The Right Way to Receive the Precious Blood of Jesus at Holy Mass

We believe as Catholics that at every Mass the simple bread and wine are transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit into the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus.
But do we need to receive both species, namely the Eucharist and the Precious Blood in order to receive ALL of Jesus?
Today Fr. Mike explains the practice of intinction, dipping the Holy Eucharist into the chalice of the Precious Blood and when it's a bad idea and when it may be appropriate.
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[@Kasher18]

This is exactly why all Catholics should receive Our Lord, kneeling and on the tongue, with a paten held by an altar server to protect any potential dropping.

[@SomedayG]

Amen!

[@StephenTruxton]

Double Amen!!

[@vstu7643]

Reply to Kari Sherman: Oy Vei ….. lets wear our white gloves and chapel veil too 🙄. Fr Mike - In NY absolutely no paten …..I don’t think it is prudent to return back to both species now. Flu season begins and many feel Jesus won’t let us get sick from Him. Jesus also gave us free will! No Intinction - NOT EVEN A DEACON IS ALLOWED

[@elitestockpicks8212]

God sees our heart and our intentions. Method is not important if there is something wrong with the heart

[@andrewelliott1939]

Just like they did at the Last Supper?

[@amberhyland]

I love how Fr Mike can handle topics of sensitivity with such grace and calm.

[@julialopes5054]

My Lord, may I never drop Your most Precious Blood and Body and nor anyone here as well!! In name of Jesus, amen!

[@alexhurtado4708]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@RileySoares]

And even if it does happen, God still loves you! Can I get an Amen?

[@julialopes5054]

@@RileySoares amen

[@baborsherwindarrylt.52]

@@RileySoares AMEN!❣️

[@johnpglackin345]

@@RileySoares that's protestism.

[@briankelly85]

not only do i enjoy and get a lot out of your lectures. but you are so incredibly cheerful in our new joyless world. thank you for everything!

[@ohwhataday7171]

I am 68 and I have only received the Holy Eucharist on the tongue until mass moved from the Latin rite to the Novus Ordo mass in the mid 60’s when we’d receive the Holy Eucharist in the hand. Never a chalice with the wine turned to blood until about 2010. I’m so happy I’m back with the Latin rite receiving reverently on the tongue. No chalice with wine is presented. I always understood the Holy Eucharist was the body and blood.

[@atrifle8364]

I attend a reverent NO Mass and grew up in a diocese that never offered the cup. I understand the theory. I just plain old miss His Precious blood as it's still missing at my Mass. A reverent Mass trumps the Cup. But still..if I can both it's preferable.

[@SheldonDsouza126]

Whether it is the Tridentine or the Novus Ordo, it is still the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. Both forms of the Mass are of the same rite. Neither is better than the other. We might find one form more appealing than the other and have our opinions about it. But we don't have the right to choose one over the other. That right and authority to choose one and do away with the other or keep both has been given by Our Lord to the Pope (whether we like him or not) and the Bishops in union with him (whether we like them or not).

[@themollymaguiresband.142]

A trifle how can you miss the previous blood when you are actually recieving it?

[@atrifle8364]

@@themollymaguiresband.142 - Because I am human. I just miss the wine.

[@atrifle8364]

@@SheldonDsouza126 - Excellent comment. The liturgical wars are tiring and come in part from the generation of the OP. They are even more tiring when you find out there are Eastern Rites with different Masses, languages, and even customs around sacraments. It's a myopic discussion.

[@atrifle8364]

7:00 - Recently attended a Mass on the road where the priest offered an inticured Host as exactly as you describe. The church had an altar rail and we received on the tongue. It was a wonderful and wish more parishes did that.

[@peterfoley4864]

Was it in the Byzantine rite?

[@scottmalm4502]

Father Mike - You always make everything so easy to understand. I'm a cradle, faithful Catholic, but I learn something new about Jesus' One True Church every day, thanks to you and other wonderful priests and apologists! +JMJ+

[@katpellot7646]

I hope my parish returns to offering the Precious Blood. 🙏🏽 As for receiving the Body of Christ: kneeling and on the tongue ❤

[@suziepeck5717]

Some people like myself, cannot kneel. And I do not believe it is sanitary on the tongue. The person distributing communion could accidentally touch a person's tongue, and then the person behind them gets it in their mouth, this is how everybody get sick. Maybe it's just me because I'm older, and I'm trying to live a little bit longer. Does that make sense?

