There is a true story of a woman who shall remain anonymous, who was an Extraordinary minister of the Eucharist. She was a most devout Catholic lady, but one night she had a dream. She dreamed that she was lying in a coffin with black hands. She did not understand the dream. Later on, her husband and herself took a trip to the Holy Land. While there, an unknown priest came up to her and asked her, “Did you have a dream where you saw yourself in a coffin with black hands?” and she answered, “Yes.” He went on to ask her if she were a Eucharistic minister and she replied that she was. He went on to tell her that every time she touched the Host, it was as if she were punching Our Lord in the face.
Now you might be asking yourself why, or This is surely not true. However, for one thing, St. Thomas Acquinas taught that nothing touches the Host except consecrated hands, and the priest’s hands are consecrated for this purpose. We have an example in the Old Testament where Oza touched the Ark of the Covenant, which was forbidden to be touched, and God slew him for his rash action.
“And when they came to the floor of Chidon, Oza put forth his hand, to hold up the ark: for the ox being wanton had made it lean a little on one side. And the Lord was angry with Oza, and struck him, because he had touched the ark; and he died there before the Lord.”
[1 Paralipomenon (1 Chronicles) 13:9,10]. We don’t take these things serious, but God does. Fr. Leslie Rumble said, “The seriousness of the punishment shows the seriousness of the crime.”
Secondly, Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical in 1980 titled: Inaestimabile Donum. You ever heard of it? Probably not. A good devout priest by the name of Fr. Robert Brown of venerable memory, informed me about 35 years ago about this encyclical and he said, “It was written to correct abuses in the liturgy.” The reason I say you probably have not heard of it is because, in 35 years, I have not heard of a single priest who quoted from that encyclical. Some people like to pretend they don’t have to follow it but look how it’s ended:
“Rome, April 3, 1980, Holy Thursday.
This instruction, prepared by the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship, was approved on April 17,1980, by the Holy Father, John Paul II, who confirmed it with his own authority and ordered it to be published and to be observed by all concerned.” You see, confirmed by the Holy Father, and ordered it to be published. Therefore, this is a decree out of Rome that is meant to be obeyed under pain of sin.
But as I have noted, there are some who ignore this decree. One of our bishops was notified about this encyclical and some things that needed to be corrected. He wrote back to the person and said, “I am aware of the encyclical, but there are other Norms that I follow.” Out of charity I refrain from using his name. The truth is, many of our American bishops do not obey the Pope like they’re supposed to. Fr. John O’Connor, a Dominican, R.I.P., whom you can still find online, told the story of how he and some Americans went to Rome to report documented abuses going on in the USA. He said, “We wanted to see the pope!” But they were not able to meet with the pope. They were only able to meet with Cardinal Gagnon, and Cardinal Gagnon told them, “The Pope knows. The Pope already knows. The American bishops are in schism, and the Holy Father cannot get them to obey!”
So what did Pope John Paul say about Extraordinary Ministers and order it to be published? He said: “
- Eucharistic Communion. Communion is a gift of the Lord, given to the faithful through the minister appointed for this purpose. It is not permitted that the faithful should themselves pick up the consecrated bread and the sacred chalice, still less that they should hand them from one to another.
- The faithful, whether religious or lay, who are authorized as extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist can distribute Communion only when there is no priest, deacon or acolyte, when the priest is impeded by illness or advanced age, or when the number of the faithful going to Communion is so large as to make the celebration of Mass excessively long.[20] Accordingly, a reprehensible attitude is shown by those priests who, though present at the celebration, refrain from distributing Communion and leave this task to the laity.
- The Church has always required from the faithful respect and reverence for the Eucharist at the moment of receiving it.”
- Extraordinary means: Highly exceptional; remarkable. Beyond what is ordinary or usual. Is this what we see, when an army of lay ministers march upon the altar to distribute Communion, or at a weekday Mass when there are only 30 or 40 people? You never see these aberrations in the traditional Masses. And yet, contrary to Pope John Paul, who encouraged a wide use of the Latin Mass, Pope Francis is trying to shut it down, coming under the curse of Pope St. Pius V in Quo Primum.
