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and other orders from the diocese …
• If your parish is in the habit of holding hands during the Lord’s Prayer, this practice should be eliminated.
• If your parish has the laudable practice of distributing Holy Communion under both species, the distribution of the Precious Blood of Christ in the chalice should be discontinued for the time being.
• Those who are distributing Holy Communion should be especially mindful of the particular need for personal hygiene before the distribution of Holy Communion. It is permissible to use hand sanitizer before Mass or even immediately before Holy Communion is distributed.
• You might want to consider having hand sanitizer easily available at the doors of your church, school, or other public buildings.
• Parishioners should be reminded that if they have symptoms of illness they are dispensed from attending Holy Mass on Sundays, and in fact should not attend Holy Mass. This is an obligation in charity that parishioners should take very seriously.
• Please ask the Lord’s protection upon our community during this time of widespread illness. You might want to offer a parish Mass for this intention. The Sacramentary has special prayers “For the Sick,” and “For Any Need” that would be very appropriate. Also, please include a petition in the “General Intercessions” for this intention.
pardon me while I go laugh my ass off and thank god heaven the universe that i’m no longer a catholic.
