View detailed profile Advanced or search site with Search Forums Advanced. Originally Posted by OrangeCountyCalifornia. My church has a mass on Saturdays. The priest dropped a few communion tablets Aren't those tables sacred Why is there a trash can on the altar? Are you sure he didn't just place them on the altar and possibly after Mass, disposed of them properly?
I seriously doubt any Catholic Priest just throwing away a consecrated host. Makes no difference , how would you like it is you got ill after the communion , as one of those pieces might have picked up a virus , or like the holy water urn is never cleaned and Bacteria can build up and make people ill who may be getting baptized , or the wine glass is never cleaned and you have to drink from it Just because the minister drop a element and tossed it out , I do not believe God will send a lightning clap down on these people The real issue of the bread and wine being the body and blood of Christ is spiritual when you take it understanding the spiritual significance of it, not when the wine and bread is merely in it's material form.
It is valid when you actually take it in faith in remembrance of Him, not before. Therefor in it's material form it has no special property's and no insult to God if you drop it and have to throw it out. It is easily replaced. When Jesus spoke of eating His flesh and drinking His blood He said it was a spiritual expression and went on to explain.
JN "It is the spirit that quickens [gives life]; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are Life. Consuming a host that has fallen to the floor is always the most reverent and preferable response. Remove the glass cover, place the dropped hosts into the designated bowl, and cover them with HOT water. Replace the glass cover and leave the hosts to dissolve. It is often not possible to complete all these steps during the celebration of Mass, so usually a priest will place a white cloth over the spot so that it can be properly cleaned up after Mass.
With this reality in mind, it is not simply bread and wine that fall to the ground, but the body and blood of our Savior. This belief informs everything the Church does in connection to the Eucharist, recognizing that it is God himself who is present and our response to such accidents should be formed by our personal love of him who created us.
This is not a scrupulous activity, but one filed with tenderness, saddened that our Beloved has fallen to the ground. It is our duty to pick him back up and treat his body and blood with all due reverence. The Church's guidelines in this matter highlight the reality of Jesus' presence in the Eucharist. So very sad, I've witnessed our poor sweet Jesus fall to the ground so many times, I express my sorrows, but no one seems to care.
We need a great divine intervention, Jesus please help the hierarchy to wake up! Post a Comment. Sunday, November 29, Proper Reverence for a Dropped Eucharistic Host.
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