1) Whispered by a father in the pew behind me to his children: “When we get to the car I’m testing all of you on what the gospel was. And if you get it wrong you’re dead.”
2) Whispered by my daughter minutes before going up for her First Communion: “Dad, I think I’m gonna’ throw up.” (She did. Our parish priest later came to our home to offer her the Eucharist but she was still sick so we waited until the next week.)
3) Said by priest who noticed that two birds had flown into the Church and were dive bombing parishioners: “Oh, I know how to get the birds out of here. I’ll baptize them and then they’ll only come back twice a year on Christmas and Easter.”
January 27, 2011 at 4:50 am
#3- OUCH- but true
January 27, 2011 at 10:40 am
i.'Mumble, mumble, mumble, son of a b****, mumble, mumble, mumble.' (we all forgot the visiting priest's name, so alas, the one phrase we understood is how we remember him).
January 27, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Whispered by my mom during Easter Vigil: "Lena, you're on fire." A friend in the pew in front of us got her program a little too close to her vigil candle and the flame was growing quickly. Our pew noticed it at the same time but mom was the only one with her wits about her and calmly made Lena aware of the fire. Thankfully our friend's mom was sitting close by because she had the presence of mind to blow out the fire while Lena looked ready to throw it. Once we were out of danger, our two pews shook with laughter.
Whispered by my dad, while holding his candle above his head as he made his way into church after the Easter Vigil fire had been lit: "This is just like flicking my Bic at a Grateful Dead concert." (You have to understand that my dad is normally a reverent man and we were shocked that he even knew who Grateful Dead was!)
January 27, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Cecilia, you are toooooo much. Glad you are still connected to us W Michigianers.
El
January 28, 2011 at 1:15 am
Ha! A friend of mine's daughter threw up in the morning prep before 1st Communion — she was one of two kids who lost their breakfast. She thinks it was nerves. 🙂
January 29, 2011 at 12:15 am
This is very funny.
I might pinch some of these
& think of some others
for my blog
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/blog
[most visited Christian site based in NZ]
I'll credit of course 🙂