Do you think this is a new rule, or has it always been this way? I mean, what did the Church say during the 1900 years before Vatican II?
And what if someone is unable to speak? What if they are "dumb" but cognizant, ready and willing to receive?
It was a line that I picked up on. People can reverently bow their head in an AMEN.
It was interesting today since I was an EMHC to wait for the "Amen" before I handed them the claice.