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Poisoned Chalice?

July 29, 2009

Parishioner Mollie Ziegler Hemingway recently wrote about reactions to swine flu among eucharistic Christians (shouldn’t that be redundant?) and its treatment in the press. She noted the CNN web headline: “Poisoned chalice? Swine flu hits church wine.” That, it turns out, is inaccurate fear-mongering. Mrs. Hemingway observes: It … makes it seem as if, well, [...]

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Individualist Cups

September 3, 2008

This afternoon I revised our Handbook for Deacons, which I first prepared around five years ago. In the back is a glossary; I must have been in quite a mood when I wrote this: Individual(ist) cups: A modern American custom, contrary to our Lord’s institution and overturning the universal practice of the Church, introduced by [...]

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