A letter from a victim of liturgical violence
This is a letter I received from a Catholic woman in Florida. My comments are in red . It's been rough days over here. I don't know what's going on over there regarding the corona virus and the Eucharist, but local priests over here are taking advantage of the caution being asked for by the bishop and are refusing to give Holy Communion on the tongue. In our two local parishes we have been forbidden to receive on the tongue. I ended up receiving the Precious Blood instead. Which is curious because in that diocese the Bishop asked that communion be given only in the form of the Body of Christ and that the fundamental doctrine that the whole of Christ, body, blood, soul and divinity are received under the species of his body - the consecrated host. I spoke with the chancery at the bishop's office yesterday and asked him if this was allowed. He said that the bishop never revoked the right to receive on the tongue....