~ Holy Communion ~ Did you know that receiving Communion in the hand was never the historical norm in the Catholic Church? For over 1,500 years, the faithful received the Eucharist on the tongue and kneeling, as a profound act of reverence for the Real Presence of Jesus Christ. Even St. Thomas Aquinas wrote: “Out of reverence toward this Sacrament, nothing touches It but what is consecrated.” That means only the priest’s hands, consecrated at ordination, should handle the Body of Christ. Communi