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Who was an Altar Boy ?
wallie
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I was an altar boy for 8 years.
There was always 6 altar boys at a Mass.
And everything was in Latin.
The Nuns taught us Latin so we could reply to the priest at Mass.
I knew the whole Mass in Latin, I didn't know what I was saying but I was praying in Latin.
I was sent to a Czech/Polish/Russian school to learn English because I couldn't speak English and when I came home and started practicing speaking Latin my parents took a fit..
Well anyway, one day before the 6 am Mass we wanted to taste the wine that the priest drank during Mass.
All 6 of us started sipping this wine and after a while there wasn't enough to fill this glass wine holder for Mass. So we added water to fill it up.
At Mass when the priest raised his chalice, then drank the wine.
The faces he made after drinking the water/wine, you would think we poisoned him.
After Mass we got a sermon that I'll never forget.
How it was a holy sacrilege
How were all going to go to HELL
And every day before school for a month we had to go to detox center, kneeing for 2 hr. in church and then confession.
70 years later at a wedding I told a priest about how I drank wine and that I'm going to HELL.
Now everyone drinks wine in church at Mass, They'll have to make a bigger HELL Father.
Wallie, your not going to HELL
That's a man made law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZyrksMcVjk&feature=related
There was always 6 altar boys at a Mass.
And everything was in Latin.
The Nuns taught us Latin so we could reply to the priest at Mass.
I knew the whole Mass in Latin, I didn't know what I was saying but I was praying in Latin.
I was sent to a Czech/Polish/Russian school to learn English because I couldn't speak English and when I came home and started practicing speaking Latin my parents took a fit..
Well anyway, one day before the 6 am Mass we wanted to taste the wine that the priest drank during Mass.
All 6 of us started sipping this wine and after a while there wasn't enough to fill this glass wine holder for Mass. So we added water to fill it up.
At Mass when the priest raised his chalice, then drank the wine.
The faces he made after drinking the water/wine, you would think we poisoned him.
After Mass we got a sermon that I'll never forget.
How it was a holy sacrilege
How were all going to go to HELL
And every day before school for a month we had to go to detox center, kneeing for 2 hr. in church and then confession.
70 years later at a wedding I told a priest about how I drank wine and that I'm going to HELL.
Now everyone drinks wine in church at Mass, They'll have to make a bigger HELL Father.
Wallie, your not going to HELL
That's a man made law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZyrksMcVjk&feature=related
Comments
More wine anyone?
Wallie... Perhaps it's "ALTAR" and maybe that's why your career went down the tubes.[;)]
More wine anyone?
I was an altar boy for 8 years. An "alter" boy has a whole different meaning entirely! [:0][;)]
First in my class to attain the rank in '58. Pax dominus vobiscum......good memories....The church used to have a seminary about 50 miles away and once each summer the seminary would hold a "Servers Day" for all the area churches. Bussed there and had a great day with food, games...[:D]
About all I remember from Latin class is "puellae pulchare" (pretty girls). [}:)]
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quote:Originally posted by bartman45
First in my class to attain the rank in '58. Pax dominus vobiscum......good memories....The church used to have a seminary about 50 miles away and once each summer the seminary would hold a "Servers Day" for all the area churches. Bussed there and had a great day with food, games...[:D]
About all I remember from Latin class is "puellae pulchare" (pretty girls). [}:)]
Will come in handy if you are ever hanging around The Colosseum late some night........[8D]
whole mass in Latin/English. To this day I still remember many
of the Latin responses. Still remember the names of the priest's
vestments.