[Magdalen] A Rose is a Rose.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I just learned yesterday, from an RC friend, that they aren't supposed to use real bread. The church she goes to does, but not when the bishop comes!  
So the Real Presence can only inhabit fake bread??

On March 19, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

*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
>