[Magdalen] Speaking of mishaps...

[Jay Weigel]

I've also heard it said, "He (Jesus) got in there, He can figure out how to
get out!"

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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...
>