I’ve heard of a High Mass before, but this is ridiculous.
A young couple is in hot water after crashing the midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Drexel Hill while high on booze and drugs.
It reminds of a somewhat infamous story from my youth. In our little town, our Catholic parish was even smaller. In other words, everyone knew everybody – and pretty much everything about everybody.
In those days midnight Mass was actually held at midnight. That could present problems.
One year the holy Mass was interrupted by a loud thump in the back of the church after an esteemed member of the congregation collapsed.
A hush fell over the church as he was attended to, and several men got him under each arm and carried him outside.
When one of the men returned to his pew, he was asked the man’s condition.
Turns out he was not in grave danger. Actually he had been, how should be say, “celebrating” a tad earlier and had simply passed out.
Interesting fodder for next week’s confession, no doubt.
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