That's despicable. You should ashamed of yourself.
That's despicable. You should ashamed of yourself.
I couldn't agree more, which is unusual for us ;-). Everyone at Mass should show the repsect due to the Real Presence. It is not a come-as-you-are party. The priest was absolutely right, and pushing him was reprehensible. No real Catholic would ever do such a thing, much less recount it proudly.
Perhaps, but I was self-conscious enough about dressing different from everybody else... I did not need a smart-aleck telling me that I could not walk into my Father's house! It wasn't very long after this that that church started posting the names of those who (in the priest's opinion) did not pay full tithe. How would he know what each family was making? I did not wait to see if my name was posted (I always put cash, don't believe in getting a tax deduction for my donations in church).