{"id":22616,"date":"2013-04-27T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=22616"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:51:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:51:52","slug":"two-small-but-significant-changes-regarding-communion-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/04\/two-small-but-significant-changes-regarding-communion-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Two small but significant changes regarding Communion reception\u2014UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A website<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0calls attention to this item in a USCCB newsletter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the new Roman Missal, from January:<\/p>\n

What does the Missal say about the posture of the faithful when receiving Holy Communion? What about Communion in the hand?<\/em><\/p>\n

Both of these questions are covered in no. 160 of the GIRM. It states clearly there that the \u201cnorm\u201d established for \u00a0the United States for reception of Holy Communion is standing. In the 2003 GIRM, it stated that no one should be refused Communion if they kneel, but that afterward they should be properly catechized. In the current edition, the exhortation to catechesis is removed and the exception to the norm of standing is left to the discretion of the faithful: \u201cunless an individual member of the faithful wishes to receive Communion while kneeling.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0[emphasis mine] The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum, no. 91, is then cited.<\/p>\n

With regard to receiving Communion in the hand, there is a significant development from the 1985 GIRM to the 2003\/2011 edition. Whereas in 1985, Communion in the hand was granted by virtue of an indult received in 1977, in the Roman Missal, Third Edition, Communion in the hand is now ordinary liturgical law for the United States,<\/strong>\u00a0[emphasis mine] though every communicant retains the equal right of receiving on the tongue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> A reader writes:<\/p>\n

I just saw your blog post on communion in the hand and its relation to the GIRM and Redemptoris Sacramentum [sic]. I may be missing something, but I\u00a0read the GIRM and haven\u2019t been\u00a0any mention of receiving in the hands, as the newsletter claims;\u00a0the same goes for the\u00a0RS.\u00a0Am I missing something?\u00a0I would appreciate if you could quote me the original documents to which they\u00a0refer, so I can see for myself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay.<\/p>\n

From Redemptionis Sacramentum<\/a><\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

[91.] In distributing Holy Communion it is to be remembered that \u201csacred ministers may not deny the sacraments to those who seek them in a reasonable manner, are rightly disposed, and are not prohibited by law from receiving them\u201d.[177]\u00a0Hence any baptized Catholic who is not prevented by law must be admitted to Holy Communion. Therefore, it is not licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ\u2019s faithful solely on the grounds, for example, that the person wishes to receive the Eucharist kneeling or standing.<\/p>\n

[92.] Although each of the faithful always has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue, at his choice,[178]\u00a0if any communicant should wish to receive the Sacrament in the hand, in areas where the Bishops\u2019 Conference with the\u00a0recognitio<\/em>\u00a0of the Apostolic See has given permission, the sacred host is to be administered to him or her. However, special care should be taken to ensure that the host is consumed by the communicant in the presence of the minister, so that no one goes away carrying the Eucharistic species in his hand. If there is a risk of profanation, then Holy Communion should not be given in the hand to the faithful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From the GIRM:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

161. If Communion is given only under the species of bread, the Priest raises the host slightly and shows it to each, saying, The Body of Christ. The communicant replies, Amen, and receives the Sacrament either on the tongue or, where this is allowed, in the hand, the choice lying with the communicant. As soon as the communicant receives the host, he or she consumes the whole of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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