I was denied Tongue Communion
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But isnt the bread turning to flesh literally ( AB blood type) more mysterious.
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i am not gay thank you.Originally posted by Pope Nicholas:St Francis Xavier as well I think....a JESUIT
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huh?Originally posted by Icemoon:i am not gay thank you. -
Ladies interest me more.Originally posted by Pope Nicholas:huh? -
I once saw the US troops in Afganistan on TV; they also use their hands.
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The current law of the Church actually forbids Communion in the hand except in very limited circumstances. According to Memoriale Domini (promulgated under the pontificate of Paul VI in 1969), the only time Communion in the hand is permissible is when the practice (which the pope calls a “contrary usage”) has already been established (usually through disobedience), and only then where the appropriate episcopal conference approves the usage by a secret 2/3 vote, which must then be reviewed and approved by the Holy See. Communion on the tongue (sub lingua) is still the universal law of the Church. Incidentally, even though Communion in the hand is now a pervasive practice throughout the United States in Novus Ordo parishes, the United States was not one of those places where Communion in the hand was an established practice before Memoriale Domini.
Memoriale Domini states that a “contrary usage” should not be allowed if it would lead to a lack of respect of the Eucharist, false or adulterated doctrinal opinions of the Eucharist, or profanation of the Eucharist. Thus, while Paul VI permitted a very narrow exception to the Church’s universal law of Communion on the tongue (in places where the abuse was already established, subject to Rome’s approval), the document made it clear that “the Holy Father has decided not to change the existing way of administering holy communion to the faithful” (which is “on the tongue”). This reflected the bishops desire – by a clear majority - not to implement Communion in the hand.
John Paul II affirmed the foregoing. In Dominicae Cenae, the pope said: "To touch the sacred species and to distribute them with their own hands is a privilege of the ordained” (No. 11). In Inaestimabile Donum, the pope said: “It is not permitted that the faithful should themselves pick up the consecrated bread and the sacred chalice, still less that they should hand them from one to another” (No. 9). In 2004, John Paul II’s Congregation for Divine Worship issued Redemptionis Sacramentum which addressed certain matters concerning the celebration of the Eucharist. The document reiterated the warnings of Memoriale Domini by stating: “If there is a risk of profanation, then Holy Communion should not be given in the hand to the faithful.”
(Scripture catholic)