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While traveling abroad, I once went to a Mass at a parish where the Eucharist was offered by intinction. You went up to the altar rail and knelt, and from there you had two choices. If you extended your hands, the priest said "The body of Christ", you answered "Amen", and the priest put the wafer in your hand. If you held your hands in the prayer position, the priest said "The body and blood of Christ", you answered "Amen" and opened your mouth, and the priest dipped the wafer in wine and placed it on your tongue. I had never seen this practice before, and after Mass I got an explanation out of my father.
So now that we've completely derailed this thread... LOL
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