Julia Randolph wrote:
And I've attended a few Catholic masses, and based on my very limited
experience, pretty much nobody got the wine. Did I just attend some
weird churches, or is this common? And I've been to some
protestant-denomination churches where grape juice, not wine, was
used; is this allowable? If not, what was done during Prohibition? (I'm interested in finding out what sorts of alcohol was allowed and
under what circumstances during Prohibition; I know the government
allowed doctors to have whiskey for medicinal purposes, my grandfather
having been a doctor for the last part of Prohibition and having had
whiskey in his office to give patients when that was appropriate...
One of the protestants sayings about Catholic communion goes:
Cheers folks and the priest drinks for all of you. I always have to smile when I hear it, but it's a pretty consise summary of how things are in a catholic mass.
Sonja :o) GCU: Scientist
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