Drinking From the Chalice
Q: I receive Communion regularly. But I receive only the consecrated bread. Is this acceptable? There must be many Catholics like me who feel uneasy about drinking from the chalice because of AIDS, even though there may be no basis for fear.
A: As you yourself seem to realize, there has been no scientific evidence to suggest that AIDS is passed by drinking from the same cup.
The greatest value of receiving both the host and the consecrated wine is symbolic. Together the consecrated bread and wine are fuller signs of eating and drinking and fuller signs of body and blood.
Anyone, however, who receives Jesus under either of the signs, bread or wine, receives Jesus wholly and entirely, body and blood, soul and divinity. Partaking of the chalice is optional. It is an opportunity for a fuller sign.
A: As you yourself seem to realize, there has been no scientific evidence to suggest that AIDS is passed by drinking from the same cup.
The greatest value of receiving both the host and the consecrated wine is symbolic. Together the consecrated bread and wine are fuller signs of eating and drinking and fuller signs of body and blood.
Anyone, however, who receives Jesus under either of the signs, bread or wine, receives Jesus wholly and entirely, body and blood, soul and divinity. Partaking of the chalice is optional. It is an opportunity for a fuller sign.
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