Good for Harper for not eating the thing. The hosts I've had were so bland and tasteless, they should have fired the baker who made them. Pumpernickel slices would be a great improvement over the hosts - even Timbits would be better.
PM Harper pockets the "Host" during communion
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Why? The Catholic Church pays off the families of sexually abused children. Sounds like a worse crime to me.Why Not? said:
Actually, even Catholics are not supposed to receive the host if they have unconfessed sins. This is why priests usually hear confessions before Mass.Why Not? said:
Sheik is right, in the religious and political spheres this is making a mountain out of a molehill.
Given that the P.M. is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, I’m not surprised that he was at a loss. At the same time as a member of a liturgical denomination I’m a bit surprised that he didn’t just swallow the communion wafer. I'm also a bit suprised that if someone isn't willing to follow through on receiving, that they go up to receive.
By the way the Roman Catholic tradition of placing the bread on the tongue developed do to mediæval communicants superstitiously pocketing and taking away the host.
Given that the P.M. is a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, I’m not surprised that he was at a loss. At the same time as a member of a liturgical denomination I’m a bit surprised that he didn’t just swallow the communion wafer. I'm also a bit suprised that if someone isn't willing to follow through on receiving, that they go up to receive.
By the way the Roman Catholic tradition of placing the bread on the tongue developed do to mediæval communicants superstitiously pocketing and taking away the host.
All right. Let me straighten out this whole thing.
First, I granted your PM an indulgence to do what he did. Secondly, I instructed the priest to "deconsecrate" the host that was given to the PM, so the corpus christi was never desecrated. The whole point of this exercise was to get people talking about Catholic liturgy and tradition. I see once again that I have succeeded.
Now why would your PM embarrass himself just to further my schemes? Let's just say we both have a few tricks up our sleaves.
First, I granted your PM an indulgence to do what he did. Secondly, I instructed the priest to "deconsecrate" the host that was given to the PM, so the corpus christi was never desecrated. The whole point of this exercise was to get people talking about Catholic liturgy and tradition. I see once again that I have succeeded.
Now why would your PM embarrass himself just to further my schemes? Let's just say we both have a few tricks up our sleaves.
Oh put a sock in it.Pope Benedict XVI said:
Even better. after almost 40 years of having Papist Prime Ministers (not counting Campbell's few months in office) it's nice to have a PM who doesn't slavishly bow down and kneel before Rome and its minions.lookingforitallthetime said:
I may not be sure, as I'm Eastern Orthodox (but I think the belief here is similar), but I believe the host must be consumed. Any left over, including the wine, must be consumed by the priest. I wonder what that priest did with the host someone vomited...
I can tell it's been a long time since you've been to Mass... lol...the placing on the tongue has been discouraged for a long time, unless you have a priest who is very old school. Taking it in the hand is much more hygienic.futurelegend said:
Just that as leader of our country, he should be a bit more sophisticated. I see today that he nearly missed the G8 photo... again.rosemount36 said:
Very small infractions in the big picture, but just embarrassingly stupid fuck-ups from someone who should know better, and who is representing our nation.
The communion wafer thing would have been far more embarrassing and received much more exposure if it had been a funeral for an international politician.
Lucky Pierre said:
It's not as if Harper can't speak English or French while talking out of the side of his mouth or has his wife running around fucking The Rolling Stones.
That's something to be embarrassed about.
