Comments on: Playing Church http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/ Scenes from the podium...one pager at a time. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Liz http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Liz Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:08:26 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-213 I couldn't help but smile after reading the first paragraph because I immediately remembered using Necco wafers when I was getting excited about holy communion. I think I always like the yellow ones best. Just came across your blog recently so I'm back tracking but I enjoy every entry :) I couldn’t help but smile after reading the first paragraph because I immediately remembered using Necco wafers when I was getting excited about holy communion. I think I always like the yellow ones best.

Just came across your blog recently so I’m back tracking but I enjoy every entry :)

]]> By: karilyn http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-33 karilyn Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:02:48 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-33 paul..... very funny! but as a catholic i would have taken a fistful of them...... you gotta be practical, restuarants in rome are expensive and ir would have been a free snack before my first communion we had to practice with corn flakes to get the suck to the top of your mouth sensation...... paul….. very funny!
but as a catholic i would have taken a fistful of them…… you gotta be practical, restuarants in rome are expensive and ir would have been a free snack

before my first communion we had to practice with corn flakes to get the suck to the top of your mouth sensation……

]]> By: heathen http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-27 heathen Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:06:59 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-27 Sorry RG, I'll behave! Sorry RG, I’ll behave!

]]> By: Restaurant Gal http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Restaurant Gal Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:53:29 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-21 Whoooa there big fella! Opinions welcome. Name calling not. And lighten up a bit folks--this is about Necco Wafers! Whoooa there big fella! Opinions welcome. Name calling not.
And lighten up a bit folks–this is about Necco Wafers!

]]> By: heathen http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-17 heathen Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:30:18 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-17 Altar Boy, get off your high horse - I go to church every Sunday, and I think it's weird. I imagine a temple would seem even weirder. Interesting, enlightening, educational, and weird. And why would he lie about the crackers?? [DELETED]. Altar Boy, get off your high horse – I go to church every Sunday, and I think it’s weird. I imagine a temple would seem even weirder. Interesting, enlightening, educational, and weird. And why would he lie about the crackers?? [DELETED].

]]> By: Altar Boy http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Altar Boy Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:15:38 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-16 Hey Paul, was that supposed to be funny? You and your wife need to get out more, maybe learn a little about other religions. That you'd find being in a Catholic church 'weird' speaks volumes; I think most people would find being in a house of worship of a religion not their own to be interesting, enlightening and maybe even educational. But weird? I doubt it. FYI, consecrated hosts are never just left out like a bowl of candy. They don't revert from the Body of Christ to unleavened bread just because the mass ends. Hey Paul, was that supposed to be funny?

You and your wife need to get out more, maybe learn a little about other religions. That you’d find being in a Catholic church ‘weird’ speaks volumes; I think most people would find being in a house of worship of a religion not their own to be interesting, enlightening and maybe even educational. But weird? I doubt it.

FYI, consecrated hosts are never just left out like a bowl of candy. They don’t revert from the Body of Christ to unleavened bread just because the mass ends.

]]> By: Paul http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Paul Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:26:02 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-15 My wife and I spent a week in Rome in November 2000. We visited St. Peter's early on a foggy weekday morning -- extra-early to ensure having an unobstructed view of Michaelangelo's sculpture, "Pieta." We'd skipped breakfast to get there by 7 a.m. and, as we toured the rest of the church (we're Jewish, so it was a bit weird for us) we came upon one of the satellite worship places away from the main altar. Either the service had already taken place there or was scheduled to begin shortly, because there was a chalice filled with communion wafers resting on the cloth-covered table, behind a low railing. My wife says, "I'm hungry; I think I'll just grab a few of those crackers," knowing full well what they were. I managed to dissuade her, more because I was afraid of getting tossed out than for any religious reason. Her parting comment as we went off in search of a cappuccino place -- "I'll bet you they're made by the same group of Jews who manufacture matzoh." Could be, I suppose. My wife and I spent a week in Rome in November 2000. We visited St. Peter’s early on a foggy weekday morning — extra-early to ensure having an unobstructed view of Michaelangelo’s sculpture, “Pieta.” We’d skipped breakfast to get there by 7 a.m. and, as we toured the rest of the church (we’re Jewish, so it was a bit weird for us) we came upon one of the satellite worship places away from the main altar. Either the service had already taken place there or was scheduled to begin shortly, because there was a chalice filled with communion wafers resting on the cloth-covered table, behind a low railing. My wife says, “I’m hungry; I think I’ll just grab a few of those crackers,” knowing full well what they were. I managed to dissuade her, more because I was afraid of getting tossed out than for any religious reason. Her parting comment as we went off in search of a cappuccino place — “I’ll bet you they’re made by the same group of Jews who manufacture matzoh.” Could be, I suppose.

]]> By: Yvonne http://www.restaurantgal.com/2006/04/playing-church/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Yvonne Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:29:25 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=34#comment-14 That was classic!! Passed along to all my "devout Catholics"!! That was classic!! Passed along to all my “devout Catholics”!!

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