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To: murphE
Why would the priest do this?

That is the proper procedure for disposing of consecrated hosts. The water is then poured down the Sacrarium.

13 posted on 03/22/2006 7:16:58 AM PST by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: NYer
That is the proper procedure for disposing of consecrated hosts

It is? This was not "particles" this was virtually a completely intact Consecrated Host.

When our chapel was broken into a few years ago, the tabernacle was ripped from the altar. The Consecrated Hosts that had been within were found desecrated outside in the mud. My priest got down on his hands and knees in the mud and consumed each Host and particle, then he consecrated the ground.

18 posted on 03/22/2006 7:47:10 AM PST by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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