[@dansedevie123]

​​@@suziepeck5717As an EMHC, I touch a lot more hands than tongues! And hands have a lot of germs! The host sticks to the tongue pretty easily but sometimes when someone does not hold their hand flat, I touch hands to avoid any falls. Or some people will close their hands around the host while my hand is still there. I have actually never been licked although I know it happens.

[@rangefinderz5135]

​@@suziepeck5717no.

[@alexhurtado4708]

I receive the mighty Body of our Savior Jesus Christ on the tongue in a kneeling position. Fr. Mike, please champion receiving the Eucharist on the tongue. Know of my prayers for you.

[@SisyphusOfAlice]

@po18guy You seem to be implying we must be obedient by receiving the Eucharist on the tongue. There must be a rule or requirement to be obeyed in order for there to be a need for obedience. So what rule is there about receiving the Eucharist on the tongue?

[@IanVinh]

Praise God that I am able to receive His Body and Blood.

[@369fsmr]

Encourage everyone to always receive the Holy Eucharist while kneeling and on the tongue. God Bless you always.

[@eduardohoover2127]

Circumcise your heart not your flesh. Even Islam eases prayer for those who physically cannot properly perform their prayers. If we get too technical we would receive Jesus intervenously; God forbid. Maybe you should watch the movie Fr Stu.

[@BitsyBee]

@@eduardohoover2127 Thank you for saying this. I was going to say, kneeling is difficult and dangerous for several. Even healthy people can have difficulty balancing or getting up from a kneel as they age.

[@BitsyBee]

I admire such acts of piety, but demanding others do them is a form of spiritual abuse. The act isn't for Jesus anymore, but for watching eyes.

[@mariorizkallah5383]

You don’t kneel on sundays

[@suziepeck5717]

Totally disagree. I have bone on bone knees and cannot kneel. I would need two people help me back up! On tongue, not in this day and age!!!

[@SrtaMenjivar]

Yes please talk about how to receive communion. You said on the tounge- I don’t see that often and didn’t know that was the standard

[@oneman4412]

Statements from Popes, Saints and Church Councils: St. Sixtus 1 (circa 115): "The Sacred Vessels are not to be handled by others than those consecrated to the Lord." St. Basil the Great, Doctor of the Church (330-379): "The right to receive Holy Communion in the hand is permitted only in times of persecution." St. Basil the Great considered Communion in the hand so irregular that he did not hesitate to consider it a grave fault. The Council of Saragossa (380): Excommunicated anyone who dared continue receiving Holy Communion by hand. This was confirmed by the Synod of Toledo. The Synod of Rouen (650): Condemned Communion in the hand to halt widespread abuses that occurred from this practice, and as a safeguard against sacrilege. 6th Ecumenical Council, at Constantinople (680-681): Forbade the faithful to take the Sacred Host in their hand, threatening transgressors with excommunication. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): "Out of reverence towards this Sacrament [the Holy Eucharist], nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest's hands, for touching this Sacrament." (Summa Theologica, Part III, Q. 82, Art. 3, Rep. Obj. 8.)

[@ooldddxkot]

In syrian churches we dip the Body into the Blood and the helper holds a plate like thing under the Body so that even if anything drops it will drop onto the plate. Also the priest dips each bread and puts in your mouth.

[@vpecheva]

Yes, a video on why receive on the tongue would be great. I like how in TLM one is only allowed to receive while kneeling and on the tongue. This makes me think about who I am about to receive. It is a great sign of respect and appreciation.

[@mweinheim7911]

Our parish has a communion rail and we all receive holy communion on the tongue

[@pjsmith4369]

Outer signs are not necessarily what is going on in a person’s heart. I have gone to both the Roman Catholic Mass and the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom all my life. In the Ukrainian Catholic Church, it is only possible to receive the Eucharist by mouth. The leavened bread and the wine are mixed together during the Consecration. So the Eucharist is given under the both species. Always. It’s with a spoon and the Eucharist ( under both species ) is dropped into the mouth without touching the mouth. And do I know people in this Ukrainian Rite who do not believe in the Real Presence. They have told me personally, and yet they go up the receive the Eucharist. I was mildly shocked, because we all grew up together. In the Latin Mass, pre V2, there was never the option of receiving the wine at the communion rail. Host only. What may be of interest to those who like to know the history of the Catholic Church is the Great Schism of 1054. ( You can look it up ) One of the differences ( among many ) between the Eastern Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church was the use of leavened bread. This and many other reasons split the Eastern Church from the Western Church. So why am I now able to receive leavened bread for Communion in the Ukrainian Catholic Rite? Does anyone even know about the Great Schism of 1054? Did you know that each Church excommunicated the other church?

