Sacrament lost through the culpable negligence of this practice at Novus Ordo parishes. God bless you. sspx.org/en/mass-locator fssp.com/locations/ www.latinmassdir.org/
My priest strongly objected to me confessing receiving holy communion in the hand he insisted I had not committed a mortal sin and therefore did not perform absolution.
@@rachelkirkmayer67 find another parish Rachel if u can. If you're also able to, go to traditional latin masses celebrated by the FSSP, ICKSP or SSPX. Avoid orders like the SSPV. They're cult like and sedevacantists.
***** Here are two articles that touch on that subject, though neither speaks strongly enough about the sacrilege and disobedience inherent in this practice: www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8616 www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2014/03/truth-about-communion-in-hand-while.html#.VT-dEyFVhBc
Thank you for your comment. As has been aptly noted about early Church practices, “The only ones to communicate always standing and with their hands outstretched were from the beginning the Arians, who obstinately denied the Divinity of Christ and who could not see in the Eucharist any more than a simple symbol of ‘union,’ which can be taken and handled at will. Millions of present-day Catholics including many prelates and priests have been practically converted [through the resurgence of this sacrilegious practice] to Arianism, a great heresy lasting from the fourth to the seventh century.” Please see the article “Some Considerations on Holy Communion in the Hand” by Fr. Paul McDonald, who demonstrates that among the true faithful, the early Christian practice was tied to the exigencies of persecution, after which time (most notably at the 650 A.D. Synod of Rouen), “Church authority apparently judged that it invited abuse and deemed it contrary to the custom of the Apostles.” bfhu.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/history-of-communion-tonguehand/ God bless you.
@@TheFatimaCenter Thank you for this important information. I will read, but ultimately are you suggesting that it is better not to receive if forced to receive in the hand?
@@gegaoli Absolutely. Better to be unjustly refused access to Holy Communion by erring priests than for you yourself to commit so grievous a sacrilege against the Blessed Sacrament. God bless you.
Thank you for this important question. You might try appealing to local and higher authorities for your canonical rights, but the best course may be to find a traditional-rite Mass. God bless you. sspx.org/en/community/priories
My local novus ordo church (600 metres away) doesn’t allow communion on the tongue due to COVID restrictions (and the behaviour of the congregation was irrelevant before and after mass and the music banal). I gave up going there and now drive 45-50 mins to a Latin mass (which is beyond reverent and the music is heavenly). It was the best decision I ever made. Thank God that I found Latin mass 10 months ago. I’m never going back. Praise be to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
TheFatimaCenter Thank you for your help but I think those pictures would have been painted when it was the norm to receive Holy Communion on the tongue. If I am going to discuss this issue, I need something in writing to substantiate what I say.
@@elsbethsutherland624 By the Fourth Century, St. Cyril of Jerusalem was admonishing the faithful to ensure that not even the smallest particle should fall to the ground. By the mid-Seventh Century, Communion on the tongue was already a long-established practice in many areas -- so much so that Communion in the hand was being condemned as an abuse.
You may wish to read more about this topic in "A Privilege of the Ordained" by Michael Davies, and "Communion in the Hand: Documents and History" by Most Rev. Juan Rodolfo Laise.
How/Where is it divine law? And how do you react to "Catholic Answers" case on this? See their video: ua-cam.com/video/r5kska9DL_Y/v-deo.html. This video also talks about communion in the hand, ignoring the title.
First of all, communion wafers do not break that easily. Second of all, I've seen particles fall out of mouths. Third, if any priest, bishop, pope can tell me how a tongue is less sinful than the hand I'd really like to hear it. You can be just as reverent receiving it in the hands as on the tongue. The only reason that tongue is clung to by trads is that it's "God's law". But this practice wasn't dictated until 8 centuries after Christ. So was it really a revelation of God's law or was it just there was a problem- AT THAT TIME- with particles on the floor, etc?
