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Just the case of an Australian Mayor (Catholic) making a lot of noise!
Although I think it smart when a terrible influenza or other communicable disease comes in our midst, then the communicants will need to reevaluate or reduce their risk to disease in appropriate ways.
What???? You mean if a group of people in an Aussie pub wanted to voluntarily pass around a mug of grog and each take a sip from it that would somehow be illegal or perhaps the pub owner would run out and put a stop to it? Nonsense.
how about sharing peace pipe.....ugggh
I won’t take communion from a common cup. Period.
The local bishop tried to stop the Cup, but the priests said "Have faith! For it is the Blood of Christ which is Pure and Holy and Miraculous."
No one got sick from drinking from the Cup of Jesus` Blood here in 40 years in the Bay Area since I have heard of this attempt to ban it.
No source of disease has ever been traced to the Cup of Jesus` Blood ever here.
AIDS, etc all were scare tactics but no AIDS,etc., was ever traced to the Holy Cup of Jesus` Blood.
Au Contraire, The Blood of Jesus cures people of their diseases thru faith, not spreads disease.
Two of the priests that administered Communion under both forms had AIDS, as they died of later, and not one person caught AIDS from the Host nor the Cup traceable back to these priests. I received Communion for 20 years from one of these AIDS priests and never got AIDS nor nuthin nor anyone in that congregation neither.
These same perverts who are so concerned about germs during Holy Communion couldn’t give a flying you know what about germs, STDs, etc. that they pick up from their unholy communions.
Well, I’m with him, although not for health reasons. Communion under both species (bread and wine) seems to be done primarily in Catholic churches in liberal English-speaking areas, and it started against the regulations and was de facto approved first in the US.
There’s no need for it, it slows down and clutters up the Communion line, and it has resulted in some unfortunate accidents (which I have seen on more than one occasion) where either an elderly parishioner or one of the ditzy “EEMS” drops or spills the chalice.
I rarely see this in Spanish speaking or Southern European countries, except in the most “kumbaya” churches which, alas, exist there too.
When I became a Catholic 12 years ago, I raised this issue with a Deacon. I was told that the alcohol in the wine killed germs.
In any event, I’ve never picked up anything from the cup.
drinking from the cup is entirely voluntarily done...the Eucharist is complete in either or both forms.......please stop telling people whay they can volunteer to do.