First Holy Communion for a little boy with celiac disease. Read it, and then wonder even more why some families would rather leave the Church because the Methodists (or whoever) offer them a rice wafer.
Not everyone is aware of this teaching, but we believe that the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ are fully present both in the consecrated host and in the chalice. Receiving from the chalice alone is, therefore, full reception of the sacrament, just as is receiving the host alone.
h/t MrsDarwin.
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