Perhaps there is a Traditional Latin Mass offered in your area at which this will not be an issue. God bless you. sspx.org/en/mass-locator fssp.com/locations/ www.latinmassdir.org/
Thank you for your question. Regarding the current practice of laymen receiving the Blessed Sacrament into their hands and administering Holy Communion to themselves, this certainly was not the case at the Last Supper since there were no laymen present. But even the supposition that the Apostles communicated themselves, rather than receiving Holy Communion directly from Our Lord, is problematic. Try doing an online image search for "Communion of the Apostles" and you may discover that your experience has slanted your assumption. Historically speaking, the assumption has been the opposite. God bless you.
Of course 'Care and Respect' is to be observed when receiving the Lord. We are also called to prepare our HEARTS to receive Him in worship and adoration. There is a lot of criticism of a Pope, and many thousands of clergy in the above clip. Be careful. Rules and regulations are important but not at the expense of WHO Jesus is. Did Jesus put it in the disciples mouths or did Jesus hand it to them .... Jesus broke bread (crumbs likely), gave it to his disciples and said, "Take this, all of you and eat it". Look at what I'm giving you and not the crumbs 'accidentally' left behind on the table. Look at ME. Let's focus on the fact that this is Jesus and let's stop looking at whether people have shoes, appear dishevelled, wear a mantilla, receive in the hand etc. Focus on HIM and prepare our HEARTS accordingly. Stop the legalism, and prepare our HEARTS. This type of 'purity' is idolatry, not to the LORD, but to ritual. Jesus touched lepers and lepers touched Jesus. Jesus disregarded rules and regulations to bring HIMSELF into the hearts of people. C'mon church - let's show unity and respect and bring Jesus into our hearts. He who came to set us free from inflated piety and 'worshipping' rules and regulations and worship HIM alone.
Daniel Dahdah The apostles who were at the last supper were consecrated the were instituted into the priesthood they were not laity so that is a poor excuse to justify hand communion . Have you considered the risk and sacrilege that has a occurred over the decades whereby how easy it is to access the sacred host and desecrate it this has happened, thanks to hand communion, . Anyway could go on and on about the issue but, I will make on final point. Unity in humbleness and truth is what is needed . I grew up for decades with hand communion and the youth in my parish 90% did not believe in the real presence and hand. Communion has played a role in that and subsequently most of them left the catholic. The more humble and reverent way to receive Our Lord in on the tongue and preferably kneeling.
God Bless you both Fr. Gruner and Mr. Venari! I agree with you and May our Lord Jesus continue to Bless you in proclaiming the Truth.
Amen
It makes my heart sad to see everyone receive Holy Communion on the hand. It's just so hard
I take on tongue I left Baptist faith to enter the true faith as scripture Catholic Catechism and Early Church Fathers show an d I am not happy at the church nearest by doesn't put anything under my chin this is God songs are protestant. I didn't feel like I worshiped Jesus. I will speak to priest. Or find a different Church the Pope took Latin from Franciscan order nearby I loved. I will continue to go by the truth no matter what. I am older and don't have a car
The Communion is to salvation not by works but by his grace, not to be confused with faith & its work. ,When we receive the communion in the hand it amounts to as wages of our labor,. whereas communion directly to the mouth indicates his Grace, out of the Mercy of God.
Asha, awesome observation dear. As I read your note this verse of our Lord to Simon Bar Jonah came to mind.....Matt 16:17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.
Explained beautifully. Thank you.
I am only now just hearing about this. I have always received communion in the hand without knowing better. I will speak to my priest about this.
Thank you for your comment. Here are some particulars which you may wish to investigate. Communion on the tongue remains the law of the Church even today, as is officially published in the 1969 Instruction “Memoriale Domini.” Further, the April 17, 1980 Instruction “Inaestimabile Donum” issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship (now called the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship) confirms that the Instruction Memoriale Domini is still in effect.
