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Quite frankly (and I'm sure I'll get flammed for this), I find the thought of everyone sharing the same cup just downright unsanitary. I told my husband that everyone drinking out of the same cup defiles the Blood of Christ. He went ballistic at that comment.

With all due respect, this is insulting the very meaning of communion. It is not just union with Christ, but union with the whole of the Catholic Church.

But...to answer your question, no. It is not necessary to receive the wine as Christ is wholly present in both the bread and wine. You are not "getting any more or less Jesus" by receiving one or both.

However, this troubles me: everyone drinking out of the same cup defiles the Blood of Christ

Think of Christ as spiritual bleach: you can't stain Him but He gets the stains out. Make sense?

Think of Christ as spiritual bleach: you can't stain Him but He gets the stains out. Make sense?

This is my husband's view as well. But it used to be that you couldn't even touch the host. Now it's okay for everyone to drink out of the same cup. It's going from one extreme to the other.