tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post4193325837703402395..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Facing flu CDC, Catholics endorse communion restrictionsByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-58850707868093651222013-01-21T14:27:35.885-06:002013-01-21T14:27:35.885-06:00Have to agree with Matushka Anna above. Good advi...Have to agree with Matushka Anna above. Good advice and common sense.Steve_Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01700596373993979010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-41469279725519092922013-01-17T10:16:26.549-06:002013-01-17T10:16:26.549-06:00I think if someone has the flu they should stay ho...I think if someone has the flu they should stay home, but not because of communion. It's because they're going to cough and sneeze on the people around them in the church. It is horrible to suggest that partaking of the Gifts could cause spreading of infection.<br /><br />(And I concur on the grocery store. I try not to take my children to the store this time of year and I wash my hands constantly.)Matushka Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522097149212770814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-2850003081335206762013-01-16T18:43:26.531-06:002013-01-16T18:43:26.531-06:00When the AIDS crisis first hit, I was on a committ...When the AIDS crisis first hit, I was on a committee established by Metropolitan Philip to study the issue of Communion. I found that there are actual scientific studies that show that the common Chalice does not transmit disease. Among other things the alcohol destroys most pathogens and silver or gold has an antiseptic quality. I once was asked to speak on the issue before a meeting at our Archdiocesan Convention. I believe that it was in Detroit. I could tell that some people were skeptical about what I was saying. At the end, a man stood up in the back and walked towards the front. He introduced himself as a physician and said, "everything that Fr. John has just said is absolutely correct." It is more dangerous to walk around a grocery store filled with other shoppers than it is to partake of Holy Communion from the common spoon. Besides, it is the Body and Blood of Christ not ordinary bread and wine. Archpriest John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248014086614317924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-23324739180946975122013-01-16T11:47:03.939-06:002013-01-16T11:47:03.939-06:00In one Roman Catholic church I go to they've g...In one Roman Catholic church I go to they've got those giant bottles of hand sanitizer so that all those eucharistic ministers can wipe down their hands. This particular church still has the communion rail- I suppose it hasn't occured to anyone to time it; I suspect an old fashioned RC communion kneeling would be faster than the current circus of preparation necessary for our more recent innovation. I don't think there is much chance for disease to spread this way either. Whatever you are going to get, you get by breathing it in. Even kissing someone sick is remarkably less likely to get you sick than them sneezing.Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758314961163692341noreply@blogger.com