A Leaven In The World . . . How To Give Coronavirus-Free Communion On The Tongue
By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK In times of pestilence, Communion on the hand is not necessarily the answer to the problem, as the hands are often the primary way the disease is passed from person to person. No one may be forced to receive Communion in the hand, as is happening in some places in reaction to outbreak of coronavirus, which has now reached every continent except Antarctica. Many of the practices common to the postconciliar Mass are inherently susceptible to passing on the coronavirus: Communion under both Species, use of extraordinary ministers, and shaking hands during the sign of peace followed by reception of Communion in the hand. Bishop Athanasius Schneider reminded us of the same in a recent…Continue Reading