And Out You Go! Why Fainting Is So Common in Church

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 05-24-16 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

Monsignor Pope Ping!

[Snickering Hound]

Left out overexertion.

[Boogieman]

Much more common when this guy shows up in a church:

[Mears]

When I was a kid, in the 1940s,fainting was routine because of the fasting rules.

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[Lionheartusa1]

I’m Catholic and it’s very rare if ever someone passes out during mass . Maybe we’re doing it all wrong .

[notdownwidems]

I’m Catholic and it’s very rare if ever someone passes out during mass . Maybe we’re doing it all wrong .

In grade school (St. Patrick's School in Denver, CO, must've been about 1966) we had semi-mandatory Mass before school each morning; I used to pass out on a regular basis, for some reason; threw up a lot too. Got to be Sister Lawrence Marie would send me out as soon as she saw me getting 'peak-ed' in the pew!

[Snickering Hound]

If there's not a dozen knockouts at a Benny Hinn service, you've been cheated.

[Calvin Locke]

I recall reading a biography of Ben Franklin. When he escaped to Philly, he went to Quaker services. The services were particularly long, and they had "goons" with staffs patrolling the aisles.

Those that fell asleep would be not-so-gently prodded awake.

[wardaddy]

And no AC

[huckfillary]

I just about faint every time the Pope opens his mouth.

[IYAS9YAS]

It’s one, two, three strikes your out, at the old ball game!

[vladimir998]

“Maybe we’re doing it all wrong.”

Looks that way!

[HandyDandy]

As a youngster, my head hit the pew in front of me on two occasions. You are probably on to something with the “fasting”. I also recall altar boys keeling over more frequently than the congregation.

[HerrBlucher]

Fainting never, but I have fallen asleep during a few homilies.

[dfwgator]

[Snowybear]

When I was a kid it was sleep from boredom. One Sunday me and a friend of mine were sitting in the front row in the balconey, which was above and in back of the church. My friend let out a burp that was so loud it shook the walls. I fell out of the pew laughing just in time as the entire chorus looked up at us along with the entire congregation. He probably got his ass beat for that but man, it was so worth it. I’ll never forget that moment.

[mumblypeg]

For years my family attended midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.
One year, a woman friend who came along fainted, no doubt due to the concentrated body heat of the standing room only crowd.
People were so tightly packed, she couldn’t fall down. She just slumped against us.

[353FMG]

I do IF(intermittent fasting) as part of my diabetic diet, which is much more strenuous than Friday fasting, but have never passed out.

[MDLION]

I passed out during a weekday grade school Mass in about fourth grade. My brother did one time at Sunday Mass. I remember the sort of muffled sound of people’s voices far away.