Bloody Sacred Linens?

[Crusader]

RichT:

Maybe you need to back up a minute here. Why do you insist on taking a casual discussion and making it into something so different. You are rude and arrogant and your comments are completely unacceptable. I am sharing my opinions based on what I have seen in my parish. As stain is a visible mark left behind from whatever it is causing the stain. We use a rose` wine so it does not cause stains unless the purificator is actully dipped in the Blood. To simply wipe the chalice does not cause a stain. As far as us treating something with special care I can assure you we do. What? Do you think you have the market cornered on treating things with special care or something? Are you a laundry expert? I don’t know how long these things need to be soaked, but to say it takes a week to lift a stain is certainly questionable.

Anyway, as far as I am concerned you owe me an apology for your rudeness and your unacceptable comments. I will wait patiently for it!

In posting #16 you said “red”, not rose. You also didn’t qualify your earlier comment as you did in this posting. Huge difference.

The comments about the laundry come from EWTN’s sacristan via www.ewtn.com

 

[RichT]

Crusader:

If you want rudeness and arrogance, please refer to your posting #12:

“Actually it’s the lipstick that causes the most problems, not the blood itself. Unless your parish is using some really dark red wine. Under normal circumstances, when the chalice is wiped, there isn’t enough blood there to cause a stain.”

Are you suggesting that I am unable to identify a stain? Sure sounds like it to me. Or to suggest that wiping the chalice cannot cause a stain? C’mon…

What bothers me the most is that you added red herrings to this discussion. Things that could very possibly confuse others. Things that are not germaine to my original question.

I take the handling of the Eucharist extremely seriously. When I am told that a simple rinsing is all that’s required, or that the linens are not really stained, I have to wonder about the genesis of those comments…

The next time you feel you are owed an apology, reflect on how you casually discounted my concerns about how to handle the Precious Blood. It’s His Blood, not lipstick!

You consider that to be rude? I was simply sharing my experiance as an EMHC that lipstick causes more stains than does the Blood. I then asked what your parish was serving. Most parishes serve either white or rose`, not a dark red wine. If you feel I discounted your concerns you are wrong. You asked about the length required to soak the linens. My response was out of surprise that the linens in your parish get as stained as you lead me to believe. In three years as serving as an EMHC I have never seen a purificator get as stained as you are stating, unless it is used to clean a spill, or if the EMHC is placing it in the chalice after they are done. So yes, I do feel I deserve an apology. If you disagree, then so be it!

 

[RichT]

Crusader:

In posting #16 you said “red”, not rose. You also didn’t qualify your earlier comment as you did in this posting. Huge difference.

The comments about the laundry come from EWTN’s sacristan via www.ewtn.com

Whatever! Are you just in a bad mood and looking for a fight or something? Are you just looking for somethng to complain about? Are you still angry that your parish uses a glass flagon and poors the Blood when it isn’t supposed to? Are you still wondering how a person isn’t really approaching the altar when they enter the sanctuary?

I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and engage in a conversation with you. I should have realized from the last battle that it would be pointless. Good day…

 

[Crusader]

RichT:

You consider that to be rude? I was simply sharing my experiance as an EMHC that lipstick causes more stains than does the Blood. I then asked what your parish was serving. Most parishes serve either white or rose`, not a dark red wine. If you feel I discounted your concerns you are wrong. You asked about the length required to soak the linens. My response was out of surprise that the linens in your parish get as stained as you lead me to believe. In three years as serving as an EMHC I have never seen a purificator get as stained as you are stating, unless it is used to clean a spill, or if the EMHC is placing it in the chalice after they are done. So yes, I do feel I deserve an apology. If you disagree, then so be it!

Good grief, how do you even know? There was a poll in these forums about what sort of wine was used for Communion and red was more common than white and pink combined!

I think it’s this sort of comment that causes me concern.