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So, as the ministers last evening were stripping the altars after the Holy Thursday Mass, someone outside yelled (and I believe deliberately, because it was clear as day) “F*CK!” Outside of the church. All the windows and doors were open, so it was very easy to hear it. What a shame. 😦
 
Last year as the Vigil began, we were all standing outside at the fire and someone pulled up on the street and shouted “Catholics Are Going To Hell”. Might as well get the new Catholics ready for persecution from the get-go.
 
Pshaw, I can totally top your story. Last Friday, after evening Mass and while our parish priest was leading those of us left in Adoration of the Holy Eucharist, in thru the side door and down the aisle walks a stark naked man. As he turned to walk down the aisle towards the main doors, he started dancing - still as naked as the day he was born.

A couple of the men were sooo quick I’ve never seen anyone move that fast, running up and hustling the guy out the front door. Poor Father was kneeling on a prie-dieu in front of the altar, so he didn’t see anything, but afterwards he could p(name removed by moderator)oint the exact moment because we nearly stopped responding to the Litany of the Blessed Sacramant LOL.

However, it was quite clear to us (after the worst of the shock and fright had passed) that this man was sick, not malicious. The sacristan called the police, and he was led away. Apparently they had been chasing him all evening. I was just so relieved he had started walking down the aisle instead of up towards the altar, because who knows what he could have done with the monstrance (and the Lord!) had he gotten that into his head.
 
We can pray for somebody like that, that’s the best thing to do.
 
The other thing to consider is that this is the kind of language that comes out involuntarily, and by a different pathway in the brain…to the point that person who has lost the power of voluntary speech after a stroke will sometimes blurt out an expletive with absolute clarity. This even happens to entirely sane people, as we all know.

Watch what you allow yourself to say under your breath. Once it gets into that certain pathway in your brain, it may become what flies out of your mouth when you least want it to.

As for the ones who yell things like that precisely in order to insult solemn observance, well: “Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you (falsely) because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matt. 5:11-12

Lord, have mercy on those who accuse us unjustly because of You.
Have mercy on us, have mercy, when your Name is profaned on our account, because we have carried your Name and the accusation against us is just.
 
Naked guy story wins. You get to have the ears off the chocolate bunny FIRST THING Easter Sunday morning 😃
 
Oh, absolutely, Kathrin. I did pray for him that night, and since. I am glad it turned out that he didn’t do it out of “total disrespect”, even if that was what I thought when it happened. My first impression was that he was some sort of anti-religious person. Not only was he naked, but I thought he was covered in tattoos too, but when he came closer I could see he had mud smeared over his body (I have poor eyesight, and was grateful for it at that moment.) His hair seemed to be in a kind of rastafarian hairdo (he was Caucasian) which gave the impression of a sort of hippie, but again, it turned out that it was just because he had not been grooming himself. Altogether, it is clear that he was mentally ill, and I have been including him especially in my prayers (as a sometime sufferer of depression, praying for the mentally ill is one of my dearest intentions.) Luckily, we have universal health care here, so he’s getting the help he needs.

In the moment, tho’, it gave me and many of the other ladies present quite a fright. I was kind of shocky for quite a while afterwards (I couldn’t talk much to my parish priest afterwards, because my teeth were chattering as if I was in the middle of a snowstorm.) I’m just glad it didn’t happen 15 minutes earlier, as then there would have been several children present, including at least 3 girl ministrants.
 
kage_ar said:
Naked guy story wins. You get to have the ears off the chocolate bunny FIRST THING Easter Sunday morning 😃
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I guess I have to buy the chocolate bunny first, but thanks anyway 🙂 I do think (and hope!) that that is the most weird thing that will happen to me in church.
 
On the street-visible marquee signs at our parish, someone painted a large “666” on Christmas morning. Pretty ugly stuff. The painters deserve many prayers.
 
GwenL said:
On the street-visible marquee signs at our parish, someone painted a large “666” on Christmas morning. Pretty ugly stuff. The painters deserve many prayers.
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Prayers might even do the most good there. Sometimes I think the haters are closer to conversion than those who can’t bring themselves to even care.
 
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