Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: cms@dragon.uucp Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Receiving the host Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 90 07:47:43 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Projects Unlimited Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach) writes: >>real wine and consecrated it. But the question that interested my >>friend was: what do you do with consecrated shampoo? He says that >>nobody would tell him what was finally done. --clh] > > In fact, there are fairly strict rules about what constitutes > bread and wine. If it isn't bread or wine, it can't be > consecrated. So it was simply shampoo, and could be tipped back > into the shampoo bottle for hair-washing. > > Matthew Huntbach I've heard about what I regard as some pretty hilarious discussions about whether the raisins, for example, in consecrated raisin bread are actually the Body of Christ or "accidents" without the presence. Sometimes I think Catholics (and Orthodox, for that matter) take the issue just a *bit* too seriously. Just be safe, and consume the raisins. As for the shampoo, wash your hair in a sacrarium and be done with it :-). -- Sincerely, Cindy Smith emory!dragon!cms