- Oftentimes now, the Extraordinary ministers take Communion to the sick, rather than the clergy. In times of persecution, this was allowed, as with the case of St. Tarcisius, martyr of the Eucharist. But are we in times of persecution now? And a question for these E. Ministers when they go to the sick, if the sick person needs to go to confession before receiving, do they hear their confession? If not, and you give them Holy Communion and they are in a state of sin, you are partaking in a sacrilegious Communion! How many of them tell you they need to go to confession first? Have they ever? They would be well advised to make many spiritual Communions until the priest can come. Uniting ourselves with Jesus in the tabernacle and making a spiritual Communion brings many graces to the soul. St. Alphonsus said Our Lord once showed a nun two chalices, one gold and one silver. He told her the gold chalices represented her sacramental Communions, and the silver one represented her spiritual Communions.
- There was an article appeared in the Soul Magazine in 1985 which tells a story about a priest in purgatory lamenting the fact that he had given Communion in the hand. Recently it was told to me that Fr. Chris Alar also reported a like incident, someone suffering in purgatory for Communion in the hand. I have not yet seen his video but the lady who informed me is most trustworthy.
- But you say, “The Church has given us permission to receive in the hand.” Yes, when certain conditions are fulfilled, said Fr. Nicholas Gruner, but these conditions are not being followed. For one, Father said people are supposed to look in their hands for Particles. Most people don’t. Right there is a proof. Go into any Novus Ordo church you want, and observe those taking in the hand, and see how many look in their hands. But again, your hands and my hands are not consecrated. St. Thomas Acquinas said, “Out of reverence for this Sacrament, nothing touches it except that which is consecrated.” If it’s an act of reverence not to touch it, then it logically follow it is an act of irreverence if we do touch it, therefore sin is involved when we take in the hand. Remember the lady with the black hands. Here is another true story of a lady who was an extraordinary minister, who had actually died, and after they opened the coffin back up, her hands were black. Go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwaCK1W5iQ. Short url: tinyurl.com/25nxd2p6.
- We should not be surprised at these things for, Number one: It was forbidden by Pope John Paul. Two, our hands are not consecrated. Three, it was pushed by the communists who infiltrated the Church. Read the book, AA 1025, MEMOIRS OF AN ANTI-APOSTLE. Many of his ideas are in the new liturgy, and this is one of them. He explicitly mentions it. If I were you, and I were an extraordinary minister, I would give the priest his job back, which I did, many years ago. It’s his job and his place, not yours. If the priest came to your house for dinner as a guest, would you let him wash your dishes for you? No? I didn’t think so.
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- “THE NEW MASS IS AN INCALCULABLE ERROR!” – CARDINAL OTTAVIANI
- CHURCH QUOTES ON COMMUNION IN THE HAND. “ON THE TONGUE-AN APOSTOLEC TRADITION.”-TRENT
- But you say, “The Church has given us permission to receive in the hand.” Yes, when certain conditions are fulfilled, said Fr. Nicholas Gruner, but these conditions are not being followed. For one, Father said people are supposed to look in their hands for Particles. Most people don’t. Right there is a proof. Go into any Novus Ordo church you want, and observe those taking in the hand, and see how many look in their hands. But again, your hands and my hands are not consecrated. St. Thomas Acquinas said, “Out of reverence for this Sacrament, nothing touches it except that which is consecrated.” If it’s an act of reverence not to touch it, then it logically follow it is an act of irreverence if we do touch it, therefore sin is involved when we take in the hand. Remember the lady with the black hands. Here is another true story of a lady who was an extraordinary minister, who had actually died, and after they opened the coffin back up, her hands were black. Go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EwaCK1W5iQ. Short url: tinyurl.com/25nxd2p6.
- There was an article appeared in the Soul Magazine in 1985 which tells a story about a priest in purgatory lamenting the fact that he had given Communion in the hand. Recently it was told to me that Fr. Chris Alar also reported a like incident, someone suffering in purgatory for Communion in the hand. I have not yet seen his video but the lady who informed me is most trustworthy.
- Oftentimes now, the Extraordinary ministers take Communion to the sick, rather than the clergy. In times of persecution, this was allowed, as with the case of St. Tarcisius, martyr of the Eucharist. But are we in times of persecution now? And a question for these E. Ministers when they go to the sick, if the sick person needs to go to confession before receiving, do they hear their confession? If not, and you give them Holy Communion and they are in a state of sin, you are partaking in a sacrilegious Communion! How many of them tell you they need to go to confession first? Have they ever? They would be well advised to make many spiritual Communions until the priest can come. Uniting ourselves with Jesus in the tabernacle and making a spiritual Communion brings many graces to the soul. St. Alphonsus said Our Lord once showed a nun two chalices, one gold and one silver. He told her the gold chalices represented her sacramental Communions, and the silver one represented her spiritual Communions.
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