[@oneman4412]

Statements from Popes, Saints and Church Councils: St. Sixtus 1 (circa 115): "The Sacred Vessels are not to be handled by others than those consecrated to the Lord." St. Basil the Great, Doctor of the Church (330-379): "The right to receive Holy Communion in the hand is permitted only in times of persecution." St. Basil the Great considered Communion in the hand so irregular that he did not hesitate to consider it a grave fault. The Council of Saragossa (380): Excommunicated anyone who dared continue receiving Holy Communion by hand. This was confirmed by the Synod of Toledo. The Synod of Rouen (650): Condemned Communion in the hand to halt widespread abuses that occurred from this practice, and as a safeguard against sacrilege. 6th Ecumenical Council, at Constantinople (680-681): Forbade the faithful to take the Sacred Host in their hand, threatening transgressors with excommunication. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): "Out of reverence towards this Sacrament [the Holy Eucharist], nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest's hands, for touching this Sacrament." (Summa Theologica, Part III, Q. 82, Art. 3, Rep. Obj. 8.) The Council of Trent (1545-1565): "The fact that only the priest gives Holy Communion with his consecrated hands is an Apostolic Tradition." Pope Paul VI (1963-1978): "This method [on the tongue] must be retained." (Memoriale Domini) Pope John Paul II: "To touch the sacred species and to distribute them with their own hands is a privilege of the ordained." (Dominicae Cenae, 11)

[@NovisM]

If we want to return to the proper faith, we must return to the proper reverence, which means proper behavior during the Mass and proper receiving of the Eucharist. All of these things are perfect in the Traditional Latin Mass and that's why it attracts so many people and brings so much good fruit.

[@evah8816]

Please do a video about receiving on the tongue! I am teaching First Communicants and I would love to share with them before they make their Sacrament in the spring.

[@IngridFelfly]

May God Bless you always and your team Fr. Mike! Thank you for this wonderful video! Praise Be To God and Viva Cristo Rey!

[@candyclews4047]

Good explanation of something that has only been thrown up by the pandemic. I attended an Anglican service, whilst staying with Anglican friends and was really surprised to see them 'dipping' the host in the chalice.

[@miashay2524]

Thank you Fr. Mike for being such a great spiritual Dad to us, walking with us, explaining the words of God and pitching us when going off the trail …… God bless you.

[@trixie9697]

Yes please! Another video about receiving the Eucharist on the tongue.

[@frotis]

When I was a brand-new Catholic, I lived in Japan for a few years, as a lay volunteer with a community of Sisters. They regularly used intinction. When I came back to the US, I made an attempt to do this and got a sincere growl from a priest once! I had no idea I wasn't supposed to do it! (Venting a little bitty scarring moment.)

[@rajitharul5973]

PRAISE THE LORD ALMIGHTY FATHER Thank You JESUS Praise You JESUS Forever May the HOLY SPIRIT Guide Us GOD BLESS !!! ❤⛪✝

[@notdonaldst]

The whole idea of us taking Salvation from God always bugged me, particularly in songs that say things like “our sins put you on the cross”, etc. The focus must always remain on the fact that it is all Grace : God’s gift to us. We don’t take but are only given. The best we can do is to respond; to receive. Praised be Jesus Christ!

[@SancteLaurentiusOraProNobis]

Thank you Father Mike! I look forward to part two.

[@annemcgoff8495]

Thank you, Father Mike! Very helpful 🙏

[@mazikode]

Thank you Fr Mike..God bless you!!

[@markfornefeld299]

Father you always inspire us may God bless you and your ministry and this channel

[@Arcenia13]

So on point! Thanks Padre Michael!

[@JMeve]

My Catechism teacher who is also my priest told us that we would be surprised of how many crumbs of our holy Eucharist fall onto the paten. And like Father Mike said every crumb contains the body,soul, and divinity. It’s kinda sad seeing most churches not use a paten knowing that every mass He will accidentally be dropped onto the dirty floor.

