and we walked up to the church and it was so cold my hair froze, and then we got there and there was no one there, so we thought maybe we missed it or something, until some chaplin guy came up to see if anyone was randomly standing around looking stupid and frozen, which we were, and told us that church had been moved to the parish hall because of renovations or something of the sort.
so we got to the parish hall and Dan Swain was there!! who is this random friends of craigs from Seamen (our a cappella group) with his girlfriend so we all sat in the back together. and i sat next to dan and had to warn him that i frequently accidentally burst out into laughter in the middle of the service. dan said that this was a bad idea that we were sitting together.
so anyway, we did pretty well until the pope guy prayed about the "BEAT DOWN of the devil" which craig whispered sounded a lot like a professional wrestling commercial.
and then from there things just kind of kept going.
and then we went up to get communion and Dan had never done it before, so what normally happens is that you walk up to the alter in the front of the church, the pope guy gives you the little cracker, then you dip it in the wine glass and then you put it in your mouth and get blessed and then leave the alter.
dan was given the cracker, but it in his mouth, started chewing, then realized he was supposed to dip it in the wine glass, so he had a minor freak out, and took the cracker back OUT OF HIS MOUTH, and almost dipped it in the wine glass, but the pope guy suggested maybe not... and then his girlfriend, and i started shaking trying not to laugh while also attempting to look holy, while at the alter in the front of the parish hall.
all in all... it was a great second sunday of advent!
Altar has 2 a's. You remember Mrs Wojtal taught you that A and a get married at the Altar.
ReplyDeleteAlter is "to change".