Receiving Communion, communicable diseases, and other religious practices - Page 2

[frugalmama]

Originally Posted by PatienceAndLove

How did you guess???

I'm good friends with a guy who goes there and when I saw your location was san antonio and you mentioned Anglican use I knew it had to be.

You have the most beautiful church IMO in town.

I attend either the TLM at St. Pius X {When we can} or the regular mass at St. Monica's in Converse, depending on weather and if I make the VIA bus on time.

[PatienceAndLove]

Originally Posted by frugalmama

I'm good friends with a guy who goes there and when I saw your location was san antonio and you mentioned Anglican use I knew it had to be.

You have the most beautiful church IMO in town.

I attend either the TLM at St. Pius X {When we can} or the regular mass at St. Monica's in Converse, depending on weather and if I make the VIA bus on time.

I miss Our Lady of the Atonement dreadfully. I cannot wait to move back home again.
I attended the evening mass at St. Pius X... 'twas... interesting. I should return for the TLM, though.

[elmh23]

We are Catholic and not worried about it. We recieve the Body in our hands and the Blood from the communal chalice.

[z2akids]

Our Pastor actually made some recent changes.

The Precious Blood is currently suspended from being offered at school Mass. The reasoning is that the children may not realize their symptoms and that they are likely to forget and receive when they probably should not. However, there are no plans to suspend the Precious Blood during daily or Sunday Mass. The EMoHC are being asked to sanitize their hands on their way to the alter prior to communion.

[elmh23]

The archdiocese we are in has suspended the chalice, the sign of peace and shaking hands with the priest as of today. The euchiristic ministers are also to use purell type cleaner on their hands before handing out communion.

[xekomaya]

Originally Posted by momtokea

I attend a Catholic church and there is no wine offered for communion, only the Host will be offered on the hand, not the mouth. We will not be shaking hands for peace, and I heard that all Holy Water fonts will be emptied, although at my church it hadn't been emptied yet this weekend.

This is horrible. You need Holy Water. It is salted anyway and shouldn't be germy.

Of course it is also prohibited to deny anyone Communion on the tongue.

We've attended Traditional Latin Mass for a while and nothing is or would be changed. Headed to a new NO parish tomorrow though and hopefully there is no nonsense going on

[Virginia884]

We attend a Lutheran church that normally offers bread/body into the hand and wine/blood (or juice) via individual cups or common chalice. Our pastor requested that the altar guild make up more trays of individual cups because he thought more people would take that instead of the chalice, but that hasn't been the case. Our individual cups are glass and are reused; they get washed in hot soapy water by hand after every use.

We do have hand sanitizer stationed around the church; I've never used it, though.

[CherryBomb]

A priest can not deny you Communion on the tongue. Our bishop has asked that we receive in the hand but also made it clear that we are not to be refused if we wish to receive on the tongue (this is the only way I ever have or ever will receive!!) They are taking out the Holy Water font and discontinuing the Blood for the time being (expcept for those with celiac). No longer shaking hands or holding during the sign of peace and Our Father, which is fine with me because that's not technically proper anyway.

[chfriend]

I'm confused about conservative Catholic folks who are distressed about the lack of a chalice. The practice prior to Vatican II was to have communion only under the species of the host except on special occasions, at least as far as I remember.

Is it just a personal preference to receive under both species?

[PatienceAndLove]

Originally Posted by chfriend

I'm confused about conservative Catholic folks who are distressed about the lack of a chalice. The practice prior to Vatican II was to have communion only under the species of the host except on special occasions, at least as far as I remember.

Is it just a personal preference to receive under both species?

I am a conservative Catholic and I only recieve the Host. I understand that it is a more complete sign to recieve both, but I prefer to only recieve the Host since it's the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Now when I am at my home parish, we recieve both species via intenction at the Communion Rail. That is about the only time I recieve under both species.

[JollyGG]

Originally Posted by chfriend

I'm confused about conservative Catholic folks who are distressed about the lack of a chalice. The practice prior to Vatican II was to have communion only under the species of the host except on special occasions, at least as far as I remember.

Is it just a personal preference to receive under both species?

I actually would be very upset if our church stopped offering the chalice at communion. My husband is allergic to wheat. There is no option of a wheat free host that is approved by the catholic church. The only way for my husband to recieve communion is via the cup.

[vbactivist]

Originally Posted by Bluegoat

Our Anglican diocese has actually had a bit of controversy around this issue. As you noted , many Anglicans receive in the hand, and it is now very common for many to practice intinction. Although the parish I attend now doesn't seem to have many intincters, the one closest to me has a majority of intincters.

However, the Bishop recently banned intinction. It was never considered best practice for religious reasons in most cases, but it has been banned for specifically for health reasons. Many many parishioners have problems with this, and I know the council at the local Church, which my dh sits on, almost to a person refused to believe it. (My poor dh, a chemistry nerd, tried to explain the effect of the silver chalice on germs, but to no avail.)

Some Anglican churches that pass the peace by handshaking have also discouraged that, or like my local church, put out hand sanitizer around the nave - somehow people are suppose to sanitize before passing the peace, which strikes me as very comical. My church doesn't pass the peace that way, so no hand sanitizer for us.

The diocese has also reminded people that it is ok to take just the Body if one is ill or has immune issues.

what is the effect of silver on germs? Also, my (anglican) church has a variety of chalices, some are silver, some are ceramic or something else.

[CherryBomb]

Originally Posted by chfriend

I'm confused about conservative Catholic folks who are distressed about the lack of a chalice. The practice prior to Vatican II was to have communion only under the species of the host except on special occasions, at least as far as I remember.

Is it just a personal preference to receive under both species?

It's just a personal preference for me. Both are completely the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, but I personally like the symbolism of receiving under both, as that's what the Apostles did at the Last Supper. Plus, the Host is dry, and the Blood helps me get it down (I prefer not to chew the Host)

[Bluegoat]

Originally Posted by vbactivist

what is the effect of silver on germs? Also, my (anglican) church has a variety of chalices, some are silver, some are ceramic or something else.

All I know is silver kills germs and other microbes - I believe this is why silver nitrate was used for eye drops. My dh explained it once but I cannot remember the details, I was never much into chemistry.

There are a variety of material chalices can be made of, but it's best to stick with silver from a health point of view.

[HappyFox05]

Our church hasn't changed anything other than placing hand sanitizer throughout the building. Here's a great blog post about this topic.