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Originally Posted by Sam
I remember one time my wife and I visited one of the Conservative Roman Catholic churches, one that uses Latin and thinks anything after Vatican 2 is wrong.
We were taken by an usher to a seat near the front.
When we remained in our seats while others knelt on the kneelers, a woman behind us rebuked us for not keeling and respecting the Body of Christ (communion wafer).
After the service, several people ganged up on us and criticised us because my wife wore pants, because we sat so far up in the front, and because we didn't kneel at the proper time. I didn't apologize for my wife's apparel. I told them we sat near the front because that was where the usher took us. I told them that I thought it was proper etiquette to remain seated if I was not familiar with the ritual. When they told us we were welcome to come back I said something like, "Well, it sure doesn't seem so." After we left my wife was upset by the way we were treated and I said, "See, Apostolics don't have a corner on ignorance."
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LOL! I attended a funeral for my BIL, who died at a young age from muscular dystrophy. The clearest memory has to do with my wife's great-grandmother digging her knuckles into my back when I was supposed to kneel.