The official text of Memoriale Domini, along with an accompanying letter of instruction issued by the same Congregation, is found in the 1969 volume of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (the document being in Latin, and the accompanying letter in French) on pages 541-547, here: www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-61-1969-ocr.pdf
Inaestimabile Donum begins on page 331 here: www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-72-1980-ocr.pdf
Two unofficial English translations of Memoriale Domini can be found online at these sites:
www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/memoriale.htm
www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/instruction-on-the-manner-of-distributing-holy-communion-2195
and a translation of Inaestimabile Donum here:
www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/instruction-on-the-holy-eucharist-2179
(see paragraph 2 of the Forward).
In Appendix IV of the book, "Fatima Priest" (online at fatima.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Fatima-Priest.pdf beginning on page 358), Father Gruner provided an unofficial translation of the above-mentioned letter of instruction issued by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship to the Conferences of Catholic Bishops which had petitioned the Holy See for permission to allow the practice of Communion in the hand. The letter outlines seven conditions essential to this permission.
Father notes that this permission is predicated on strict conditions (requiring that the practice includes no danger of profanation, that it serves to increase the recipient's faith in the Real Presence, and that it incorporates adequate care that no particles of the Blessed Sacrament are lost), noting at the same time that these dangers (of profanation, loss of faith, and desecration of particles) are inseparable from the practice of Communion in the hand.
As the law of the Church forbids the sacramental ministers to give Communion in the hand unless the stipulated -- but impossible -- conditions are satisfied, it is clear that there exists in fact no permission for this practice, and no obligation on the part of the minister to capitulate to the preference of the communicant who seeks to receive the Sacred Host in his hands.
God bless you Father. You are a true faithful servant. Our Blessed Mother stated that FEW will enter into Heaven. We need to pray very hard for ALL to come back to tradition and The One True Faith. It is shameful that man (Priest's) will think of there position before God.
Mark 1:7
If John the Baptist (Born without original sin) whom Recognised and baptized our Messiah, believed he was not worthy to stoop down and loose the latchet of our lords shoes, then how can we conceive we are worthy to hold him in our disgusting unconsecrated hands?
Amazingmred ONLY Mary was born without original sin! It is called Immaculate Conception.
You make an excellent point. I never receive communion in the hand. But I admit, it's hard to receive directly on the tongue by "Extraordinary Communion Ministers".. theres as many as 10 in certain parishes. Only 1 priest.
Well.. but we are also unworthy to receive Him in the mouth...We can't be worthy of receiving Christ, no matter what..I'm not saying we shouldn't receiving Him, I'm just saying that no matter how holy you are no human can pretend to be worthy of receiving such an amazing gift.
@@digimom82 not "it" rather, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary IS the Immaculate Conception.
No that is heresy. St. John the Baptist was born without original sin. He was sanctified by the Word Incarnated when he was in his mother's womb. Mary was much more filled with grace because she was conceived without original sin.
Surely there are times when one take the Host from the Church for nefarious reasons. Then, we can see persons swiping their paws upon their clothing having particles of the Host, an otherwise automatic reflex to cleanse ones hands after eating food stuffs etc..and then the particulates fall to the floor where all the parishoners ignorantly stomp upon the Body of Christ !! And this is allowed??
I agree Fr. I've been searching for options to receive The Eucharist properly in the tongue, because all parishes here since the pandemic started only administer Communion to the hand. What suggestions do you have?
Thank you for your question. For numerous weighty reasons, the best course would be to find the nearest traditional Mass and to have no further part in Novus Ordo liturgies. God bless you.
sspx.org/en/mass-locator
fssp.com/locations/
www.latinmassdir.org/
I have a strong devotion to the Holy Eucharist (God willing), always receive on the tongue and strongly desire that hand reception is abolished. I'm also an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and through the health ministry team at our parish, bring the Blessed Sacrament to sick individuals in the local hospital. The priests in the Diocese here are too few and far between to attend to every sick person desiring Holy Communion. Although a corporal work of mercy, should I refrain from volunteering in this ministry so as not to handle the Blessed Sacrament as a lay person?
Absolutely. We urge you to have nothing to do with that sacrilegious practice. God bless you.
What about now with COVID? Where I live they are taking major measures of safety...
No circumstance can justify a sacrilege. God bless you.
