I am not Catholic!

Don't get me wrong.  Some of my best friends and family are Catholic.  When I say I "believe in the holy catholic church"  I mean the universal church, all brothers and sisters in the faith.   But I have been a Presbyterian pastor for almost nine ordained years, involved in the Presbyterian church for 20 plus years and baptized a Presbyterian, so I am very loyal to my denomination and protestant faith for whatever that involves

The other day, a member of the congegation I serve, asked if I could help a dear friend.  The friend's spouse had died and had no one to help plan the service.   So I went to the home the other day,   greeted at the door by a spouse who was  89 years old.  The spouse that died was 91.  They had been married 20 years.  That story is for another blog.

As I sat and planned, I asked what scripture, stories, etc would she like to share with the community who would come to celebrate a life of a dear parent, grandparent, etc.  The response was, "anything you want, just throw in a few "hail mary's".   I said, "I am not Catholic, I don't know the liturgy."  The response, "That's okay, just say a couple of "hail mary's or something like that."   I repeated again, "I am not Catholic."  and I added, "But I will put in something that might the people could respond to."  The response, "That'll be good, most of the folks aren't Catholic anyway.  I asked, "Are you Catholic?"   The response "No, I'm Episcoplian, I thought you were.  AMEN

Comments

[Barbara]

hilarious!!