Comments on: Normal Service Resumes! well… sort of http://alfirin.com/2007/10/04/normal-service-resumes-well-sort-of/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: alfirin http://alfirin.com/2007/10/04/normal-service-resumes-well-sort-of/#comment-27 alfirin Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:05:49 +0000 http://alfirin.com/2007/10/04/normal-service-resumes-well-sort-of/#comment-27 Well, the wine which is poured out is drunk before the end of the service (with the eucharistic ministers each consuming the remaining wine in the bottom of the chalice they were using). The bread which remains is also left in the tabernacle of the Church to be used later. It's just that there will always be traces of wine which remain in the chalice, and always crumbs of the host which will be left behind - so when the vessels are washed these fragments will end up in the water used to wash them (hence the need for the water to be disposed of carefully). In most modern Churches the piscina is normally a special sink behind the scenes, but in Churches which are either old or incredibly cool the piscina remains near the altar (where I think they're technically meant to be). Well, the wine which is poured out is drunk before the end of the service (with the eucharistic ministers each consuming the remaining wine in the bottom of the chalice they were using). The bread which remains is also left in the tabernacle of the Church to be used later. It’s just that there will always be traces of wine which remain in the chalice, and always crumbs of the host which will be left behind – so when the vessels are washed these fragments will end up in the water used to wash them (hence the need for the water to be disposed of carefully).

In most modern Churches the piscina is normally a special sink behind the scenes, but in Churches which are either old or incredibly cool the piscina remains near the altar (where I think they’re technically meant to be).

]]> By: David http://alfirin.com/2007/10/04/normal-service-resumes-well-sort-of/#comment-26 David Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:56:06 +0000 http://alfirin.com/2007/10/04/normal-service-resumes-well-sort-of/#comment-26 Interesting little fact there Maria, I never knew about that before! I've never seen on in an Anglican church, I always thought that any leftovers from the sacrament had to be consumed by the priest or kept for another time? Interesting little fact there Maria, I never knew about that before! I’ve never seen on in an Anglican church, I always thought that any leftovers from the sacrament had to be consumed by the priest or kept for another time?

]]> By: Robert Seddon http://alfirin.com/2007/10/04/normal-service-resumes-well-sort-of/#comment-25 Robert Seddon Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:31:29 +0000 http://alfirin.com/2007/10/04/normal-service-resumes-well-sort-of/#comment-25 '...leaving Durham forever later this month because I’m incredibly old...' No excuse. I hope the productive something will leave you with time free for epistolary communication again. ‘…leaving Durham forever later this month because I’m incredibly old…’

No excuse.

I hope the productive something will leave you with time free for epistolary communication again.

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