If, after your communion service, there is leftover wine or grape juice or bread, what do you do with the leftovers? If a piece of bread drops to the floor, what is done with it? Is any special care taken with the washing of cups and plates used in communion?
Most importantly, WHY do you do these things?
2007-07-09 05:34:36 · 10 answers · asked by Sldgman 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In my Latin Rite(VatII English) Catholic Church we reserve the consecrated Hosts in the Tabernacle because we believe in the permanent Real Presence of Christ as long as the species et accidens( the"outer sense tangibility" or chemistry and appearances, taste ,etc.) remain unspoiled or changed.
The Precious Blood under the sign of pure grape wine is reverently consumed and not placed in the Tabernacle(box of reservation for communion of the sick and adoration of Jesus). The Communion vessels are reverently and completely washed with water ans all particles are consumed.
It is important to do these because it is a proclamation of our belief in John 6 and 1 Cor10 and 11 in the Real Presence
2007-07-09 14:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a kid I would volunteer to help clean up after communion, collecting the cups from the pews, etc. I only did it because they'd give us all the leftover communion bread, and it was goood. The juice they'd save. Once my friends and I sneaked into the church kitchen and drank all the extra grape juice. Yeah, we were rebels.
My church saw communion as a symbol, therefore the bread/juice had nothing special or holy about them so it was fine to just eat the leftovers.
2007-07-09 12:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We believe that Christ is sacramentally present under the form of bread and wine. We aim to NOT have "leftovers", but in such a case, the Hosts are reserved in the Tabernacle. The Precious Blood must be consumed, if at all possible.
If a Host falls on the floor and is rendered inconsumable, It is placed in a cup of water to dissolve. When the sign of bread ceases, so does the presence of Christ. The water is poured down a drain that goes directly into the earth.
If the Precious Blood is somehow rendered inconsumable, It is diluted with water until the sign of wine ceases. The water is poured down the same drain as above.
But you already knew this. ;)
2007-07-09 13:04:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everydaycatholic, the more I think about this, the more surprised I am at the Catholic faith. When is Jesus, not Jesus? Smeared on a purificator, kept and controlled behind the locked doors of a tabernacle, combined with lipstick, left in the paten, flossed out at home? Are drops and crumbs not just as blessed as the entire host? Yes, laity and clergy alike try to preserve the elements as much as possible, but in the end it cannot be the substance that is important. Jesus can't be looked at as a leftover.
2007-07-09 23:18:20 · answer #4 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We use plastic cups that are thrown away immediately afterwards.
If a piece of bread drops to the floor, it is thrown away.
If there are leftovers, we ask if anyone would like to take some grape juice home with them.
What makes them sacred isn't the elements themselves. It is the identification with Jesus in the partaking in the body/blood in a worship setting.
2007-07-09 12:40:27 · answer #5 · answered by Tim H 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
fireball- do you EVER know the answers? you do realize they dumped your account for all the complaints you got from answering "i don't know"...
The leftovers are devoured by a team of well trained shi tzu's that live under the stairs in catholic churches and eat children who mess up on memorizing the Nicene Creed. The little white wafer things make REALLY good doggie treats.
2007-07-09 12:42:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Leftovers are thrown out, I believe, for health reasons obviously, and we use tiny plastic cups that are thrown out.
We do it because it's the way it was decided to be done. There's no set guidelines in scripture.
2007-07-09 12:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by Machaira 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There should never be such a thing as "leftover wine", in any setting.
2007-07-09 12:38:03 · answer #8 · answered by Deke 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
catholics do incredibly stupid things...
here's some more catholics FACTS:
catholic beliefs are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems that damage society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide;
The worst being: the inability of catholics to prove and validate their religious beliefs, therefore leading them to Spiritual suicide.
Read and weep, TROLL !!!
2007-07-09 12:45:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
the minister might know but im not in charge of that
2007-07-09 12:37:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