Posted on 05/02/2009 11:14:02 PM PDT by Salvation
This was mentioned earlier:
Pardon me, but I contend that some of their religious rituals in Mexico are part of their overall health problems. Sharing a cup with everyone in the community, and having someone put their hand in every ones mouth? Does not sound like a sanitary environment. Could be why they have so much hepatitis, typhoid, dysentery, and parasite issues.
238 posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:05:20 PM by AH_LiveRight
There was much speculation here on FR and on other forums (blogs) that the virus must be attacking a specific DNA sequence. Otherwise reasonable folks ignored Occams Razor- oftentimes the simplest answer is so obvious yet we choose to ignore it because of our own disposition to such behavior. Specifically when it comes to faith, tradition, ritual, dogma, or creed. Science and reason is clashing with religion here. With predictable results.
249 posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:37:06 PM by AH_LiveRight
It is also interesting to note that the New York school with the most cases is a Catholic school, where the students had traveled to Mexico.
Looks a lot like the ELCA one you sent.
"What God Ordains Is Always Good" by Samuel Rodigast, 1649-1708
V. 3. What God ordains is always good.
His loving thought attends me;
No poison can be in the cup
That my Physician sends me.
My God is true; Each morn anew
I'll trust His grace unending,
My life to Him commending.
Occasionally you will see a family unit or couple hold hands during it, but not the congregation as a whole, no.
I know. I just figured it wasn’t worth sitting around worrying about it.
Phew!
>>and having someone put their hand in every ones mouth? Does not sound like a sanitary environment. Could be why they have so much hepatitis, typhoid, dysentery, and parasite issues.<<
What religious ritual is that?
Just keep the pigs out in the yard, and you’ll be fine ;-).
**It pained me also today to have to go back to received Jesus in my hands this morning, **
I prayed about this aand following markomalley’s lead this morning, I went to the other side of the church, crossed my hands over my chest and said to the priest, “You know why.” He blessed me and then talked to me after Mass.
I told him I could not receive the Holy Lord in my hands and chose to obey the Archbishop and him and not ask for special treatment.” (Which he said he would have given it to me on my tongue.) I replied that I did not want to set a bad example and would just have a Communion of Desire.
Then, after the blessing, I went back to my pew, prayed and cried. In fact, I have tears in my eys right now. I LNOW I had a Communion of Desire. It was so moving for me.
Not intending to be offensive here...just curious. Since you publish the Oswald Chambers and Joel Osteen threads each day, I was just wondering if you’re Catholic. Receiving “on the tongue” sounds like you are, since most non-Catholic communion services don’t make a point of that at all.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2243088/posts?page=69#69
Mark, sorry I met to ping you to my reply. You were such an inspiration to me this morning.
I like what you are doing. I turned around, and just said, “Peace be with you.”
Hey, I’ll look for those!
**An EMCH wipes the rim of a cup with a dry cloth. This spreads any germs around that rim.**
If the Extraordinary Minister puts the cloth, unfoled between their forefinger and middle finger, and pulls down a new place to wipe the rim of the cup, germs are not spread. I have even asked people to wait, while I turned the cloth over and started on the back side of it. I also inspect the inside of the cup and sometimes (Usually always) wipe it too, becuase some older people have some backwash. It’s a race sometimes to get to the backwash before it gets to the wine, though! LOL! My purificators are always all used up and usually as wine-stained as the priest’s!
**Life is fatal if you live long enough. No one (other than Enoch and Elijah) get out of here alive.**
And Catholics believe the Blessed Virgin Mary too! Although, technically you are right, because there may have been a period of dormition for her.
LOL! They are so good, I decided to post all that I have!
Another Look at the Orans Issue
THE TEN MOST COMMON LITURGICAL ABUSES And Why They're Wrong
Oops — blaming it on the tears! LOL!
I KNOW I
I apologize Salvation, it was lightman, my bust.
I forgot one step in the giving of the cup. I always turn it a quarter of a turn. It bugs me when EMHC use the same spot to wipe the cup. Maybe I’m extra vigilant, but I used to work with young children!
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