[Momaw Nadon]

FYI and discussion

[livius]

They should just quit giving the communion cup, which isn't part of the Latin Rite anyway. (It's an option which has somehow become standard.)

In terms of gatherings in public places, for heaven's sake, people, trust in God. If it's your time, it's your time. Make your peace with God and go to Mass.

Furthermore, the flu is not the Black Death, which in any case was not spread by going to church.

[netmilsmom]

Ya KNOW! Better they would have excused those with the flu totally. In fact, asked them NOT to come to mass. Geez oh Pete. I just came back from the Children's Mass at 4:00 and we moved around twice because of people coughing and snorting. We finally stood in the back by the door. This is the CHILDREN'S MASS! My kids are 6 & 3. Please, you who feel a need to go to church when you are sick, think about the little ones and go to Mass for Shut-ins on tv. God won't mind and many moms will thank you. (Understand that if a child dies of flu in your church after YOU attended sick, you may have caused it)

[JoeFromSidney]

Parishioners attending Christmas Mass are urged not to shake hands as a sign of peace or take communion from the cup if they are not feeling well.

If there were a no-handshaking section, I'd sit in it. As for drinking from the cup, I gave that up when AIDS broke out.

[1stFreedom]

About time. Now if we could do away with the handshake during cold season, it would be great. (Don't you love it when people cough in the hand they offer you?)