Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kilroy@mimsy.umd.edu (Dr. Nancy's Sweetie) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Receiving the host Message-ID: Date: 29 Jul 90 17:48:41 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 33 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Michael Siemon, writing about Communion practice in Anglican churches, made the following comment: >Certainly, if one is ill and wishes to take the wine by "intinction" (i.e., >dipping the host into the wine, fairly common), one had better be prepared >to grip the host firmly! Which reminds me of something I read that people here might find amusing: During the 1984 presidential campaign, Ronald & Nancy Reagan went to church one Sunday with Mr. Reagan's press secretary (whose name escapes me at the moment). The Reagans (who are Presbyterian) were unfamiliar with the way in which Episcopelians observe Communion, and were uncomfortable drinking from a common cup. As they approached the rail, the press secretary (Deaver? Speakes? I still don't remember) told them that they could dip the wafer into the wine, if they preferred, but Ron (who is hard of hearing, you will recall) did not hear him; Nancy said "just do what I do". Well, around comes the priest with the cup, and Nancy goes to intinct and accidentally drops her wafer in. So, the priest gets to Ronnie, who leans forward slightly and drops his in too. The press secretary said "the priest went on, shaking his head." (This is recounted in the press secretary's book, which I want to call _Michael Speaks_, so his name may be Speakes. Then again, maybe it isn't...) kilroy@cs.umd.edu Darren F. Provine ...uunet!mimsy!kilroy "I don't remember, I don't recall; I got no memory of anything at all." -- Peter Gabriel