[@cindyanderson4306]

My sister and I were just talking about this yesterday. Thanks Fr. Mike!

[@dylanroberts93]

I could listen to Ft Mike all day

[@terryeversole7623]

Thanks, Padre. ♥️

[@johndohm4925]

Thank u father Mike for all u do brother 🙏

[@paulhill7726]

Thank you Fr Mike. May GOD continue to bless you! ☦️🙏📿

[@marilynolivier4849]

Yes, Father Mike, this makes perfect sense to me. 🙏🏻 thank you.

[@marykali3603]

We are now receiving the blood (wine)! Oh how I missed that! Amen! I feel complete!

[@marysedita7326]

Ty Father Mike for this very valuable and insightful message

[@nicolegonzalez7428]

Thank you Father!

[@sreamwalker24]

This is why I go to a Latin Mass it was the norm for 1500 years and created more saints than any other mass

[@theresas.russell6330]

Thanks Father Mike 🙏

[@evanelias9937]

God blessed you father mike

[@linda.pvangapandu8917]

Thank Father Mike Schmitz for your explanation it was very helpful! And it makes sense!

[@lovelast4evergemma508]

Yes indeed this makes sense Father Mike Thank You for always taking the time to share Your wisdom to help us grow spiritually 💜✝️💜

[@theclapaolini4322]

There will always be left and right discord solution will be follow what the church tells us and be in Peace.

[@francisfischer7620]

Thank you! Thank you! I've never understood this!! This is so so helpful!!! Bless you! Francis-Clare

[@rosemarieobrien4800]

Yes! On the tongue🎉🎉🎉

[@Maria-jo6nn]

Thank you father Mike for explaining god bless you 🙏

[@pamelab5780]

Thank you Fr Mike. We are praying for you and all of us learning from you. God Bless

[@joannebywaters4154]

Amen, another beautiful true teaching in joy & love🙏❤️😇

[@JohnHenrysaysHi]

God bless you, Father Mike Schmitz.

[@sunshinegirl4660]

I remember the last mass I attended right before the pandemic closed all churches, I cried after receiving the Eucharist and precious blood cuz I didn’t know how long it would be or how bad things would get.

[@bonmadden7967]

Thankyou Father

[@17CW68fNv]

Thank you for this explanation, Fr Mike. Our church has not begun to offer the Precious Blood yet, but I hope they do it as you explained, by dipping with the Host. God Bless. Claire.

[@noradsouza3673]

Great explanation! ❤

[@dianngrasso3677]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[@AquaGirlOo]

Thank you father Mike for all your videos . An Iraqi Catholic girl sending you lots of love from Toronto ❤❤❤

[@DarthDuckTV]

Receive with reverence!!

[@lissa_g8]

Father Mike! Greetings from Colombia. A big thanks for your teachings, they are perfectly rooted to the true traditions and values Catholics. I really love the third one explanation, it is absolutely certain thing. Thanks for teaching the true. God bless you and your ministry 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@HopeKing]

Father Mike thank you so much for always explaining this so beautifully and simple. I am now in RCIA, you are what started me on my journey. Sadly my class isn't the best. But I know I can always come here and your probably have a video on what my question is. Thank you!

[@texas2step266]

Thank you for another instructive video, Father, and for allowing your joy to shine through. In the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, (a Roman Catholic ordinariate, founded for Anglicans/Episcopalians who have returned to the Catholic Church,) the Eucharist is always received on the tongue, with intinction performed by the priests and deacons who distribute the Sacrament.

[@antonionoronha4940]

I thank n praise God that I can receive his body n blood.

[@danapb]

Thank you for explaining this so clearly. I was watching a mass at Fatima and some of the Priests/Deacons did instinct the Eucharist into the Blood and I wondered why we couldn't do the same. This makes a lot of sense.

[@syriac492]

Orthodox churches use leavened bread, so the bread is always inticnted and you always receive it from the priest as such (you would never intinct it yourself). I have also heard from Eastern Rite Catholics who use leavened bread that the same thing occurs.

[@mattberg916]

thank you Fr.Mike for bringing this to the light. Kneeling and on the tongue is the only way to receive our Savior.

