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Due to the severity of the flu season and the international outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-2019), the archdiocese will continue the liturgical safety measures and restrictions issued on January 7, 2020.
New Mexico is one of the states still listed by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as having widespread flu outbreaks and high influenza-like illness activity.
Please stay home if you are sick or are experiencing symptoms. If you are ill, you are not bound by the obligation to attend Mass, including on Sunday. Out of charity to others, sick individuals should not attend Mass or other liturgical events.
During the Our Father, folded hands are the liturgical norm. Avoid bodily contact.
During the Sign of Peace, simply nod your head toward one another. Avoid bodily contact.
Communicants MUST receive Holy Communion in the hand. Please do not ask to receive on the tongue. The Archbishop grants dispensation to those who attend the Extraordinary form to receive in the hand during these restrictions.
The archdiocese institutes these directives not to limit expression of faith, but rather as a preventative against widespread and potentially deadly diseases. We continue to be in touch with state and local health authorities and will alter these directives as needed. Let us continue to pray for all who are sick and affected by these virulent diseases. With every best wish for the good health of our brothers and sisters and asking our Lord, the Divine Physician, to bless us during this critical time.
