tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post6015066670738179109..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: Melanchthon's DustbusterPr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-13375895833020827192009-09-01T23:25:31.232-05:002009-09-01T23:25:31.232-05:00I don't know if I scandalized anyone, but the ...I don't know if I scandalized anyone, but the Wednesday I preached for you this year, we had someone accidentally spill on the communion rail during the last table, and after I dismissed the table I knelt at the rail and lapped it up. In situations like that, I cannot help but think, "What would Luther do?"Rev. Alan Kornacki, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07322307218829558622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-87830571981269511752009-09-01T17:29:14.136-05:002009-09-01T17:29:14.136-05:00I recall an odious occasion from my misty past, in...I recall an odious occasion from my misty past, in which I was obliged, as an assistant at the altar, to watch as the celebrant broke pieces of hosts in half in order to have enough for all the communicants. He did this as he approached each one, and I saw fragments fly into the air and onto the, um, carpet. After mass I went back to the chancel, and, on my hands and knees, sought to retrieve every last fragment. For this, I found out years later, I was sneeringly dubbed the human vacuum cleaner, an appelation which was I glad to receive: they were watching!Fr BFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554699361739289492noreply@blogger.com