[@annefern5585]

WOW in Mexico, Catholic, we mostly don't get to receive the precious blood. We did before plandemic in some parishes. Father Mike your Bible reading in a year is amazing; so educational. One day receiving the body in the hand it fell to the floor. I immediately picked it up and put it in my mouth. Yes I did get ill and prayed for God's protection and curing.

[@Paixpeacehippy]

Oh my goodness!!! but thank you for picking up our Lord! Even though you knew you were getting sick but yet you still took him

[@GravInducedSleepTrac]

THANK YOU FATHER FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO. THE FACT WE CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN "TRUE" PRESENCE ONCE THE BREAD & WINE IS CONSECRATED & WE BELIEVE THAT THE BREAD & WINE "TRULY BECOMES JESUS BODY & BLOOD", SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR TRUE BELIEVERS TO TRUST THAT WE WILL NEVER GET SICK BY RECEIVING "GOD". WHY WOULD GOD GET US SICK? SADLY THERE ARE STILL MANY CATHOLICS WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE TRUE PRESENCE OF JESUS/GOD WHEN RECEIVING THE EUCHARIST. I'M THINKING THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT TECHNICALLY MAKES THEM MORE PROTESTANT THAN CATHOLIC. THIS BELIEF IS VERY CORE OF OUR FAITH. THAT IS WHY THE LATIN MASS IS GROWING STRONGER. I TRULY BELIEVE THE LATIN MASSES ARE THE MOST REVERENT & BEAUTIFUL WHY TO EXPERIENCE THE CATHOLIC MASS & IN RECEIVING THE TRUE BODY, BLOOD, SOUL & DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST.

[@glorygracek.1841]

Why are you yelling?

[@andrewelliott1939]

That’s basically a belief in magic. Of course you can fall ill from bacteria or viruses when receiving the chalice that an infected person before you has received.

[@Bananappleboy]

@@glorygracek.1841 ...Just speaking in all caps. And also admitting truth

[@SisyphusOfAlice]

@@Bananappleboy All caps is yelling

[@GravInducedSleepTrac]

@@Bananappleboy Thank you! God Bless & Peace be with you :)

[@MaryWixson-tx9yy]

Thank God for you! I’ve been waiting patiently for someone to inform us what is going on. I want to receive full communion and am so grateful for some parishes offering it. It is what Jesus told us to do.

[@susanmcguinness5611]

Thus, this is the same reason we should receive Christ while kneeling (reverence “every knee shall bow”) and on the tongue, so like Fr. Mike Schmidt said about Christ’s precious blood falling to the floor, we should have the same care for His body and receive Him on the tongue reverently.

[@giarose6493]

Godspeed 🙏❤️☘️🌹

[@MikePasqqsaPekiM]

Great thoughts, really appreciate it! I would have liked to hear about the Eastern Catholic perspective on this, too, but I know this channel is primarily geared towards the Latin Rite (of which I am a member). Receiving on the tongue ought to be the norm, and it’s so encouraging to hear clergy say it. I’ve never heard a convincing argument to the contrary. “Because it’s tolerated” should never be the inspiration to changing liturgical church traditions.

[@timbo3125]

I love how Father emphasizes the Church's norm as receiving on the tongue and explains the only way to intinct is through the priest or deacon. My parish offers through intinction and I love it. God bless

[@Jack-uo7gz]

I have never drank the Precious Blood of My Blessed Lord. I have received the Eucharist at almost every Mass I have been to, and thank God for that, but I have never before drank from the chalice. I hope and pray that I will soon be able to drink as well as eat the Body And Blood of Our Blessed Lord.

[@chryspersons2336]

So you’re a cannibal and also want to be a vampire?

[@Jack-uo7gz]

@@chryspersons2336 Catholics aren't vampires, buddy. We were the original vampire hunters. Read _Dracula_ some time if you don't believe me.

[@chryspersons2336]

@@Jack-uo7gz if y’all are drinking actual blood y’all are vampires. No way around that. You do know that Bram Stoker’s Dracula is fiction, right?

[@katkat2340]

Thank you - I like how you explain and not like self righteously. So many who claim Receiving on the tongue with a superior attitude.

[@vgraham580]

Thank you Fr. Mike for this video. As a fairly new convert to the Church (I joined on 04.20.2019), I learned a lot.

[@jamess7264]

Welcome to, in my belief, the most beautiful religion. God bless you.

