Eucharist on the moon?

[Brother Adam]

I've been watching the documentary From the Earth to the Moon, produced by Tom Hanks, and they show that the first thing Edwin Aldrin, Jr did after they landed on the moon was receive Holy Communion and give thanks to God. I've found references to Aldrin being both Catholic and a freemason, so I'm wondering, was that actually the Holy Eucharist? Does anyone know? That would be sweet if the first activity to take place after landing was receiving communion...

[Aloysius]

as a freemason he'd be excommunicated from the Church, and since this was before 1983 the code still mentioned freemasonry SPECIFICALLY as being latae senantae excommunicated (the 1983 code just says joining another religion, which it falls under)

so if he was a freemason he was not in communion with the church and shouldn't be taking communion anywhere! maybe he had the same idea as those crazy woman priesthood people (we as of yet haven't given jurisdiction of any diocese to the moon as far as I'm aware )

and actually, we only say the Pope has jurisdiction over the whole world... where does the moon fall under? lol

probably the reptillian space pope.

anyhoo... it'd be really cool if it was by someone in communion with the church, but if it's all true and he was a freemason up there taking communion that's actually kind of sad...

[Brother Adam]

Like I said, I've been reading this on the internet, so who knows how true it is, that he was actually a mason, or if the event actually takes place, the the documentary records it as such. So I'm curious.

[Aloysius]

hmmm....

[curtins]

IF humans established a coloney on the moon would the church go?

[Noel's angel]

his name is on a site of 'famous freemasons'

[Aloysius]

[quote name='curtins' date='Sep 23 2005, 05:51 PM']IF humans established a coloney on the moon would the church go?
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if Catholics went, the Church would go.

if Catholics didn't go, we'd send missionaries.

if the colony was big enough and we were so concerned we might just sell off a few peices of artwork to museaums and build a PopeMobile Rocket!

[toledo_jesus]

interesting, I read a book that tackled this same question. It did not tackle it well and it was written by an apostate woman who was an atheist and then converted to judaism and became a rabbi or some such nonsense. It's called The Sparrow and it is trash. Horrid portrayal of priests and the Church. But it did have an interesting premise: missionaries in space.

I still don't recommend reading it.

[zunshynn]

Would that be permissable for a layperson to take the Eucharist so far away, when there is so much potential for something bad happening?

[homeschoolmom]

[url="http://www.badcatholics.com"]1950: A Grace Odyssey. The Vatican Space Program[/url]

[Sojourner]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Sep 23 2005, 05:20 PM'][url="http://www.badcatholics.com"]1950: A Grace Odyssey. The Vatican Space Program[/url]
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[Guest T-Bone]

[quote name='Aloysius' date='Sep 23 2005, 03:35 PM']
probably the reptillian space pope. 


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Ponitifix Reptilicus?

edit: BTW, I love Futurama

Edited September 23, 2005 by T-Bone

[Socrates]

[quote name='Brother Adam' date='Sep 23 2005, 03:54 PM']I've been watching the documentary From the Earth to the Moon, produced by Tom Hanks, and they show that the first thing Edwin Aldrin, Jr did after they landed on the moon was receive Holy Communion and give thanks to God. I've found references to Aldrin being both Catholic and a freemason, so I'm wondering, was that actually the Holy Eucharist? Does anyone know? That would be sweet if the first activity to take place after landing was receiving communion...
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Do you mean to ask if that was the first thing he did after returning to earth??? (Though, obviously, then he'd have to do a lot before getting to a Church.)

Obviously, he could not receive communion on the moon! Besides the whole problematic issue of taking a consecrated Host with him into space, there is the very obvious problem that he was wearing a sealed space helmet on the moon, and there would be no way he could put anything in his mouth!!!




(Sometimes the simple answer to questions is right there in your face - no research required!)

Edited September 23, 2005 by Socrates

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Socrates' date='Sep 23 2005, 06:30 PM']Obviously, he could not receive communion on the moon!  Besides the whole problematic issue of taking a consecrated Host with him into space, there is the very obvious problem that he was wearing a sealed space helmet on  the moon, and there would be no way he could put anything in his mouth!!!   
   
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[Socrates]

bump (this cracked me up!)