tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post8628736828980181361..comments2024-03-12T07:54:08.013+00:00Comments on Offerimus Tibi Domine: Communion on the tongue is an Apostolic TraditionFr Simon Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-46062957476513597152017-02-16T09:58:27.280+00:002017-02-16T09:58:27.280+00:00Even as a (now infrequent) server I never touch th...Even as a (now infrequent) server I never touch the sacred vessels unless wearing white gloves of using a cloth. This was something I learned as a boy at school. As to the Corporal It was to be folded in on itself so that only the underside was touched.<br />I recall a monsignor telling me that he would bless my hands so that I could receive Communion in the hand - I refused & was given Communion by the celebrant (the bishop) on the tongue.David O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023042558615821880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-18134291345976678882017-02-07T16:25:24.883+00:002017-02-07T16:25:24.883+00:00A couple of years ago In Brompton Oratory a Sacred...A couple of years ago In Brompton Oratory a Sacred Host was removed and it was filmed on youtube. You must now receive on the tongue there. Rightly so.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346801564305334415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-75252174087716899652017-02-07T07:12:31.556+00:002017-02-07T07:12:31.556+00:00And yet, the other consideration apart from the hi...And yet, the other consideration apart from the historical practice (universal in the Catholic Church until recently) is the lived experience of many priests, that receiving in the hand has indeed led to a decline in reverence in all sorts of ways.Fr Simon Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375804232895565241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-53919643037952391972017-02-06T17:19:54.365+00:002017-02-06T17:19:54.365+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Marko Ivančičevićhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579400863718513875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598228705498900088.post-20178369491825867092017-02-06T12:19:01.933+00:002017-02-06T12:19:01.933+00:00Thanks very much for this Father.Thanks very much for this Father.scherzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00207856424911699495noreply@blogger.com