[@justjenfriend9586]

Hmmm I’m Lutheran but I love watching Father Mike’s videos. We receive the body/wafer by the pastor handing it to us (it comes from his hand into ours) and then the blood/wine we take from a gold tray that has individual tiny cups of wine in it - no chalice.

[@gailwedgeworth7517]

As a convert I have only ever been in a mass where people received in the hand. I have never even had an opportunity to receive on the tongue. I do try very, very hard to be reverent and careful as the Eucharist is laid in my hand. I recognized that I am responsible for the Lord's Body, and that I must show respect and care. I always try to look the person in the eye and say amen, in acknowledgement that I do believe. I hope to convey my heartfelt sincerity that I join in acknowledging the truth and reality of the sacred nature of communion. I think in all my days I have only seen a few receive it on the tongue. If that is the better way, why is it just not done that way?

[@oneman4412]

In this regard I would like to propose the example of two great saints of our time: St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Calcutta. Karol Wojtyła’s entire life was marked by a profound respect for the Holy Eucharist. Despite being exhausted and without strength, he always knelt before the Blessed Sacrament. He was unable to kneel and stand up alone. He needed others to bend his knees and to get up. Until his last days, he wanted to offer us a great witness of reverence for the Blessed Sacrament. spiritual growth and our intimate relationship with Him? Why do not we kneel down to receive Holy Communion after the example of the saints? St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, an exceptional religious who no one would dare regard as a traditionalist, fundamentalist or extremist, whose faith, holiness and total gift of self to God and the poor are known to all, had a respect and absolute worship of the divine Body of Jesus Christ. Certainly, she daily touched the “flesh” of Christ in the deteriorated and suffering bodies of the poorest of the poor. And yet, filled with wonder and respectful veneration, Mother Teresa refrained from touching the transubstantiated Body of Christ. Instead, she adored him and contemplated him silently, she remained at length on her knees and prostrated herself before Jesus in the Eucharist. Moreover, she received Holy Communion in her mouth, like a little child who has humbly allowed herself to be fed by her God.

[@themollymaguiresband.142]

Ask the demons!

[@PatrickSteil]

I would encourage you to kneel down before your Lord when you receive Him on the tongue. Bishop Barron says religion is all about humbling ourselves before God.

[@dannybevills1567]

Gail, as Patrick Steil mentioned is what I do. I am a convert also. I converted after being a Baptist about 50 years. I’ve been a confirmed Catholic 2 years, 3 months, and 10 days. I always receive on my knees and on my tongue. Receiving in the hand, to me, does not show reverence. It is like Protestantising the Holy Communion because that’s how Protestants do it, and they do not believe it is the Lord, but just a symbol. I kneel on the floor in front of the Priest and receive on my tongue while most others before me simply walk up and stick out their hands as if asking for a treat. Personally, I think this is wrong and does not honor or show respect to the Lord. While I’m giving my beliefs, I receive from the priest and not from lay persons. The priest has consecrated hands, therefore handles the Eucharist. Lay persons do not. We travel regularly in our RV and always find a church to attend mass. Prior to mass, I always ask someone about communion and which side does the priest normally go to during communion. We sit on that side, but if he changes to another location, I will manage to discretely move communion lines to only receive from the priest. I am a Catholic and will only receive communion like a Catholic should and not receive like a Protestant. I believe this alone is why Catholics that believe the Eucharist is in fact the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ is now less than 30% whereas 50+ years ago it was around 80%. Why, because when they Protestantised communion by allowing receiving in the hand, the reverence went away along with the belief that the Eucharist is in fact Christ. I am no longer a Protestant, but a believing Catholic and will believe and act accordingly.

[@gailwedgeworth7517]

@@dannybevills1567 Thank you for your response. I will consider what you have said and pray on this. I believe deeply in the truth of the Eucharist/the Presence of Christ with us. I very sincere in my belief and now veil because Jesus called me to do so. As I approach, I consider the significance of the moment when the Lamb of God interacts with me. I just have not known any other way than the way I was shown. My interior disposition is in no way casual. I will pray on this new matter and think about what you have said. I will ask my priest too for he is a strong and good man that I respect. It may be that I will do as you say. I must also consider if my kneeling with two bad knees will disrupt the holiness of communion as I may not be able to get up once I get down or not without a great deal of awkwardness. I have had two knee surgeries. I will consider the matter, and ask the Holy spirit to lead me. Thank you.

