Swine Flu means no precious blood in the Diocese of Austin

A fully-appropriate pastoral decision, and I loved Marcel's comments:

"Good decision and not unexpected. Remember that we receive the full presence of Christ with either species.

Also, "species" speaks of the Body of Christ and the Bread of Christ - not different kinds of animals. One of our employees mis-read and thought someone was making a joke about not giving Communion to humans & pigs."

But kidding aside, this is serious and we should be prayerful and vigilant about this developing situation.