http://www.ewtn.com/library/liturgy/zlitur177.htm  
EWTN argues in this article the same, and quotes st. thomas aquinas as authority.  
I bring this up, because another traditional catholic is denying friendship with me because I disagree with him that one "steps on jesus" in these particles when they go to communion at the NO.  It has become his superdogma despite my arguing against it.  And, I have been hearing this argument come from matthew often.  So, I wonder if it has become his superdogma as well(no disrespect matthew).

There is the story of St Clement Hofbauer. There was a priest of the community who would furiously wipe the paten at mass. St Clement approached him one day and said, "Leave some for the angels." 

Actually, what the Church teaches is according to Thomistic philosophy. That the Eucharist is "food", and crumbs are not considered food, so these small particles are not Our Lord. But because they once were, they are treated as the greatest relics.

The Church has not determined how big a crumb must be before it is considered food. The Church merely keeps a VERY safe distance from a crumb when prescribing that priests who need to give Communion to someone having trouble swallowing can give a small portion of a host, but it it can only be so small, and no smaller that prescribed. I forget the exact size, but it is sizable.

Thanks for the post Bumphrey.

Here is some food for thought.

"It is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to dogs".  Response: Yes, the paten does serve an important useful purpose.

"Even the whelps eat the crumbs that fall from the masters table".  Response: Did somebody mention Puppies?  ; )

Decades ago, as a novus ordo parishioner, I did see larger particles of the hosts come apart from the main body of the hosts. The church we were attending used a type of bread that flaked at the edges when handled and pieces would fall off. These were not microscopic either, yet were small and light enough that anyone receiving communion in the hand would find residual pieces of the host from time to time. There were no patens being used in the communion line either.

So many abuses in the novus ordo....

If small particles of the Host are not Our Lord, then why does the Tridentine Rite prescribe the use of a paten (both for the priest and the Faithful)?

Why are there so many purification rubrics in place, so that the priest gathers and consumes any particles that might fall on the Corporal during the Holy Sacrifice?

Poche's anecdote is neither here nor there. The rubrics require that the priest scrapes the round paten on the linen cloth below it (the corporal) to scrape up any particles, and these are dumped into the chalice, to which water/wine are added and the priest consumes all of it. So this isn't about a priest over-doing it, or being OCD about it. It's actually a question of the prescribed rubrics of the timeless Tridentine Mass!

I, for one, wouldn't want to risk stepping on consecrated Particles. Even if most of them were "too small" and lost the Real Presence, what if a few of them were large enough?

And there are plenty of other issues, including the fact that every Novus Ordo building is a DESECRATED church. Better a garage, warehouse, or other "mission" location, which is at least neutral and even humbly dedicated to offering the true Mass, rather than a consecrated place which has been desecrated by profane and secular use (including the N.O.M.)

What about my other comments, PG? The issue of exposing your family (including impressionable children) to the whole Novus Ordo package, minus the N.O. Mass itself? All the banners, propaganda, signage, architecture, art, posters, hymnals, and even parishioners!

Isn't the message -- constantly transmitted and often received -- that we are weird, different, or even disobedient, while the Novus Ordo is "normal" and what most people do? How can you keep your children from being human; from processing stimuli in a completely human way?

And another thing -- how many Indult "Latin Masses" are said by a priest TRAINED in a Traditional seminary -- who understands the Traditional movement and what it's about? None of them. None of them were trained by the SSPX, the Resistance, the SSPV, or the CMRI. In their mind (which means IN THEIR SERMONS), there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the Conciliar Church or the Novus Ordo. How is this not super-dangerous?

Like I said recently -- even if you manage to stay Traditional (i.e., attend the Tridentine Mass faithfully), I would almost bet money that your children will NOT be so steadfast. This warning applies to anyone who would attend Mass at an Indult/Novus Ordo shared facility.

There's an old saying that says, "Actions speak louder than words."

It seems that the arguments that would make the particles of the Eucharist into mere crumbs of bread come from the theologians (i.e., "according to Thomistic philosophy").  Yet the Church's actions requiring "so many purification rubrics...so that the priest gathers and consumes any particles that might fall on the Corporal during the Holy Sacrifice."  Indeed, should a Host fall to the ground, the priest meticulously cleans the floor and ensures that not one crumb should be left.

Matthew here is absolutely correct.  

The error is when we put more stock into the theological disputations of the theologians rather than the rock-solid teachings of the Magisterium in her official acts and commands.  All too often we see (and this is a common tactic of the liberals and we see it, unfortunately, here on CathInfo by a number of amateur theologians) people quote the theologians and interpret them to agree with their opinions rather than accept the infallible teachings of the Church.