tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post1431244915915422277..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Communion in the Hand (3) Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-14432036143663533832020-08-10T23:15:54.659+01:002020-08-10T23:15:54.659+01:00Communion in the Hand was instituted by Christ him...Communion in the Hand was instituted by Christ himself when He "gave" and said "take'. Communion on the tongue was a later invention by someone and its effect is to lower and degrade reverence of Holy Communion.chris griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388653761805776527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-49343445668403742452020-07-13T22:29:31.651+01:002020-07-13T22:29:31.651+01:00Thank you Father! I think the issue is not about w...Thank you Father! I think the issue is not about whether receiving in the hand or on the tongue. I remember when we had communion rails and the priest distributed communion like an assembly line, quickly going down the line almost irreverently. (Probably because the church was not air conditioned). So what does it take to make to be reverent- the answer is time. If we all would make a concerted Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532560947725372255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64549889087530600452020-07-13T18:25:57.467+01:002020-07-13T18:25:57.467+01:00To see the gradual loss of the sense of the sacred...To see the gradual loss of the sense of the sacred brought about, as I believe, by the practice of communion in the hand, consider: Most Catholics no longer genuflect or make the sign of the cross upon entering and leaving the church. Many stop in the communion line to greet or pass a word with those they pass. Few honor their Easter duty to confess once a year and, in fact often go years withoutCatholic News and Issueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383028874754804468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-2811287554598886352020-07-11T08:56:17.316+01:002020-07-11T08:56:17.316+01:00I agree that the way Communion in the hand often w...I agree that the way Communion in the hand often works in practice (with the communicant picking up the sacred Host in their fingers and popping it into their mouth as they walk away, perhaps these days fumbling with a face mask at the same time) is disedifying to say the least. There are also valid concerns about sacrilege (stealing or discarding the Host) being easier, and about what happens BrionyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666210702238658388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13107273547899455302020-07-10T16:48:39.966+01:002020-07-10T16:48:39.966+01:00Father, thank you. I think this post strikes prec...Father, thank you. I think this post strikes precisely heart of the matter. <br /><br />The issue is not whether or not communion in the hand is inherently inferior--that is an argument without end--or somehow debased--there is too much history to make this claim convincingly.<br /><br />The central issue regarding the "modern" practice of communion in the hand is whether it is Cosmoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199946824127025416noreply@blogger.com