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re: consecration of the Eucharist Liz Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Question:

hello Mr. Slavek,

Thank you very much for the very informative reply to my question.

I did have another question: you said that Consecration of the bread can happen outside of the context of the Mass, but only in rare/certain situations.

Would you be able to elaborate and explain when and where it may happen/take place?

With much appreciation,

God bless,
Liz
Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek

Dear Liz,

I need to change my previous answer:  Canon  927 clearly says that "It is absolutely forbidden, even in extreme urgent necessity, to consecrate one matter without the other or even both outside the eucharistic celebration."  I will edit my previous answer to omit the factual error.

What I had in mind when I wrote my previous answer was GIRM n.324 that states that wine may be consecrated "separately" if it has been discovered that the priest had accidently "consecrated" water in place of wine.  This of course could only occur during the celebration of Mass.

Mr. Slavek
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