Precious Blood is not to be poured from one vessel to another
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Q. On several recent occasions, I’ve witnessed priests pouring the Precious Blood into additional chalices after the consecration. In reading Redemptionis Sacramentum 105 and106, (“(T)he pouring of the blood of Christ after the consecration from one vessel to another is completely to be avoided, lest anything should happen that would be to the detriment of so great a mystery”), it seems clear that this is a liturgical abuse. I am seeing this more frequently and concerned about the lack of reverence for the Eucharist. Current online and print subscribers, click here to login and view this article. Please click here to subscribe to the St. Louis Review. You may subscribe to the online edition only or both the online and print editions. Why does the St. Louis Review require a subscription to access content online? (Click to view).A subscription is required to access this content.
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