Speaking as someone who grew up in an Irish Catholic house it still blows my mind a huge building full of people went up and drank out of the same cup.
Often churches which have the “common cup” use silver or gold chalices, which naturally have anti-microbial properties. They will also often turn the chalice after each user, and then wipe it with a cloth (sometimes soaked in strong alcohol) to cleanse it further.
For those who find this gross, many churches also offer individual cups.
There is a lot of variation here, some churches only do individual cups, some only do common cup.
Speaking as someone who grew up in an Irish Catholic house it still blows my mind a huge building full of people went up and drank out of the same cup.
Did this all change after covid?
For awhile it was single serving things in weird little pre packages. Now it’s back to the cup which is fucking gross imo
Often churches which have the “common cup” use silver or gold chalices, which naturally have anti-microbial properties. They will also often turn the chalice after each user, and then wipe it with a cloth (sometimes soaked in strong alcohol) to cleanse it further.
For those who find this gross, many churches also offer individual cups.
There is a lot of variation here, some churches only do individual cups, some only do common cup.