More reasons to be Catholic!

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Check this out:
http://dustthouart.livejournal.com/169963.html?view=533739#t533739

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[redcoast.livejournal.com]

You should probably fix the link so it goes to the entry and not your cooments.

[jennilee.livejournal.com]

Heh.

I like your joke too.

Heh.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Great beer blessing :-)

[super-pan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is a cool thing about Catholics. They don't seem to think it's a sin to enjoy things other than wealth, the way some protestants around here do.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Whenever the Catholic sun doth shine,
There’s always laughter and good red wine.
At least I’ve always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!
—Hilaire Belloc

[lyssiae.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! Even though I don't drink.

[leia-naberrie.livejournal.com]

Alas, I cannot follow the link. /sad

Sorry, I've been 'stalking your journal' almost all day.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Just a silly old joke. "A Catholic priest, a Baptist preacher and a Methodist minister meet at a social function. The priest fills his glass and offers the Baptist some wine. "No, thank you," says the Baptist, not managing to suppress his revulsion, and adds "I think I would rather fornicate than drink alcohol." The Methodist does a take and says: "I did not know that we had a choice!""

[fpb.livejournal.com]

NO, sorry. The original entry, which is f-locked (can't imagine why), was:

Further proof that my religion is the coolest thing EVAR:


Benedic, Domine, creaturam istam cerevisae, quam ex adipe frumenti producere dignatus es: ut sit remedium salutare humano generi: et praesta per invocationem nominis tui sancti, ut, quicumque ex ea biberint, sanitatem corporis, et animae tutelam percipiant. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Bless, O Lord, this creature beer, that Thou hast been pleased to bring forth from the sweetness of the grain: that it might be a salutary remedy for the human race: and grant by the invocation of Thy holy name, that, whosoever drinks of it may obtain health of body and a sure safeguard for the soul. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

That's from the Rituale Romanum, an official book of the Roman Rite. It's a blessing to be used on beer.
Dude, I am totally memorizing the Latin version and using it whenever I drink a beer.

Being Catholic makes me awesome. In all senses of that word.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

NO, sorry. The original entry, which is f-locked (can't imagine why), was:

Further proof that my religion is the coolest thing EVAR:


Benedic, Domine, creaturam istam cerevisae, quam ex adipe frumenti producere dignatus es: ut sit remedium salutare humano generi: et praesta per invocationem nominis tui sancti, ut, quicumque ex ea biberint, sanitatem corporis, et animae tutelam percipiant. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Bless, O Lord, this creature beer, that Thou hast been pleased to bring forth from the sweetness of the grain: that it might be a salutary remedy for the human race: and grant by the invocation of Thy holy name, that, whosoever drinks of it may obtain health of body and a sure safeguard for the soul. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

That's from the Rituale Romanum, an official book of the Roman Rite. It's a blessing to be used on beer.
Dude, I am totally memorizing the Latin version and using it whenever I drink a beer.

Being Catholic makes me awesome. In all senses of that word.


Incidentally, I have friended you back. I am flattered to bits, and I suggest you have a look at dustthouart, who was the original poster of this, whom I think you would also like. And she could do with a few more lively Catholic LJ friends.

[leia-naberrie.livejournal.com]

Lol! Thanks!

[leia-naberrie.livejournal.com]

*smiles* There's a prayer and saint for everything. I'm not sure, but I believe there's a blessing for sewing machines somewhere.

[leia-naberrie.livejournal.com]

Thanks [for friending me back]! *preens* but I'm not a lively Catholic. Catholic yes. Lively no. :-P

[fpb.livejournal.com]

The Jews certainly have one, according to The Fiddler on the Roof. If you have not seen the movie yet, I warmly recommend it.