I Found Jesus At Work Tonight

[the_rev]

[quote name='Slappo' date='23 July 2010 - 12:06 AM' timestamp='1279857965' post='2146597']
I would say if either you or your father are trained as an extraordinary minister, and somehow if you are not able to get it to a priest tomorrow: Have one distribute the host to the other with a simple communion service.


It is [b]possible[/b] that the host is not consecrated, so as a pastor I would not want to put it in the tabernacle and give someone an unconscerated host.
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If I had to venture a guess, I think the priest will consume the host and not place it in the tabernacle.

That's something that always bothered me. When my grandma was living, I use to bring her Holy Communion on Sundays when I was home from seminary. If I went to Mass with my mom, the last thing I wanted to do after Mass while carrying a pyx was to go to the grocery store or out to eat. I wanted to go from the Church directly home to give Grandma communion, because I felt uncomfortable carrying the pyx with me while in a secular setting. It appears that what happened in this case was a person went to the Mall after Mass and the pyx fell out of their pocket. I wonder what they thought after the fact when they were to bring holy communion and now were unable to, did they make a conscious effort to discover the pyx? I hope so. I am not judging them by any means simply asking the question.

[Jaime]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='23 July 2010 - 12:32 PM' timestamp='1279902766' post='2146804']
I got it straight from the horse's mouth.
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Haha! Sorry SMM I meant Zunshynn's story not yours. Yours I believe!!


Sorry for the mixup

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='23 July 2010 - 11:32 AM' timestamp='1279902766' post='2146804']
I got it straight from the horse's mouth.
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Did you just call Mother Angelica a horse? [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/shock.gif[/img]

I love taking common expressions literally, instead of figuratively (as they were meant). Sometimes you come up with some very odd images.

From the very little I know about Mother Angelica, I expect she would find it funny. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img] (That is, being called a horse, not what happened to the host.)

Edited July 23, 2010 by IgnatiusofLoyola

[homeschoolmom]

Actually, as Ja[i][/i]ime points out, SMM's story comes from a different horse's mouth.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

Here's another possible scenario, particularly since HCF didn't recognize the host.

Most Anglican churches use essentially the same type of hosts as Catholic churches. Perhaps an Anglican vicar was taking communion to a homebound parishoner, and the pyx accidentally dropped out of his pocket. (Not sure, however, why the vicar was at the mall.) I'd never heard the word pyx before, but I wouldn't be surprised if an Anglican priest uses something similar to what a Catholic priest or extraordinary minister uses when taking communion to someone homebound or in the hospital.

In my mystery books as well as "gentle" English historical novels, Anglican vicars are notoriously absent-minded. (That may be why they are vicars and not rectors.) Usually it's their wife that thinks for them. Perhaps the vicar had a hole in his pocket and forgot to tell his wife, so that she could mend it. (The traditional Anglican vicar would never be able to thread a needle, much less sew, although he would be very erudite about scripture.) Thus, the host was not consecrated under Catholic belief.

But, I would think that, even if the host was not consecrated, Jesus saw the care that was taken with the host, and is honored.

Edited July 23, 2010 by IgnatiusofLoyola

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='23 July 2010 - 12:36 PM' timestamp='1279902967' post='2146808']
Mother Angelica?

seriously, a link would be awesome!
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Oh, I thought you were referring to my story. Silly me.

[zunshynn]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='23 July 2010 - 10:30 AM' timestamp='1279902653' post='2146803']
I have serious doubts that story is anything more than an urban myth
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I was in Mother Angelica's monastery for over two and a half years. Although she is unable to speak well enough since her stroke that I was not ever able to ask her about it personally, several sisters who had been in the community at the time (this took place in the early nineties) told me the same story over the course of the time I was there, because it was an experience that greatly moved them.

I could also see the small urn with the ashes any time the tabernacle in the cloister chapel was opened while I was in there.

So yeah. I don't really think the sisters were spreading around an urban myth. In fact, I've never heard it other than from sisters in the monastery. So, sorry, I don't have a link for you. Personally, I take stories about her that I've read online much less seriously than the ones I've heard from the people who have lived with her for decades, but that's just me. You're also certainly free to disregard anything I say, but I don't really appreciate being accused of spreading urban myths about someone that I care deeply about.

Edited July 23, 2010 by zunshynn

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='zunshynn' date='23 July 2010 - 01:11 PM' timestamp='1279905096' post='2146827']
I was in Mother Angelica's monastery for over two and a half years. Although she is unable to speak well enough since her stroke that I was not ever able to ask her about it personally, several sisters who had been in the community at the time (this took place in the early nineties) told me the same story over the course of the time I was there, because it was an experience that greatly moved them.

