[drstevej]

***Father recognized you as a fellow Catholic? (I ask in hope?)***

He knew I was a Protestant pastor. I was surprised he offered. As it turned out, I read Scripture and another fellow Protestant pastor gave a homilee. The priest read a letter from the father of the deceased girl (age 21 or so). The father was a Protestant (who attended our church) and the letter was intensely Protestant in content. My wife sang "How Great Thou Art."

There were about 1500 present. The mother of the deceased attended this RC church and insisted that the funeral be there even though she often visited out church.

Strange event.

[narses]

Sigh. There is a great need for the Office of the Inquisition. A burning need. If you do get elected, I really want to have some say in how that office is run. If I may.

[ninenot]

The proclamation of the Gospel, and the homily, is reserved ONLY to those who are ordained (priests, Bishops, and Deacons.)

At least you understood the gravity of the situation--meaning that you are likely more Catholic than the priest/celebrant of the Mass.