different communion hosts. different meaning?

[didkikitki]

I am writing this in urgency because it is causing trouble with two newlyweds. I am the sister of the brother who recently got married two months ago. The wedding was held in a Catholic Church. During the communion, both the mothers of the bride and groom went up together to receive communion. My mother believes that she received a different piece than everyone else. I am speaking from what she has told me. She received a darker triangular host, instead of the circular one. This is threatening my brother’s new marriage because my mother feels that she received a different piece for a reason. I thought it could be the host that the priest breaks. But, according to my mother she claims that he was looking for that one piece and was a little shocked that she wanted to accept that piece in her mouth. Any help would be greatly appreciated. She is going against her daughter-in-law for this. Thank You. -Diane

[Virgil]

I am writing this in urgency because it is causing trouble with two newlyweds. I am the sister of the brother who recently got married two months ago. The wedding was held in a Catholic Church. During the communion, both the mothers of the bride and groom went up together to receive communion. My mother believes that she received a different piece than everyone else. I am speaking from what she has told me. She received a darker triangular host, instead of the circular one. This is threatening my brother’s new marriage because my mother feels that she received a different piece for a reason. I thought it could be the host that the priest breaks. But, according to my mother she claims that he was looking for that one piece and was a little shocked that she wanted to accept that piece in her mouth. Any help would be greatly appreciated. She is going against her daughter-in-law for this. Thank You. -Diane

I am not entirely sure, but I think this is the reason. The priest in his performance of the consecrating act of transubstantiation uses a much larger host and he breaks that up into smaller pieces, roughly in quarters. That peice is roughly triangular and gets mixed in with the other round hosts. As to it being darker i can only speculate it absorbed some of the wine. There is no different meaning between what your mother recieved and the other hosts.

[RichardHresko]

I am writing this in urgency because it is causing trouble with two newlyweds. I am the sister of the brother who recently got married two months ago. The wedding was held in a Catholic Church. During the communion, both the mothers of the bride and groom went up together to receive communion. My mother believes that she received a different piece than everyone else. I am speaking from what she has told me. She received a darker triangular host, instead of the circular one. This is threatening my brother’s new marriage because my mother feels that she received a different piece for a reason. I thought it could be the host that the priest breaks. But, according to my mother she claims that he was looking for that one piece and was a little shocked that she wanted to accept that piece in her mouth. Any help would be greatly appreciated. She is going against her daughter-in-law for this. Thank You. -Diane

Virgil is correct. Though it is impossible to know the priest's inner thoughts, he may have wished to bestow an act of distinction on the mother of the groom by giving her a piece from the Host he had elevated. There would be no difference in terms of the sacrament's efficacy, but it would be a nice gesture.

[LMK]

Virgil's response was what first came to my mind; it came from the larger one that the priest holds up.

Additionally, though it may not have anything to do with this if the parents were called up early, but when it looks like there may be a shortage, the communion ministers (priests, EMCs, etc.) begin surreptitiously breaking the small round ones, sometimes only in half, sometimes in fourths.