Posted on 02/10/2021 6:11:26 PM PST by ebb tide
By Vatican News
The health situation caused by Covid-19 continues to forces changes on daily life, which are also reflected in the Church’s sphere.
Ahead of the beginning of Lent, on Wednesday, 17 February, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has published a note detailing how Catholic priests are to distribute ashes.
After blessing the ashes and sprinkling them with holy water in silence, the priest addresses those present, reciting once the formula found in the Roman Missal: “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return”.
At that point, the note continues, the priest “cleanses his hands, puts on a face mask, and distributes ashes to those who come to him or, if appropriate, he goes to those who are standing in their places.”
He then sprinkles the ashes on each person’s head “without saying anything.”
Ping
Cdl Sarah, how could you?
What!? He “sprinkles the ashes”?
Every week, I receive the Eucharist from my priest’s hands and put it into my mouth. How can putting the ashes on my forehead be more dangerous for my health?
Every week I receive on the tongue and the priest has no mask and have been doing this since April with no problems. The response to this scam is so different from one state to another that it makes no sense.
I honestly think this Vatican is out to stomp out every tradition they can, in the interest of saving us all from the Covid, don’t you know!
Sadly, my lefty priest is all in on the contagion hysteria. Our protocol is you must have a mask to enter the church, and mouth and nose must be covered at all times. We are to move the mask only long enough to place the Eucharist in the mouth.
I have always practiced good hygiene, thanks to my dear, late mother’s training. Hand sanitizer has been in my purse for years, and I have used it before Communion for years. But the current measures are just stupid.
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