[Magdalen] Speaking of mishaps...

[Grace Cangialosi]

Although, technically, I wouldn't have had to lick or burn, because this was before the consecration!

> On Jun 26, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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...