Comments on: 7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 31)

By: April with MandM | MandM

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By: GeorgijTerentev

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By: Tess

Tess — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:29:13 +0000

I'm always delighted to find someone who has seen, likes, and is talking about Into great silence. It's not easy to watch, because it's not meant as entertainment; it is contemplative prayer in beautiful cinematography.

By: bearing

bearing — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:41:21 +0000

cJen, I made that rice and beans in my rice cooker last week. Congratulations, you've got a winner.

My adaptation of the recipe is in this post here. The rice cooker just makes it incredibly convenient for nights when my family leaves the house at 5:30 and comes home hungry for dinner at 8 p.m.

By: Lana

Lana — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:32:00 +0000

Karen Elizabeth–
The bread and the wine EACH contain the Body and the Blood. To receive only the host, then, is to receive both the Body AND the Blood of Christ.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 05 May 2009 02:58:00 +0000

Swine Flu – I agree with you. Bored media syndrome sounds about right.
Plus – I think we give mixed messages when we say that you can’t get sick receiving the body and blood of Christ and then we say do not drink from the cup. I don’t see how receiving the Precious Blood can ever make us sick.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:50:00 +0000

Re #3 – actually, the latin version of the sacramentary states that the cup is only to be offered to the whole congregation in unusual circumstances. So, I sometimes wonder how soon it will happen that the US bishops are told by the Pope or the Vatican that our common custom of offering communion under both species is to be curtailed. Would a big flu epidemic speed up such a move? Yeah, probably.

By: ladyhobbit

ladyhobbit — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:08:00 +0000

My husband, who is a microbiologist and works in hospital infection control, says that the swine flu issue is greatly overhyped. Yes, 36,000 Americans die each year from flu--the regular kinds! And so far, not one American has died from a case of swine flu contracted in the US. (The poor child who died in Texas had contracted the illness in Mexico.)

The hype is not harmless. Not only are schools closing and canceling events, often for little reason, but hospital personnel are spending a great deal of time dealing with unnecessary panic and confusion. Time is money, folks!

In my state of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University held a separate graduation ceremony for 20 students who had traveled to Mexico a month ago. The students had been living in the dorms and mingling freely with the rest of the university population, none of them had become ill, the incubation period for flu was long past, and they had not even been in the part of Mexico that is experiencing the epidemic, but the university deemed that it was too risky to let them graduate with the rest of their class. Behold the power of hysteria!

Monnie, my husband also suspects that the push for nationalized health care may have something to do with the hype.

In my diocese, we are being asked not to shake hands at the sign of peace. Jen, I think that you might find that to be a relief! However, the communal drinking from one chalice continues here.

I'm afraid that it is quite possible to catch an "earthly disease" by drinking from the same cup as another person, if the disease can be transmitted that way. Transubstantiation does not remove the physical properties of wine, which does not contain enough alcohol to kill microbes and viruses.

At this point, though, I just don't see a real need for either the restrictions on hand-shaking or the restrictions on receiving from the cup.

By: nathansward

nathansward — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:27:00 +0000

This might not be the best song, but Linkin Park’s Bleed it Out is essentially about writer’s block.

By: Chris and Sarah

Chris and Sarah — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:56:00 +0000

I don’t think there is any reason to be worried about the Swine Flu. Far more people die EVERY year from the regular flu than have died from the Swine Flu, and we never freak out about regular flu. Seriously, when was the last time a school closed for a week cause 1 kid got the flu. (Kids would love it though – since they would have the most of fall and winter off every year.)
I think the media and peole just want a break from the economy and plus the media always loves a good opportunity to blow things way out of proportion.
Also, I love rice and black beans – I will have to try adding cheese next time.