[Fast Ed97]

I am in support of returning to communion on the tongue. I go to a variety of parishes regularly and sometimes I do receive in the hand. I feel very awkward receiving on the tongue when I am standing (for fear of the host dropping) than I do when I am kneeling for communion. I hope that if they do implement this policy it would bring back more use of the altar rails.

I also wonder what this would do to the distribution of communion by the laity. Although there are times I believe it is essential it has become widely abused in most parishes. In a parish with more than one priest there is no reason why on Sunday masses they all (along with the deacons) cannot assist instead of lounging in the rectories or socializing.

[livius]

I go to Spain a lot, and many people go to Communion (at the Cathedral in Madrid, for example) - and it’s distributed ONLY by the priests. I doubt that it takes much longer; and in any case, what’s the big hurry?

The Eucharettes may appear elsewhere from time to time, but they are basically an American practice, or at least the extent of their use.