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Offline Thursday

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Real simple question here
« on: August 23, 2010, 09:38:41 AM »
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  • Ok, I grew up in the NO so I just want to make sure of a few things here. In the NO while receiving communion you put your hands out and the priests says the body of Christ and layman says amen and eats the bread.

    I'm never quite sure about how they do it in the Tridentine Rite. I go up like everyone else and when the priests gets to me he says something in Latin (What does he say?) and I say 'amen' just before he puts the host on my tongue? Is this right? I couldn't hear anyone else saying amen, so I was wondering if you said that in the old rite.

    Also, could someone tell me how to disable this country flag.


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    Real simple question here
    « Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 11:54:52 AM »
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    Ok, I grew up in the NO so I just want to make sure of a few things here. In the NO while receiving communion you put your hands out and the priests says the body of Christ and layman says amen and eats the bread.

    I'm never quite sure about how they do it in the Tridentine Rite. I go up like everyone else and when the priests gets to me he says something in Latin (What does he say?) and I say 'amen' just before he puts the host on my tongue? Is this right? I couldn't hear anyone else saying amen, so I was wondering if you said that in the old rite.

    Also, could someone tell me how to disable this country flag.


    Found this over at Fish Eaters, hope it helps.

     The proper way to receive the Blessed Eucharist at the altar rail at Mass is to kneel and fold one's hands in the "prayer" gesture (or place them under the houseling cloth at the altar rail, if such a cloth is used; don't touch the cloth or the rail in either case). An acolyte or altar boy will hold a paten underneath your chin so that no precious particles will fall to the floor. The priest will bless you by making a Sign of the Cross with the Sacrament (a small one in the air) and then place the Sacrament on your tongue, all while saying these words:

    Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam æternam. Amen.
       

    May the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul unto life everlasting. Amen.

    Open your mouth wide enough and stick out your tongue far enough to easily receive the Sacrament (once received, don't respond "Amen" as is done in the Novus Ordo Rite). Many priests recommend closing your eyes when receiving so that you're not tempted to follow his hand; it's best to not move at all. And, of course, don't close your mouth until the Host is safely on your tongue and the priest's hand is out of the way! Make the Sign of the Cross after receiving Communion, then return to your pew and kneel in thanksgiving (many people cover their faces with their hands or veils at this time to increase a sense of intimacy).

    Please note that the Eucharist is not chewed, but is allowed to soften in the mouth and then swallowed. 1 This is to avoid having the smallest particle stuck in one's teeth where it might be desecrated later by coming into contact with the profane. Having the very Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ mingle with a gulp of Mountain Dew is hardly the treatment He deserves -- but pondering the very possibility of such a thing is to induce gratitude for the amazing humility with which He comes to us under the appearance of bread; why, if He were to come to us in a way that revealed His glory to our senses, we would no doubt die from being in the Presence of such obvious Holiness.

    The Eucharist should never be touched but by consecrated hands (i.e., the hands of a priest, who is the ordinary minister of the Sacrament, or of a delegated deacon, who is the extraordinary minister of the Sacrament) unless emergency or true charity dictate otherwise, and women should have their heads covered whenever they are in His Presence -- whether during simple visits to a church where the tabernacle is, during sick calls or Unction, and when receiving the Eucharist at Mass.

    Sorry, I can't help you with your flag problem.



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    Real simple question here
    « Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 12:41:30 PM »
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    Ok, I grew up in the NO so I just want to make sure of a few things here. In the NO while receiving communion you put your hands out and the priests says the body of Christ and layman says amen and eats the bread.

    I'm never quite sure about how they do it in the Tridentine Rite. I go up like everyone else and when the priests gets to me he says something in Latin (What does he say?) and I say 'amen' just before he puts the host on my tongue? Is this right? I couldn't hear anyone else saying amen, so I was wondering if you said that in the old rite.

    Also, could someone tell me how to disable this country flag.


    not sure about flag isues, is a bug likely

    but, yes, you receive on the tongue and do NOT respond from what I was taught...He speaks, you do not.

    he states: May the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul unto life everlasting. Amen.

    Proud "European American" and prouder, still, Catholic

    Offline Thursday

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    « Reply #3 on: August 23, 2010, 05:55:42 PM »
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  • Thanks for your replies.

    Belloc, I'm wondering why you don't have a flag.

    Offline Sigismund

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    « Reply #4 on: October 09, 2010, 08:17:18 PM »
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  • Cheryl,

    Are you sure about not chewing?  I was told (back before the council) as a kid that if I didn't actually eat (as in chew) the Host I had not actually received communion because our Lord's command was "Take and EAT".

    I never really thought about it until now, though.
    Stir up within Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the Spirit with which blessed Josaphat, Thy Martyr and Bishop, was filled, when he laid down his life for his sheep: so that, through his intercession, we too may be moved and strengthen by the same Spir