[@theclapaolini4322]

Yes makes sense.

[@SilhSe]

Jesus !! 🖐

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

Thank you

[@MenaceFan]

As a former ELCA lutheran I often struggle with some of the particulars of the Catholic Church.

[@davefitzgerald5334]

I believe in Communion under both species . To do what Jesus said exactly to a tee. The Chalice as well as the Host. This is ideal. God bless you.

[@elvenbourne]

Makes total sense! It's sad when the Eucharistic Minister is the one who makes a face at you when you indicate that you won't receive on the hand. They try to hide it or look natural but you see that flicker of "oh, gross, I might get sick." Sad is the day that we are so afraid for our bodily health that we'll defile our Lord. I went back to receiving on the hand during the height of the pandemic too and I regret ever waivering at all. If I'd had exposure to COVID enough to think I was a danger I typically stayed home and attended the VFP with Fr. Mike's masses. There was likely rarely even any danger.

[@johnpglackin345]

Well. We should only be receiving by the Priest.

[@Hadrianus01]

Please make that video on different ways to receive Communion! (hand vs tongue vs standing vs kneeling etc). Thanks :)

[@oneman4412]

Statements from Popes, Saints and Church Councils: St. Sixtus 1 (circa 115): "The Sacred Vessels are not to be handled by others than those consecrated to the Lord." St. Basil the Great, Doctor of the Church (330-379): "The right to receive Holy Communion in the hand is permitted only in times of persecution." St. Basil the Great considered Communion in the hand so irregular that he did not hesitate to consider it a grave fault. The Council of Saragossa (380): Excommunicated anyone who dared continue receiving Holy Communion by hand. This was confirmed by the Synod of Toledo. The Synod of Rouen (650): Condemned Communion in the hand to halt widespread abuses that occurred from this practice, and as a safeguard against sacrilege. 6th Ecumenical Council, at Constantinople (680-681): Forbade the faithful to take the Sacred Host in their hand, threatening transgressors with excommunication. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): "Out of reverence towards this Sacrament [the Holy Eucharist], nothing touches it, but what is consecrated; hence the corporal and the chalice are consecrated, and likewise the priest's hands, for touching this Sacrament." (Summa Theologica, Part III, Q. 82, Art. 3, Rep. Obj. 8.) The Council of Trent (1545-1565): "The fact that only the priest gives Holy Communion with his consecrated hands is an Apostolic Tradition." Pope Paul VI (1963-1978): "This method [on the tongue] must be retained." (Memoriale Domini) Pope John Paul II: "To touch the sacred species and to distribute them with their own hands is a privilege of the ordained." (Dominicae Cenae, 11)

[@atrifle8364]

@@oneman4412 - I responded to this statement on another thread. I'd encourage discussion more like a Catholic and less like Protestant trying to overwhelm everyone with their favorite Scripture passages.

[@home4m0m]

I grew up only receiving the host intincted by the priest himself and then giving it to the person directly in the mouth. The option of drinking from the chalice or receiving the host in the hand was never offered. That was in Chile. I see that here in the States the Eastern Maronite Catholic Church does it that way too.

[@JohnTwoFive]

Thank you Fr. Mike! Too we have the reminder in 1 Corinthians 11:27 to receive Him one way OR the other, WORTHILY. 1 Corinthians 6 (NAB) and the footnotes are helpfully excellent as they list the sins one must repent of in the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) and no longer commit as Jesus did say to sin no more, in order to receive God worthily.

[@mariehoheim3207]

Thank you Father for encouraging people to receive our Lord on the tongue. As a convert to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. the real presence is the the reason for my conversion. It seems disrespectful to appear before God almighty standing up with my hand out like I'm getting a snack cracker at a party.

[@andrewelliott1939]

Just like they did at the Last Supper. Not!

[@TetaYvette]

They were the first Christian priests, chosen by Jesus Christ.

[@laurae.4285]

The reasons you stated about intinction are the exact same reasons we should never receive the Eucharist in the hand. I stopped doing that a few years ago when I asked about it, & one of our faithful Filipino ladies succinctly stated, "the priests hands are consecrated!" From that time on, I will only kneel and receive on the tongue and only one time was I refused by a priest.

