Comments on: Sharing Saliva with Others

By: Roy Richardson

Roy Richardson — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:00:32 +0000

We use a common loaf, sometimes cut, sometimes whole, and share the blood of Christ by intinction. It has been a change from the individual cup and plasticized wafers, but one that the congregation has embraced. Maybe someday common cup will be the norm, but small changes are encouraging.

By: Mike McLeod

Mike McLeod — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:43:39 +0000

Jo:
Most people who are “contagious” are not attending church. If one knows that they have a medical problem they can simply cross their arms over their chest and receive a blessing rather than the “body and blood of Jesus”. Lastly, one may choose to dip the bread in the wine rather than drink directly from the communal cup if you”DON’T Know” that you are willing to share the sacrament of the Lord’s supper with your brothers and sisters of God as it was done in Jesus’ time.

By: Mike McLeod

Mike McLeod — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:36:49 +0000

I grew up a Methodist and communion was individual cups of grape juice and Styrofoam tasting wafers. I became an Episcopalian at age 33 and have been one for over 30 years. I have never heard even a rumor of anyone becoming sick from sharing a communal cup. I don’t understand the hypocrisy of those who say “We must do it just like it was done in the Bible or it is not truly Christian” when they will not partake of the Lord’s Supper as it was originally performed in the Bible. (All versions I believe share this in common) I also take this to mean that we should break real bread and drink real wine from a communal cup just like Jesus and his disciples did.

By: Jo Jones Lewis

Jo Jones Lewis — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:16:16 +0000

My Church uses the individual cups and the little wafers however I do agree that passing a communal cup and loaf would more in line and of the spirit of what Jesus did with His disciples did. Now would I be willing to risk “catching germs” from brother or sister, I DON’T know.