Yeah, people do stupid things. This is different ... when I was a kid, people viewed the Blessed Sacrament with extreme reverence. Giving in to mass disobedience and allowing communion in the hand and hordes of lay “eucharistic ministers” has, over the last 40-50 years, contributed to a loss of reverence generally, and a loss of reverence for the Blessed Sacrament particularly.
I was an altar boy for many years, and I readily admit to being less than pious.
We got into the locker one time where the priests kept all their vestments, and gorged ourselves on the little hosts which we were surprised to find out were simply kept in a plastic garbage bag, and took the big ones out of the little thin, square cardboard boxes they came in, and were holding them in the air above our heads, breaking them in half while intoning in a deep voice between giggles to each other “Dominus Sanctum...”
Then, drinking the Manechevitz wine...
When I related this years later saying I was probably going to go to Hell for that, I was assured I was safe because the host had not been blessed...:)
I got to serve mass on a variety of Navy ships including the USS New Jersey in Japan.
I was around 11 years old at the time, It was very memorable because the sailors treated me like a celebrity. It was custom to have breakfast on the ship after Mass, and I recall a very overweight cook, wearing a somewhat scruffy and stained white t-shirt and white pants, asking me what I would like. I recall him saying “Anything you want kid. Just name it!”
I blurted out “Jelly doughnuts!” and he brought me out a whole platter, the ones with strawberry jam inside and granulated sugar on the outside, held in place by the slight sheen of grease. There must have been 6-12 of them on there, and I ate them until my stomach hurt! To an 11 year old boy, there are few things more scrumptious than jelly doughnuts, because I would never, ever get those at home!