tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post2570497379785793036..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: Why a Priest Stands Quietly With Their Eyes Glazed While Setting up For CommunionWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-87190801947096439832022-08-28T16:39:16.188+01:002022-08-28T16:39:16.188+01:00A little clicker, like the ones they use to count ...A little clicker, like the ones they use to count visitors at NT properties works well. It is clicked by a greeter and appears on the offertory plate. I have coeliac disease( and my gluten free priest's host) so consuming a g other hosts is out for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-3152614147363874292019-12-25T02:05:41.795+00:002019-12-25T02:05:41.795+00:00 why are extra consecrated wafers not just crumble... why are extra consecrated wafers not just crumbled up and spread in the garden? wine can be poured there too. nobody has to pork up or get drunk. unless you are fixated on transubstantiation? i thought that battle was fought a long time ago. Bob Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084157975973863871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-3015093246823109082018-04-28T11:48:18.627+01:002018-04-28T11:48:18.627+01:00We were in the same situation and the priest, when...We were in the same situation and the priest, when offering me the cup, intoned 'The blood of Christ, and make it a big one!'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905416588336959521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-27812805795741982472018-04-26T22:40:19.085+01:002018-04-26T22:40:19.085+01:00Oh! I did enjoy that!
it reminded me of many pos...Oh! I did enjoy that! <br />it reminded me of many post communion vestry happenings, and really made me miss church.<br />thank you. Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08496802877173505042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-13612061738629261362018-04-26T22:38:21.182+01:002018-04-26T22:38:21.182+01:00This has had me in hysterics. Much needed. Thanks ...This has had me in hysterics. Much needed. Thanks y'all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-25010259160720305872018-04-26T22:37:49.757+01:002018-04-26T22:37:49.757+01:00Being a Methodist is much easier Being a Methodist is much easier Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-45907132991748084452018-04-26T22:10:07.847+01:002018-04-26T22:10:07.847+01:00...and then you have to work out the difference be......and then you have to work out the difference between the number of wafers already in the ciborium (which the server who put them in might or might not tell you) and the number you think might want to receive. Then you have to divide the difference by the number of wafers in each little section of the wafer box so you can calculate how many bundles to add. In one group of parishes I served in, one church's wafer box fitted seven in each section and the other fitted eight. At this point most of us give up, grab a handful and hope for the best...Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-65205735505503689302018-04-26T22:03:18.870+01:002018-04-26T22:03:18.870+01:00We had the experience of too many wafers being con...We had the experience of too many wafers being consecrated for a Communion by Extension that I once led. Mid week, normal attendance 15-20 max. This time, only 10. I had to consume the balance. The Blood was gleefully shared by the Sacristan, who managed not to stagger on the procession on the way out. When asked if she was ok, she said Yesssh.<br /><br />We don't reserve the Sacrament, apart from these occasions. But having half a dozen on the Chancel helps to consume any surpluses. <br /><br />What I worry about is the Priest who has a multi-parish benefice and has 2/3/4 communion services on the go on a particular Sunday, surely they need a driver to get them between churches, otherwise they risk a breath test and driving bann.<br />UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-71632866049064425922018-04-26T19:37:55.255+01:002018-04-26T19:37:55.255+01:00is there a ritual for taking it off again if you c...is there a ritual for taking it off again if you change your mind?<br />Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17698419206075182180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-91891536455323203892018-04-26T19:22:55.746+01:002018-04-26T19:22:55.746+01:00I bet by now they've even got their ritual for...I bet by now they've even got their ritual for putting the wafer on the plate. Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481946916045861117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-16024172661804075042018-04-26T19:04:23.122+01:002018-04-26T19:04:23.122+01:00I once went to an Anglocatholic church where, as y...I once went to an Anglocatholic church where, as you came in, you were asked to pick a wafer out of the box and put it on a plate, if you were intending to take communion. That removed the need to count. It seemed foolproof, unless a large number of the congregation decided part way through that they were not in love and charity with their neighbours and hence were unworthy of receiving after all.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279585502913902103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-73717729879639194882018-04-26T18:42:43.007+01:002018-04-26T18:42:43.007+01:00When considering arithmetical problems, don't ...When considering arithmetical problems, don't forget the difficulty of figuring out the number of bulletins needed at a funeral. I have learned a method of doing that. A clergyman came up to me at a wake the other day, and asked if I was going to the service the next day. Rather startled, I mumbled something, and he explained that I didn't really need to tell him. He had to tell the funeral home how many bulletins to print, and the best way to do it is to count the number of names in the guest book. Some of them wouldn't show up at the funeral and some funeral-goers wouldn't be at the wake (or visitation, or reception, or whatever you call it) and it all averaged out.<br /><br />I'm still wondering why, in that case, he was so interested in whether or not I was attending the funeral.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343576593315811633noreply@blogger.com