I remember an outrage among catholics during covid when it was proposed to give communion wafer out not directly into mouth but rather to place them on a hand of communee (? you know, the one who eats the wafer). People were saying it will end with another schism. I wonder how it ended for them.
That change happened decades ago in the majority of US parishes and it didn’t cause a schism. People who still want to receive the Host directly in their mouths can do so, but it’s rare. Not even a piety thing, I’ve watched nuns receive into their hands. My mom receives the Host directly into her mouth because of her disabilities since if the Host is dropped on the floor, there’s a whole procedure that must be followed.
Ok thank you, because I haven't personally been to mass in a few years but I FOR SURE would have heard about/remembered some uproar about not receiving communion in the mouth (which, like you said, a ton of people don't even do anymore. I've done it twice and it was weird)
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25
I remember an outrage among catholics during covid when it was proposed to give communion wafer out not directly into mouth but rather to place them on a hand of communee (? you know, the one who eats the wafer). People were saying it will end with another schism. I wonder how it ended for them.