[Magdalen] Speaking of mishaps...

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, TBTG for that!!

> On Jun 26, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> At least you weren't in the Orthodox church:
> 
> I have seen spills during the distribution of communion during the Divine
> Liturgy.  Sometimes the priest will lick it off the floor.  Other times
> I've seen a book placed over the spot (so that that portion of the carpet
> can be cut out and burned later.
> 
> Here's a comment from Monachos.net:
> 
> "It is the custom in many churches (including mine) to have a small rug
> that is brought out at the time of the distribution of the Gifts to the
> people. It is put just in front of the priest and so when people come to
> receive, they stand on the rug and if, God forbid, there is any accident or
> spill, it falls on the rug which then can be taken out separately and dealt
> with appropriately without burning the floor or cutting the carpet.
> 
> Fr David Moser
> ​"
> 
> 
> Kate
> ​
> 
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
> 
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I guess it was bound to happen, but for the first time in 27 years, I
>> knocked over the chalice on the altar this morning! I caught it before the
>> whole thing spilled, but still...
>> I just proceeded as if nothing was amiss, while the LEM went to the
>> sacristy for paper towels.
>> The bad thing was that there was no plastic under the fair linen, as I had
>> thought, so the wine went through to the top of the altar, which is very
>> old plywood.
>> In the future, there will be a sheet of plastic underneath...