Accidental Vomiting after Mass

[Archus]

Hi I had evening mass today, and I was recovering from a light cold, and I thought it was gone apart from a little cough. I received both species but after Mass I went to the bathroom and started coughing again and it progressed and I ended up vomiting. I don’t know if the Eucharist was in there and then I disposed of it. Is it a sin or something wrong or just an unfortunate circumstance?

 

[malphono]

An unfortunate circumstance. No more, no less.

 

[LilyM]

Reminds me of the episode from Angelas Ashes - get the book or the movie, both great. Where a kid has communion and, like yourself vomits shortly after. Of course he thinks he’s sinned and goes to confession, but since he confessed just before Mass as well, it’s something like ‘bless me Father, I have sinned … my last confession was half an hour ago’. Of course the priest sends the child on his way because he’s done nothing wrong.

Put it this way - you certainly didn’t do it knowingly, and I doubt Our Lord requires us to be examining our upchuck for fragments of Host or anything. That alone would make me throw up a few more times for good measure. And what could you have done anyway, if there was Host in it? Give it to the priest to dispose of? Make HIM throw up too? :nope:

Hope you’re feeling better soon, poor thing.

 

[Archus]

thank you

 

[kage_ar]

Makes me remember Angela’s Ashes. The little boy throws up after Mass. Mom sends his brother to the Church - who goes in breathless to Father and says his brother threw up after Communion, what should his mother do. Priest says to tell mother to clean up the vomit. Boy runs home, mom sends boy back, boy says “mom wants to know if she is to clean it up with holy water or regular water”. The Priest says regular water.

 

[LilyM]

Makes me remember Angela’s Ashes. The little boy throws up after Mass. Mom sends his brother to the Church - who goes in breathless to Father and says his brother threw up after Communion, what should his mother do. Priest says to tell mother to clean up the vomit. Boy runs home, mom sends boy back, boy says “mom wants to know if she is to clean it up with holy water or regular water”. The Priest says regular water.

Great minds think alike, eh kage_ar! But you told it better than I did.

 

[kage_ar]

Great minds think alike, eh kage_ar! But you told it better than I did.

FUNNY! I did not see your response, I was over trying to find the clip on you tube - no luck. Now I want to re-read the book.