tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304674669591803672.post5320060259747982528..comments2023-06-21T07:08:28.394-07:00Comments on Erin's Observations: Christ vs. Swine FluErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11486435342498085039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304674669591803672.post-69338735719557394602009-06-13T11:04:29.289-07:002009-06-13T11:04:29.289-07:00Persons with celiac disease mostly cannot receive ...Persons with celiac disease mostly cannot receive a regular host without problems; alcoholics mostly cannot receive the consecrated wine without being affect. Of course Christ <i>can</i> take away these natural effects (they are natural because all the accidents of bread and wine remain, and therefore all the power and effects of bread and wine), but it is strictly speaking a miracle. And just as he doesn't miraculously cure everyone who prays, so he doesn't miraculously safeguard everyone from those natural harmful effects.<br /><br />Similarly, drinking the Blood of Christ from a common chalice with have the same likelihood of spreading germs as if it was not the Blood of Christ, but real wine... unless Christ works a miracle, and most of the time he doesn't. If there are precautions we ourselves can take, he wants us to take them, just as we should go to the doctor if we are (badly) sick.<br /><br />That said, I think the precautions are in fact overdone, and not so necessary.Joseph Bolinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690286644203137897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4304674669591803672.post-69438668629336770252009-05-03T22:51:00.000-07:002009-05-03T22:51:00.000-07:00Today was my oldest's First Communion and our past...Today was my oldest's First Communion and our pastor read a letter from the Archbishop saying that reception of the Blood was banned due to the swine flu. I was so disappointed because even though I know that she received the totality of Christ in His Body, she only gets one First Communion. Our priest should've pushed for a dispensation IMHO to give the Blood just to the communicants and not anyone else attending the Mass. <br /><br />The schools in our town are still open and IMHO that's a much more likely method of transmission than the Communion cup.Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.com