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  • If this happens, the minister is supposed to do this for you. 1) "Why Can’t I Dip the Consecrated Host into the Consecrated Wine Myself? For example, the U.S. Norms for Holy Communion Under Both Kinds remind us that, because of its symbolism, the preferred form by which the faithful receive the blood of Christ is to drink directly from the chalice (n. 42). In small groups, it may even be possible for all to receive from a single chalice, symbolizing the unity of the assembly in a very real way. In the history of the Church, other methods for distributing the eucharist under both kinds have also been used, in particular, the method of “intinction” by which the minister dips the consecrated host into the chalice. But communion by intinction eliminates the possibility of a communicant receiving the eucharist in the hand since, if a consecrated host has been dipped in the precious blood, a communicant must always receive the eucharistic elements on the tongue (GIRM 287; Norms, n. 49). It also makes it difficult for a person to receive under the form of bread alone. Receiving the Eucharist is more than the action of a communicant eating and drinking the Body and Blood of Christ under the appearance of bread and wine. It is also a sacramental encounter between a minister and a believer, in which a communicant affirms through the “Amen,” the reality of the Body of Christ – in the consecrated bread and in the assembled faithful. For that reason, liturgical tradition prescribes that the Eucharist should be ministered to those assembled by designated eucharistic ministers. This is the norm and any form of “self-service” is not allowed (GIRM 160; cf. Norms, n. 50), even though it might seem a minor variation for communicants to dip the host into a chalice by themselves." Source and further information: "Liturgical Catechesis on the Eucharist Materials provided by the Toledo Diocesan Liturgical Commission As catechesis on the revised General Instruction of the Roman Missal." http://www.toledodiocese-spl.org/Office%20of%20Worship/GIRM%20documents/GIRMHostWine.pdf 2) "With the change from receiving the Eucharist under both kinds to receiving under the form of bread alone, it also became customary in the West to receive the Host placed directly on the tongue, rather than on the hand, but this was prescribed neither by the Roman Missal nor by the Code of Canon Law. Since the late twentieth century many Episcopal Conferences allow communicants (at their personal discretion) to receive the Host on the hand, except when Communion is distributed by intinction (partly dipping the Host in the Chalice before distributing it)." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist_(Catholic_Church%29 3) ""The communicant must not be permitted to intinct the host himself in the chalice, nor to receive the intincted host in the hand. As for the host to be used for the intinction, it should be made of valid matter, also consecrated; it is altogether forbidden to use non-consecrated bread or other matter."" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intinction Further information: "INSTRUCTION Redemptionis Sacramentum On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist" http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20040423_redemptionis-sacramentum_en.html

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