In response to Archbishop Thomas Rodi's May 20th regulation that the distribution of the Eucharist only be distributed in the hand:
On July 24, 2009, the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments responded to a letter involving a very similar situation[1]. The letter referenced a decision the Dicastery made during a previous pandemic. In that letter, the Dicastery observed that “each of the faithful ALWAYS has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue, nor is it licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ’s faithful who are not impeded by law from receiving the Holy Eucharist.” (emphasis added) The quoted portion of that letter cited the language from its Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum n. 91 and 92.
The archbishop's decision also goes beyond what the USCCB’s guidelines[2] suggest.
It is clear that Archbishop Rodi's regulation was made beyond the authority bestowed upon him. It doesn’t matter if there’s another way to receive our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. What matters is that the faithful have an absolute right to receive Him on the tongue.
Please consider signing this petition to request Archbishop Rodi correct his improper regulation on the distribution of the Eucharist.
[1]The Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments letter: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-su_FQyvGOAQ/Xl_DMwPYppI/AAAAAAAAHOc/BKmaPIR49bwSCgZVziEfypt6CQU_P0EKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_1808.JPG?fbclid=IwAR3k_bTFWuXAcOn4D-IpzGY5-euXX5ZSmZ3rLtMvSlC_hxsLVRvfR2N54ZM
[2] Addressing the question of whether Communion should be taken in the hand or on the tongue, the guidelines state: "We believe that, with the precautions listed here, it is possible to distribute on the tongue without unreasonable risk." https://www.ncronline.org/news/coronavirus/us-bishops-guidelines-reopening-mass-groups-10-sanitizer-during-communion
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I am in 100% agreement with this petition. If you are so inclined, please sign and speak up. God Bless our Church !
We all have a tremendous responsibility to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament to receive Him in reverence. We desire to receive Him on the tongue out of humility. Many of us even feel conscience-bound to receive this way, and are thus unable to receive the Eucharist otherwise. Praying for our Church and her leaders!
Receiving on the tongue is the only way I have ever done it and I will not be forced to change my practice because of some arbitrary rule. This is just wrong.
I think this is an overreach and the Church acquiescing to the Government, not thinking about what the CHURCH offers us. Suicides are up, domestic abuse is up -- WE NEED the Sacraments the way they were meant to be taken. Please let those priests that want to deliver the Eucharist on the tongue do it in their safe way. Hands are dirty and have touched the pews, etc. There's no way to not touch the hands of communicants by the Priest. My priest never touches my tongue when I receive. To me, this is much much safer. God Bless you and our Beautiful Church and Faith.
I sincerely believe that only an ordained priest has the right to put his hands on the precious body and blood of my Lord and Savior. His hands are anointed at his ordination for that purpose.
During the plague of Milan, St. Charles Boromeo St. Charles went nearly every day to the leper house to give the Sacraments to the suffering. He baptized newborns and gave last rights to the dying. He counseled the clergy and magistrates to “take the plague of the soul in consideration more than the contagion of the body which, for many reasons, is less pernicious.” (https://tfpstudentaction.org/blog/how-saint-charles-borromeo-fought-the-deadly-virus)
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In response to Archbishop Thomas Rodi's May 20th regulation that the distribution of the Eucharist only be distributed in the hand:
On July 24, 2009, the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments responded to a letter involving a very similar situation[1]. The letter referenced a decision the Dicastery made during a previous pandemic. In that letter, the Dicastery observed that “each of the faithful ALWAYS has the right to receive Holy Communion on the tongue, nor is it licit to deny Holy Communion to any of Christ’s faithful who are not impeded by law from receiving the Holy Eucharist.” (emphasis added) The quoted portion of that letter cited the language from its Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum n. 91 and 92.
The archbishop's decision also goes beyond what the USCCB’s guidelines[2] suggest.
It is clear that Archbishop Rodi's regulation was made beyond the authority bestowed upon him. It doesn’t matter if there’s another way to receive our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. What matters is that the faithful have an absolute right to receive Him on the tongue.
Please consider signing this petition to request Archbishop Rodi correct his improper regulation on the distribution of the Eucharist.
[1]The Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments letter: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-su_FQyvGOAQ/Xl_DMwPYppI/AAAAAAAAHOc/BKmaPIR49bwSCgZVziEfypt6CQU_P0EKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_1808.JPG?fbclid=IwAR3k_bTFWuXAcOn4D-IpzGY5-euXX5ZSmZ3rLtMvSlC_hxsLVRvfR2N54ZM
[2] Addressing the question of whether Communion should be taken in the hand or on the tongue, the guidelines state: "We believe that, with the precautions listed here, it is possible to distribute on the tongue without unreasonable risk." https://www.ncronline.org/news/coronavirus/us-bishops-guidelines-reopening-mass-groups-10-sanitizer-during-communion
11 Comments
Shame many bishops have to be reminded they don't have the authority to forbid communion on the tongue.
I am in 100% agreement with this petition. If you are so inclined, please sign and speak up. God Bless our Church !
We all have a tremendous responsibility to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament to receive Him in reverence. We desire to receive Him on the tongue out of humility. Many of us even feel conscience-bound to receive this way, and are thus unable to receive the Eucharist otherwise. Praying for our Church and her leaders!
Receiving on the tongue is the only way I have ever done it and I will not be forced to change my practice because of some arbitrary rule. This is just wrong.
I think this is an overreach and the Church acquiescing to the Government, not thinking about what the CHURCH offers us. Suicides are up, domestic abuse is up -- WE NEED the Sacraments the way they were meant to be taken. Please let those priests that want to deliver the Eucharist on the tongue do it in their safe way. Hands are dirty and have touched the pews, etc. There's no way to not touch the hands of communicants by the Priest. My priest never touches my tongue when I receive. To me, this is much much safer. God Bless you and our Beautiful Church and Faith.
I sincerely believe that only an ordained priest has the right to put his hands on the precious body and blood of my Lord and Savior. His hands are anointed at his ordination for that purpose.
During the plague of Milan, St. Charles Boromeo St. Charles went nearly every day to the leper house to give the Sacraments to the suffering. He baptized newborns and gave last rights to the dying. He counseled the clergy and magistrates to “take the plague of the soul in consideration more than the contagion of the body which, for many reasons, is less pernicious.” (https://tfpstudentaction.org/blog/how-saint-charles-borromeo-fought-the-deadly-virus)
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Shame many bishops have to be reminded they don't have the authority to forbid communion on the tongue.