Posted on 02/04/2016 2:47:08 PM PST by NYer
Catholic ping!
good for both of them.
Thank you for posting this article.
I suppose he could pray for forgiveness for producing a substance that can cause others to stumble through drunkeness. Or perhaps even cause the death of others if a DUI is involved.
You could say much the same about producers of gasoline, or knives, or baseball bats ...
Should anyone who manages to turn water directly into wine make the same prayer? Or does that not count if it’s done prior to the development of motor vehicles?
I remember a time in my youth when imbibing in beer subjected me to invoking Gods name many times while kneeling before the porceline throne,can I get an amen?
You should probably also chide Jesus Himself for turning water into wine.
Beer ping. The monks are truly doing God’s work.
Beer - proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Oremus.
Bene+dic, Domine, creaturam istam cerevisae, quam ex adipe frumenti producere dignatus es: ut sit remedium salutare humano generi: et praesta per invocationem nominis tui sancti, ut, quicumque ex ea biberint, sanitatem corporis, et animae tutelam percipiant. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen
Let us pray.
Bless, + O Lord, this creature beer, which thou hast deigned to produce from the fat of grain: that it may be a salutary remedy to the human race, and grant through the invocation of thy holy name; that, whoever shall drink it, may gain health in body and peace in soul. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Bread is nothing but beer gone bad.
“...because without beer, things do not seem to go as well...”
Brother Epp’s Diary
1902
Capuchin monastery, Munjor Kansas
That would be insane. The man is producing something that God gave us.
I love that the interviewer’s name is Longenecker.
You can always dip it in beer.
OMG I was thinking of same thing ROFL
Great minds, and all.
Gamecock, I think we may have another Seinfeld pingee.
Wine is just a thing, like a gun. Either can be used well or badly. People often cook with wine. In the time of Jesus people didn't drink the water because it wasn't generally fit to drink.
Wine was THE drink of ages.
People can do bad things stone, cold sober.
But you KNOW that.
Besides, people CHOOSE to drink too much and then CHOOSE to drive. If the host/hostess ALLOWS that then s/he is part of the problem as much as anyone else.
"Stumbling through drunkeness" doesn't necessarily happen with wine. People can do that with whiskey, drugs or both.
No need to judge wine-making as causing sin any more than a match causes arson. People giving into SIN and SATAN are the cause of problems, not a substance or a weapon. But, you know that too, doncha? :o)
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