text: Our Eastern Catholic/Orthodox brethren find the Roman practice of getting in line to have a non-ordained person place the Eucharist in your hand like a common food abhorrent. It may be allowed by the Church but if you read the history and the Church politics of how this got to be, you might rethink this practice. EMHCs are no where discussed in Vatican II and the practice of Communion in the Hand started out of disobedience in Holland and spread elsewhere. The politics of how it was rammed through the USCCB are shameful. Altar girls may be allowed, but no priest is required to use them.