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jen and Star <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:02:47 -0500
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LOL.  THAT'S CUTE!
Jen and MAMA-Star
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble 
remembering how to fly."
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: 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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