So apparently yours is the exception to the rule...But you still don't break the break which is essential...'Break the bread to commemorate my broken body'...
But that could get a little sticky for you guys maybe...If you are actually drinking blood and eating flesh, by breaking bread then you would be ripping Jesus body apart before you eat it...Is that why you guys don't take it that far???
As to the breaking of the bread, it takes place right before the Communion. Usually (always?) the Agnus Dei is said or sung as the bread is broken.
If you are actually drinking blood and eating flesh, by breaking bread then you would be ripping Jesus body apart before you eat it...Is that why you guys don't take it that far???
If you really want to understand this, in light of the fact that the breaking is part of the Mass, you will do best to start here and read the next ten questions, especially Q.75, Q.76, and Q.77, and most especially Q. 77, Article 7. Whether the sacramental species are broken in this sacrament?
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