I could also see the small urn with the ashes any time the tabernacle in the cloister chapel was opened while I was in there.

So yeah. I don't really think the sisters were spreading around an urban myth. In fact, I've never heard it other than from sisters in the monastery.
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[missionseeker]

Wow guys.

Jesus would be proud of us, today.









[font="Verdana"][size="7"][color="#800080"]YAY! HCF FOUND JESUS!!![/color][/size][/font]

[HisChildForever]

Well the story I am about to tell is a bit anti-climatic when considering the "drama" of this thread.

My dad brought the Host to the rectory around 11:30 this morning. I had to be somewhere by noon, and since my dad had a few errands to run we decided that he should bring the Host over. At the rectory, the receptionist tells him that none of the priests are in. My dad, of course, did not want to just leave the pyx with the receptionist. Heaven forbid He end up in another drawer. Right after that, however, one of the sisters walks in (we have two sisters, I think they are Dominicans). She says that she will take the Host and dispose of Him properly in the sacristy. Bizarrely, she asks my dad if he wants to KEEP the pyx. My dad said no, it belongs to the Church. And that was that.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='23 July 2010 - 12:45 PM' timestamp='1279907136' post='2146847']
Well the story I am about to tell is a bit anti-climatic when considering the "drama" of this thread.

My dad brought the Host to the rectory around 11:30 this morning. I had to be somewhere by noon, and since my dad had a few errands to run we decided that he should bring the Host over. At the rectory, the receptionist tells him that none of the priests are in. My dad, of course, did not want to just leave the pyx with the receptionist. Heaven forbid He end up in another drawer. Right after that, however, one of the sisters walks in (we have two sisters, I think they are Dominicans). She says that she will take the Host and dispose of Him properly in the sacristy. Bizarrely, she asks my dad if he wants to KEEP the pyx. My dad said no, it belongs to the Church. And that was that.
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That is bizarre.

Edited July 23, 2010 by Nihil Obstat

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='HisChildForever' date='23 July 2010 - 12:45 PM' timestamp='1279907136' post='2146847']
Well the story I am about to tell is a bit anti-climatic when considering the "drama" of this thread. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/mellow.gif[/img]

My dad brought the Host to the rectory around 11:30 this morning. I had to be somewhere by noon, and since my dad had a few errands to run we decided that he should bring the Host over. At the rectory, the receptionist tells him that none of the priests are in. My dad, of course, did not want to just leave the pyx with the receptionist. Heaven forbid He end up in another drawer. Right after that, however, one of the sisters walks in (we have two sisters, I think they are Dominicans). She says that she will take the Host and dispose of Him properly in the sacristy. Bizarrely, she asks my dad if he wants to KEEP the pyx. My dad said no, it belongs to the Church. And that was that. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/idontknow.gif[/img]
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Well, the ending was a bit anticlimactic. (I liked Slappo's made-up scenario about the plot to poison the priest, better.) But, you honored Christ and respected the real presence. Now you can go away and not worry about it. I hope you're going somewhere fun!

[The Bus Station]

HCF, what a privilege!

<--- I think you deserve one of these

[Jaime]

[quote name='zunshynn' date='23 July 2010 - 01:11 PM' timestamp='1279905096' post='2146827']
I was in Mother Angelica's monastery for over two and a half years. Although she is unable to speak well enough since her stroke that I was not ever able to ask her about it personally, several sisters who had been in the community at the time (this took place in the early nineties) told me the same story over the course of the time I was there, because it was an experience that greatly moved them.

I could also see the small urn with the ashes any time the tabernacle in the cloister chapel was opened while I was in there.

So yeah. I don't really think the sisters were spreading around an urban myth. In fact, I've never heard it other than from sisters in the monastery. So, sorry, I don't have a link for you. Personally, I take stories about her that I've read online much less seriously than the ones I've heard from the people who have lived with her for decades, but that's just me. You're also certainly free to disregard anything I say, but I don't really appreciate being accused of spreading urban myths about someone that I care deeply about.
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Ok well let's not call it an urban myth then shall we? Let's call it a third hand story that occurred over 20 years ago that has probably been embellished over the years.

[HisChildForever]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='23 July 2010 - 02:05 PM' timestamp='1279908337' post='2146869']
Ok well let's not call it an urban myth then shall we? Let's call it a third hand story that occurred over 20 years ago that has probably been embellished over the years.
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Look, even if the story was embellished, the "moral" of the story is the same. Mother Angelica has such great love for the Holy Eucharist that she would do anything to protect and respect Him, even if that means consuming Him after having been covered by dirt for three years. We should all have that kind of love for Him.