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HI AC, I just talked to my brother in law who is a priest (he was at First Communion practice at the time). He said that the priest or ministers of the Eucharist are REQUIRED to give Communion on the tongue if someone is standing there with their tongue out and ready to receive! He said you may have to 'educate' them, but they should be prepared to do it. I'm sure your family is not the only one in the Parish which receives on the tongue. It will be something they have encountered before. But as I said before, I'd talk to them all before Mass; they'll probably be in the Sacristy or in the Vestibule preparing for the procession. Just ask who will be giving the Body of Christ and talk to those folks.

And BTW AF, he said that the host should be made of ONLY flour and water. Nothing else should be added or it IS invalid, just as you told the priest in your parish.

Does "invalid" mean that it's just a piece of bread? That it really isn't the Body and Blood of Our Lord? That would make the whold business worse than sacriledge; it would be IDOLATRY. I find this quite alarming.

Thank you so much for calling your brother-in-law, the priest. I did call my parish priest yesterday AM and told him the story. He is kind of an abrupt guy, but he did say "send your son up at Communion and I'll take care of him". So the problem really is solved.

That said, the NN (nazi nun) sent home a paper a couple of weeks ago that listed rules, times and stuff like that. The paper outlined receiving in the hand and went on and on about receiving gifts in your hand, blah, blah - but it did say at the end of it "however, your children may receive the Eucharist orally". I think she puts it down because she knows she has to. A big part of this is that this Communion and Confirmation are her big things because she is the Director of CCD - she likes everything the same, and she is a control freak. The whole Communion is like a sorry B movie. However, that said, my son doesn't know any better and he is really excited, he's waited a long time for this AND my Communion Wafers are valid, so, really, I cannot complain.