It looks like Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia to me. Or that's what I'm choosing to believe it is because I would reeeeally like some right now... (So to answer "is it chocolate or black cherry", "yes".)
The second one reminds me of comments I made about Communion back when I was in college:
While the readings of the Last Supper story that accompany Communion are very powerful, the actual partaking of Communion is really not powerful for me. I think in part because the food is so insubstantial. I have long wished that we had pita bread or something evoking the unleavened Passover bread instead of regular white bread. (I really liked a few weeks ago at First Churches when we had bread the confirmation class had baked because that was bread to be chewed.) If there were a ritual sacrifice (by which i mean that i'm thinking of how strict Jewish law requires that animals be slaughtered a certain way, with all the blood drained, and the preparation be overseen by a rabbi) and i held flesh in my hands, particularly because i don't normally partake of meat (because of the pain/suffering/death involved), then that would be powerful to me. That would be a powerful reminder of the flesh suffering and sacrifice that Jesus underwent for me personally and for all of humanity. But Communion as is now, just doesn't do it for me. (I've also had Communion at Anglican Mass, and the foodstuffs there also totally didn't do it for me.)
When my father and his wife (not my mother) got married, she baked a loaf of challah bread for the communion. Due to a bit of confusion--there were six ministers officiating, don't even ask--the ENTIRE loaf got consecrated. The ministers looked at the two-or-three-pound loaf of bread, looked at the size of the congregation, and started handing out dinner-roll-sized hunks of bread to everyone. So you had all these people wandering back to their pews with these hunks of bread, nibbling for the rest of the (lengthy!) service.
At my (non-Catholic) churches, we just nosh on the leftover bread after service, but I v. much support folks getting good-sized hunks of bread (the big reason I'm not a fan of someone placing Communion bread in my hand when I go to take Communion is that it means I don't have control over how much bread I get).
I love this. I've been to services where entire loaves of bread were used and I approve. Except for the time it was pumpernickel, which I really don't care for, and of course I had to eat the entire, sizable chunk...
I just started laughing at this, and then I couldn't stop. Sister and his bf just stared at me when I started laughing uncontrollably in the middle of Criminal Minds.
The first church I attended regularly in my life used a loaf of handmade bread for Communion, and the congregation was small enough that we formed a line and tore pieces off the loaf rather than having pre-cut pieces distributed. Looking back, I found it a lot more powerful than later Communions I have attended, and your post you quoted has made me think about why...
The second one for some reason reminded me of a fascinating anecdote: did you know that a) almost all Communion Wafers are made by a specific order of nuns for whom that is kind of their point of existence (http://altarbreadsbspa.com/) (the Benedictines), and b) even Communion Wafers have gotten into the gluten-free diet thing? (http://altarbreadsbspa.com/lowgluten.php)
This was actually a thing -- the official religious ruling as to what the definition of Communion Wafers was, stated that there had to be SOME gluten in there. So these nuns came up with a recipe that was something like 0.01% gluten, so on the one hand it'd satisfy the Vatican but on the other people with gluten-free diets could still have it.
Maybe I'd still be Catholic if communion really did involve French fries and ice cream. Or--probably not.
Apropos of nothing: gaedhal is doing a survery of the Sherlock Holmes fandom. (http://gaedhal.livejournal.com/428477.html) Since the only Holmes fanfics I've read were yours, I thought I'd mention it here.
The second strip today is my favorite so far by a long way. And I say that as a lifelong Episcopalian (who's seeking ordination). I will have to send this to my priest friends. They will be amused. Thanks, Sam!
1. Yoga: where strangers see your butt from a weird angle while you contort. Also possibly there are lesbians.
2. The ice cream gives the phrase "sweet Jesus" a whole new meaning.
3. I wish roller derby were a major professional sport that people could get rich from (if such a change didn't destroy its spirit too much). I'd choose to watch it over football, hockey, or basketball any day.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
no subject
no subject
It reminds me of when I was a kid and thought that Oreos and water were adequate elements for a home communion.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
I want it! Right now, by preference. How can it look so delicious when I can't even tell if it's chocolate or black cherry?!
no subject
no subject
That is the best possible answer to that question! Now I want it even more... :D
no subject
no subject
no subject
At my (non-Catholic) churches, we just nosh on the leftover bread after service, but I v. much support folks getting good-sized hunks of bread (the big reason I'm not a fan of someone placing Communion bread in my hand when I go to take Communion is that it means I don't have control over how much bread I get).
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
/derby dork
no subject
no subject
Oh man, I wish I'd thought to do that before my comment...
Thank you for thinking of me. <3
no subject
no subject
no subject
Completely Random Topic!
This was actually a thing -- the official religious ruling as to what the definition of Communion Wafers was, stated that there had to be SOME gluten in there. So these nuns came up with a recipe that was something like 0.01% gluten, so on the one hand it'd satisfy the Vatican but on the other people with gluten-free diets could still have it.
Re: Completely Random Topic!
Re: Completely Random Topic!
no subject
Apropos of nothing:
no subject
no subject
no subject
And as I was typing this I glanced up and read the third one, and was like, "DUDE! DERBY! YESSSS!"
no subject
2. The ice cream gives the phrase "sweet Jesus" a whole new meaning.
3. I wish roller derby were a major professional sport that people could get rich from (if such a change didn't destroy its spirit too much). I'd choose to watch it over football, hockey, or basketball any day.