Tabernacle Consigned to Cry Room Organ, Piano Enshrined Front and Center

San Diego News Notes ^ | October 2003 | Robert Kumpel

[dangus]

One of the little secrets about RC priests is that a fair number are alcoholic. Our parish priest, an recovering alcoholic himself, says part of the problem with several of the other priests is that with 6 masses per Sunday, they end up drinking a good amount of wine. He learned to ask the Eucharistic Ministers to drink the excess wine for him.

[rogator]

This was just done in our parish. Folks here call it the "throne".

[CCWoody]

So, what you are telling all us Protestants is that too much JJ (Not, OJ, but Jesus juice) will turn you into a drunkard. You would think that drunk on Jesus -- see Ephesians 5:18, etc. -- would not put one at risk of the fires of Hell for being a drunkard.

Do you suppose that 1 Co 5:11 would come into play for any priest a little too zealous for the Eucharist or is there a Drunk on Jesus exception in Catholic Tradition? After all, I can't imagine this is a recent problem.

Wait, I just figured it out. Drinking the Eucharistic wine, even if one becomes a drunkard, is doing to will of God so there is the exception.

Woody.

P.S. This is almost as funny as the Catholics who are allergic to Jesus, er I mean the crackers.

[drstevej]

I think the theological rationale is that the wine becomes the blood yet the "accidents" remain.

So the priest gets drunk accidentally?

[CCWoody]

I guess that Jesus should come with his own blood alcoholicity label.

Woody.

[dangus]

Ah, shut the hell up!