[@joybochsler7160]

Our Lady of Lourdes in Vancouver, WA

[@metildajoseph5265]

Greetings Father Mike, Thanks for the Most Surprising Thoughts about Eucharist at The HolyMass..!! Take Care, Father... Key Concern : 1. Cost of Sacramental Wine. 2. Amount of Wine consumed at HolyMass . With regards with Prayers for Everyone, RanjithJoseph (R.J)

[@450mijaou1]

Please do enlighten us with a video about what you said in 6:45 Fr. Mike.

[@blancalaura1]

In México after the pandemic, we receive the eucarist with both hands, one over the other to protect it. We have to take it in front of the minister or priest.

[@Superfish1507]

Thanks for this Fr Mike! Please, please do a video on receiving communion on the tongue. Really want to hear your thoughts on this. In many parts of the world, like mine, communion on the tongue is still not allowed, due to COVID. :(

[@rachelpops9239]

Yes!!

[@brianwayne3735]

Superfish, do not receive on the hand. Save the church at all costs 🙏🏼🙏🏼📿

[@baborsherwindarrylt.52]

@@brianwayne3735 I think it is will make you more far from Jesus if you refrain receiving him, when he invites you during masses?

[@brianwayne3735]

@@baborsherwindarrylt.52 hi Darryl T good question, so in that case I would say... Jesus will not leave you if you stand up against the COVID stuff, He will come even closer to you because you are standing for His honor😃 👍🏼😛⚪️

[@baborsherwindarrylt.52]

@@brianwayne3735 But isn't Jesus said that "Those who EATS my Body and Drinks my blood shall have eternal life"?

[@richardmh1987]

I´m from Mexico but lived in the UK from 2011 to 2012 while studying and attended a local Catholic Church while I was living there and they used to give us the Eucharist on the tonge and right beside the Priest there was the Deacon with the Chalice. I don´t know why that is not very common here in Mexico, but I wish it was.

[@admg1340]

The book "A Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist" by Dom Anscar Vonier was extremely helpful to me in developing a deeper understanding the Sacrament of the Eucharist as Sacrament and Sacrifice through the teaching of Aquinas and Trent, explained in a clear manner. I recommend it for anyone who is interested in questions like: how is the Mass a Sacrifice and what is its relationship to the Sacrifice of the Cross and to the other Sacraments.

[@maryp5127]

Thank you father Mike🙏🏻 it makes sense. Now let all who come to receive if not feeling well Don’t drink from The chalice❤ God Bless y’all

[@glorygracek.1841]

Like people are actually going to do that. They shouldn't be out at all. People don't care.

[@andrewelliott1939]

@@glorygracek.1841 There is a difference between attending Mass when not feeling 100% and receiving from the chalice. If it’s a simple cold then I see no problem with attending Mass but only receiving the host. If you have something more serious (COVID, flu, etc) then yes - you shouldn’t be attending Mass out of concern for others.

[@elizabethcraig6640]

I would drink right after them. It's Christ. If I am meant to be protected by His blood and not get sick then His will be done. If I'm meant to get sick from drinking His blood then His will be done.

[@andrewelliott1939]

@@elizabethcraig6640 That is not the protection that he guarantees. Or would you like to drink poison and allow snake to bite you as well?

[@tymekuzarczyk6021]

In Poland where I am from intinction by the priest is the most common way to distribute Jesus' holy body and sacred blood. At least in my experience. I even know the parish that has special letter from the bishop that gives them permission to do that on every mass and they're doing it like that.

[@jccarriere3719]

Please remember that Jesus is Jesus. He blessed the bread, because he is Jesus. He gave it to his disciples.

[@MH-tl7gx]

Tell us FR Mike about receiving the Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ - and what it means to us

[@johnharleston1948]

Emphasis on receiving the Body and Blood as a gift rather than grasping it is a wonderful insight that is obscured when we become too casual in the method of distribution. It seems to recall Philippians where St. Paul said Jesus though in the form of God did not deem equality with God something to be grasped at. Adam and Eve sinned by grasping the forbidden fruit when the serpent told them they would be like gods instead of waiting to receive what God offered as a gift.

[@Bigchilezlife]

Hopefully my parish Nativity Catholic Church can use the blood too for the faithful

[@jasminrios6400]

Fr. Mike would you mind sometime soon doing a video about secular music and followers of Christ in regards to if and how we should interact with it and what the bible could tell us about it?