Who drank the last cup and forgot to refill?
Jeff Miller | Homepage | 04.13.06 - 6:15 pm | #

That's a horribly funny caption.
Andy K. | Homepage | 04.13.06 - 9:23 pm | #

Call me ignorant, but what is the Pope looking in? He does have this, What on earth is IN there? look. "Uh, I think we found the...."
Panda Rosa | 04.14.06 - 1:19 am | #

I guess he's looking to see if the deacon filled the pitcher?
dymphna | Homepage | 04.14.06 - 12:05 pm | #

Call me ignorant, but what is the Pope looking in? He does have this, What on earth is IN there? look. "Uh, I think we found the...."

He's not really "looking in" anything. He's breathing on the Chrism as part of its consecration.

There's a funny story about a Chrism Mass in the old Rite that was being broadcast by radio. (This requires some knowledge of Latin to "get.") The bishop, likely at this point in the rite, accidently lost his glasses as they fell into the Chrism. He muttered an expletive (in English), which was broadcast on live radio. The commentator, without losing a beat, stated that the bishop just used the 3rd person present active indicitive of the Latin word to know, meaning that "he knows" that the Chrism has been consecrated.

Horribly funny if you know Latin (as you'd be able to figure out what the bishop actually did say!).
Arvin | 04.14.06 - 9:11 pm | #