I have a spiritual communion instead.even though I need jesus so much inside of me.i have offended jesus enough without adding sacrilege.
Communion in the hand was the norm in the Eastern Church. Read St. Basil and St. John Chrysostom.
No, it was not.
I have received Holy Communion on the hand only when I was not given on tongue due to the reason given of the pandemic. I was not comfortable but still I accepted. Do I need to confess this sacrilege? And if the priest himself does not believe it is a sin, will I be given absolution and consequently be forgiven?
Thank you for this important question which we will submit for reply in our Ask Father video series. In the meantime we urge you to take the safer course by confessing these incidents, mentioning the approximate number of times it took place. Very important, however, in regard to the counsel which will be given to you, will be to find a trustworthy traditional priest to whom you can make your confession. Finding a traditional Mass venue will also obviate future offenses in walking upon the countless Particles of the Blessed Sacrament lost through the culpable negligence of this practice at Novus Ordo parishes. God bless you.
sspx.org/en/mass-locator
fssp.com/locations/
www.latinmassdir.org/
My priest strongly objected to me confessing receiving holy communion in the hand he insisted I had not committed a mortal sin and therefore did not perform absolution.
@@rachelkirkmayer67 find another parish Rachel if u can. If you're also able to, go to traditional latin masses celebrated by the FSSP, ICKSP or SSPX. Avoid orders like the SSPV. They're cult like and sedevacantists.
Then why did people start doing it??
***** Here are two articles that touch on that subject, though neither speaks strongly enough about the sacrilege and disobedience inherent in this practice:
www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8616
www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2014/03/truth-about-communion-in-hand-while.html#.VT-dEyFVhBc
I do not like communion in the hand but forced to during COVID. But what do you say to early church practices in the hand?
Thank you for your comment. As has been aptly noted about early Church practices, “The only ones to communicate always standing and with their hands outstretched were from the beginning the Arians, who obstinately denied the Divinity of Christ and who could not see in the Eucharist any more than a simple symbol of ‘union,’ which can be taken and handled at will. Millions of present-day Catholics including many prelates and priests have been practically converted [through the resurgence of this sacrilegious practice] to Arianism, a great heresy lasting from the fourth to the seventh century.”
Please see the article “Some Considerations on Holy Communion in the Hand” by Fr. Paul McDonald, who demonstrates that among the true faithful, the early Christian practice was tied to the exigencies of persecution, after which time (most notably at the 650 A.D. Synod of Rouen), “Church authority apparently judged that it invited abuse and deemed it contrary to the custom of the Apostles.” bfhu.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/history-of-communion-tonguehand/ God bless you.
@@TheFatimaCenter Thank you for this important information. I will read, but ultimately are you suggesting that it is better not to receive if forced to receive in the hand?
@@gegaoli Absolutely. Better to be unjustly refused access to Holy Communion by erring priests than for you yourself to commit so grievous a sacrilege against the Blessed Sacrament. God bless you.
@@TheFatimaCenter that was my question for so many months and now you have given the answer.
@@sandradsa1340 God bless you for your love for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, so horribly profaned in our time!
The Devil loves communion on the hand
If you don't receive communion in the hand how can we receive the holy Eucharist if they refuse to give it on the tongue . Confused
Thank you for this important question. You might try appealing to local and higher authorities for your canonical rights, but the best course may be to find a traditional-rite Mass. God bless you. sspx.org/en/community/priories
My local novus ordo church (600 metres away) doesn’t allow communion on the tongue due to COVID restrictions (and the behaviour of the congregation was irrelevant before and after mass and the music banal). I gave up going there and now drive 45-50 mins to a Latin mass (which is beyond reverent and the music is heavenly). It was the best decision I ever made. Thank God that I found Latin mass 10 months ago. I’m never going back. Praise be to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
When did Catholics start receiving Holy Communion on the tongue? At the Last Supper, the Apostles must have received the Holy Eucharist in their hand.
You might be surprised by the results of an online image search for "Communion of the Apostles."
