[NYer]

Bishop Schneider was the guest last night on EWTN Live. He gave direct testimony of how VCII confused the ancient practice of reception in the hand from how it was originally done. He is an authority on the Church Fathers and said they would be furious at this practice in today's Church. It was originally distributed on a white corporal in the communicant's right hand. The communicant would bow towards the host and ingest it without ever touching the host. They would also wash their hands both before and after reception of the Eucharist in a basin that would catch any particles that might have fallen off.

If you have the opportunity to watch a rerun of that program, be sure to do so.

[annalex]

I heard fragments of that interview. One story he told:

After much trouble with the Soviet authority the young Schneider and his family ended up in West Germany in the early eighties.

As a farewell warning, their priest in their native Estonia cautioned them that in Germany they might find some parishes where the Holy Communion is given in the hand. “It is a new fashion out there, but only a few parishes do that. If you chance upoin such parish, don’t go there and find another”.

Once settled in a small town in West Germany, they went to Mass, and sure enough the communion was given in the hand. Terrified, they went to another parish and then another... There were four Catholic churches in the town and all four gave Communion in the hand. He remembers his mother weeping after she realized that with the freedom they gained, they also lost the ability to receive the Holy Communion properly.

[ducdriver]

http://ewtn.edgeboss.net/download/ewtn/multicast/audio/mp3/el.mp3

Audio of the interview.

[Unam Sanctam]

It was originally distributed on a white corporal in the communicant's right hand. The communicant would bow towards the host and ingest it without ever touching the host.

Very interesting if true, given the St. John Chrysostom quote one always hears about the left hand making a throne for the right hand and the right hand a throne for the Lord.