[Magdalen] A Rose is a Rose.

[Jay Weigel]

*eyeroll* Sorry, but that high church stuff kind of leaves me cold these
days. I belong to the school of "Jesus got in there, He can figure out how
to get out".

My (Lutheran) church uses whole wheat pita, and last week at the elevation
I suddenly thought of the story told here once upon a time of the garlic
and onion pita and "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" and nearly laughed out
loud. I must remember to tell that one to Pastor Jeff, who will love it!

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Marion Thompson
> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why not use a ciborium for the  main distribution?  We only use the small
> > paten for the altar party.
>
> Our celebrants at High Mass use a ciborium; the M.C. has the paten and
> holds it under each communicant's chin or hands while holding the
> celebrant's sleeve (and it's an art form to move the paten gracefully
> while figuring out what the next communicant will do in terms of
> receiving on the tongue or in the hands). Paten is used for Low Mass,
> at which the number of hosts is usually in the single digits.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>