TheFatimaCenter Thank you for your help but I think those pictures would have been painted when it was the norm to receive Holy Communion on the tongue. If I am going to discuss this issue, I need something in writing to substantiate what I say.
@@elsbethsutherland624 By the Fourth Century, St. Cyril of Jerusalem was admonishing the faithful to ensure that not even the smallest particle should fall to the ground. By the mid-Seventh Century, Communion on the tongue was already a long-established practice in many areas -- so much so that Communion in the hand was being condemned as an abuse.
You may wish to read more about this topic in "A Privilege of the Ordained" by Michael Davies, and "Communion in the Hand: Documents and History" by Most Rev. Juan Rodolfo Laise.
How/Where is it divine law? And how do you react to "Catholic Answers" case on this? See their video: ua-cam.com/video/r5kska9DL_Y/v-deo.html. This video also talks about communion in the hand, ignoring the title.
First of all, communion wafers do not break that easily. Second of all, I've seen particles fall out of mouths. Third, if any priest, bishop, pope can tell me how a tongue is less sinful than the hand I'd really like to hear it. You can be just as reverent receiving it in the hands as on the tongue. The only reason that tongue is clung to by trads is that it's "God's law". But this practice wasn't dictated until 8 centuries after Christ. So was it really a revelation of God's law or was it just there was a problem- AT THAT TIME- with particles on the floor, etc?
What if I can't find a priest that gives the eucharist in the mouth what then.
Perhaps there is a Traditional Latin Mass offered in your area at which this will not be an issue. God bless you.
sspx.org/en/mass-locator
fssp.com/locations/
www.latinmassdir.org/
Why can't we carry a pix and priest put it in the pix so we don't handle it.
didn't Jesus break the bread and handed it to his disciples.
Thank you for your question. Regarding the current practice of laymen receiving the Blessed Sacrament into their hands and administering Holy Communion to themselves, this certainly was not the case at the Last Supper since there were no laymen present. But even the supposition that the Apostles communicated themselves, rather than receiving Holy Communion directly from Our Lord, is problematic. Try doing an online image search for "Communion of the Apostles" and you may discover that your experience has slanted your assumption. Historically speaking, the assumption has been the opposite. God bless you.
Of course 'Care and Respect' is to be observed when receiving the Lord.
We are also called to prepare our HEARTS to receive Him in worship and adoration.
There is a lot of criticism of a Pope, and many thousands of clergy in the above clip. Be careful.
Rules and regulations are important but not at the expense of WHO Jesus is.
Did Jesus put it in the disciples mouths or did Jesus hand it to them .... Jesus broke bread (crumbs likely), gave it to his disciples and said, "Take this, all of you and eat it". Look at what I'm giving you and not the crumbs 'accidentally' left behind on the table. Look at ME.
Let's focus on the fact that this is Jesus and let's stop looking at whether people have shoes, appear dishevelled, wear a mantilla, receive in the hand etc. Focus on HIM and prepare our HEARTS accordingly.
Stop the legalism, and prepare our HEARTS.
This type of 'purity' is idolatry, not to the LORD, but to ritual.
Jesus touched lepers and lepers touched Jesus.
Jesus disregarded rules and regulations to bring HIMSELF into the hearts of people.
C'mon church - let's show unity and respect and bring Jesus into our hearts. He who came to set us free from inflated piety and 'worshipping' rules and regulations and worship HIM alone.
Daniel Dahdah
The apostles who were at the last supper were consecrated the were instituted into the priesthood they were not laity so that is a poor excuse to justify hand communion . Have you considered the risk and sacrilege that has a occurred over the decades whereby how easy it is to access the sacred host and desecrate it this has happened, thanks to hand communion, . Anyway could go on and on about the issue but, I will make on final point.
Unity in humbleness and truth is what is needed . I grew up for decades with hand communion and the youth in my parish 90% did not believe in the real presence and hand. Communion has played a role in that and subsequently most of them left the catholic.
The more humble and reverent way to receive Our Lord in on the tongue and preferably kneeling.