:smack: I knew that. I totally knew that. sigh There’s too much blood in my caffeine stream…
You’ve probably seen it by now, but in case you haven’t, there’s a three-page thread on this in the BBQ Pit.
If you want to sample the unconsecrated wafer, around Christmas you can obtain opłatek in areas where people of Eastern European descent live.
Haha! I love the reviews people left on them! “Eh…I’ve had better Body of Christ.”
As Santo Rugger wrote, the exact moment of consecration in a Catholic Church is marked by the ringing of a bell. Because you’d hate to have a miracle and not have anyone even notice.
Someone was pretty quick witted to register the domain name: kingdom.com
I was appalled at that story. What a total lack of respect. So it’s ok to show complete irreverence because the church is partially supported by the school?
That guy is a jerk.
Never! It retains its’ holiness all through the process of digestion and beyond. Haven’t you ever hears people say “Holy shit!”?
To be serious, I believe the answer is that once it is eaten by the communicant, the ‘body of Christ’ has become part of the body of the communicant. The sacramental grace has descended on the communicant, but the host itself is now just part of that communicants stomach contents, and is no longer holy.
So that if a person were sick and vomited, even just after receiving communion, the host is simply vomitus just like the rest of the stomach contents, and can be disposed just like them.
A friend who is a nurse once told me that this was not uncommon when a priest brought communion to gravely ill people in the hospital. Sometimes they are unable to keep anything down, and vomit right after communion, and the host is visible & recognizable in the emesis pan. The priest told her that once it touched a patients’ mouth, they had ‘received communion’, and the holy sacrament was over. So after that, it did not matter what happened, so she could just toss the contents of that emesis pan, including the former host.
I guess if he planned ahead, he could’ve used a pyx.
Roman Catholics believe that the consecrated host is really the body of Christ, and the wine is truly His blood. That is why in all churches (years ago at least) one of the Hosts were put in a special container for people to worship(Called Holy Hour of Adoration). In some convents there were nuns who took turns around the clock). Also RC’s genuflect coming into a Catholis church if there are hosts in the tabernacle.
Monavis
If only that is how they had perceived it in the case of Mr Cook in Florida. Once he put it in his mouth, it should have been nobody’s business what happened to it, and there’d be no talk of his having kidnapped Christ.
Lazlo, now I want a pyx. What else do you suppose would fit in there?
You know, they’d get a much better turnout if they blessed, say, Oreos or Chips Ahoy or something.
FTR, I remember being told somehere along the line that you’re not supposed to chew them either. I did the let it melt thing for many many many years, until I learned that they were actually pretty tasty, and even better if you chew them while they still have some crunch.
My sister’s Lutheran pastor finishes it off over a grilled cheese sandwich at dinner. 
This 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia article seems to emphasize the words.
From that, I gather the consecration takes place as soon as the priest finishes pronouncing the last word of the formula.
IIRC the bell-ringing is just to call people’s attention to an important point in the service.