Peggy and Vinny,
Those are really funny.
Don't know what happened to everybody's original messages. Looks like I'm
missing a bunch for some weird reason.
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ECHURCH-USA] God's Humor
> Hi,
> When I used to be a Catholic, I made my first communion at age seven. It
> was a large church and there were many of us. We had to practice lining
up
> and going into church, several times a week.
> They paired me up with a little girl who was supposed to be guiding me to
my
> seat. The sisters said to the girl, "be sure to tell Vinny when there are
> steps.
> So in the quiet church as we all came in, you could hear this little voice
> as we were walking saying:
> Step. Step. Step. Step. Step, all the way to the altar.
> Vinny
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peggy Kern" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:01 PM
> Subject: Re: God's Humor
>
>
> > Oh, I dunno, Angel, we've had some pretty funny things in the Masses
> > I've been at. One time when we were at Mass and I was about 13, at
> > the collection time, I heard the guy with the basket getting close to
> > us. I wanted to make sure he saw us, so for some reason I grabbed my
> > blind friend's arm, in which she was holding the money she was
> > supposed to put into the basket, and started waving it for the guy to
> > see. She, thinking I meant the money guy was at our pew, let go of
> > the money, which fell on the floor, and the guy with the basket had
> > to get down and crawl around and pick it up. And when my sighted
> > brother used to take my friend and me to Communion, he'd say it was
> > like driving two sherman tanks. When one of us would receive
> > Communion, we'd poke the other one so they'd know it was their turn,
> > but we'd poke so hard that the other one would practically fall
> > over. We spent half our lives giggling at these situations. Then
> > when I started to sing at Mass, the fun increased. At one point I
> > was singing a solo, and my mind went totally blank in the middle of
> > the verse. All I could do was sit there and shake with laughter
> > until I could remember some words and start singing again. Another
> > time, my friend dropped her guitar on the floor during Mass. The
> > floor wasn't carpeted at the time, and it sounded like thunder! But
> > I think the funniest time of all was a few years ago when I went to
> > Communion with my fellow choir members. When we got back to our
> > places, the lady I'd walked with picked up what she thought was my
> > binder with my words, and handed it to me. I opened it up, and there
> > were no Braille dots! Just smooth print pages. I said, "This isn't
> > mine," and she said, "Yes it is." She finally realized I was right,
> > probably when she picked up her music and saw a bunch of
> > bumps! Everyone standing around me in the choir was practically
> > rolling on the floor with laughter; and we were supposed to be singing!
> > <lol>
> >
> > Peggy
> >
> > At 09:32 PM 1/29/2006, you wrote:
> >>Gosh, mass is boring compared to all these funny things that go on in
your
> >>churches. I like reading about what goes on in these churches.
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Vicki and The Rors <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:49 PM
> >>Subject: Re: God's Humor
> >>
> >>
> >> > That's funny Phil.
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:43 PM
> >> > Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] God's Humor
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > This same friend of mine, in the same building, was preaching at
> >> > > another
> >> > > time and jumped off the platform to try and emphasize a point in
his
> >> > > message. As he spoke, he jumped up on the first row of seats. He
> >>forgot
> >> > > how low the overhead beams were and since he was pretty tall in the
> >>first
> >> > > place, he smacked his forehead dead center on one of the beams. It
> >> > knocked
> >> > > him backwards off the seats and on to the floor. No, dad gum it,
he
> >>lived
> >> > > any way.
> >> > >
> >> > > Phil.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Jesus Is Your Problem. Luke 12:5
> >> > > www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
> >> > >
> >
>
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