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As a Catholic priest, I hold the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ in every Mass. There are always particles on my fingers and sometimes on my hands, but I have the necessary recourse to either the ablution cup or the purification of my fingers and hands after distributing Holy Communion and when purifying the chalice and paten.
A question: for people receiving Communion in the hand, what do you do for the particles on your hands or fingers?
Those particles are Jesus insofar as they remain true particles of the consecrated Host. As St. Thomas Aquinas explains, the Real Presence remains only as long as the species of bread remain; when the species are so corrupted or reduced that they no longer retain the nature and appearance of bread, the sacramental presence ceases. Nevertheless, even in cases where particles may be so minute that they no longer retain the species and therefore no longer contain the Real Presence, due reverence is still fitting for what was once the Blessed Sacrament and for that which has been consecrated to so sacred a purpose. So again, where do those particles go? (This is an edit to correct my error in stating it is heresy to say micro particles do not retain the real Presence)
We know that even the smallest piece of Christ’s Flesh matters, the smallest drop of His Precious Blood. Hence why, in the heartbreaking moment after Mary witnessed her Son be scourged, she proceeded to wipe every drop from the ground.
She did not want to leave one drop, one particle, on the floor. What about all the places in which particles of Our Lord’s Body are left unknowingly?
It is an honest and important question because we are called to show reverence to the Body of Christ. As a priest, what else am I supposed to be preaching? Is this not a central and valid concern that I raise?
If I am attacked and told I said something wrong, I repeat the words of Christ:
“Jesus answered him, ‘If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?’”
John 18:23.
As St. Thomas Aquinas teaches, the Real Presence remains only while the sacramental species remain. (Summa Theologiae, III, q. 77, a. 4.) Yet this truth should never diminish our concern for reverence toward the Sacred Host and the care owed to even the smallest visible particles.
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O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, draw us ever closer to You. Help us to remain united with You through prayer, the sacraments, and faithful obedience to Your word. May Your presence guide our thoughts, inspire our actions, and strengthen us in every circumstance. Keep us always within the embrace of Your Sacred Heart and never allow us to be separated from Your love. Amen 🙏🏾.
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