Posted on 07/22/2013 1:49:56 PM PDT by NYer
From the Daily Mail:
Revealed: Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion on the MOON (but NASA kept it secret)
Former astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin may have been the second man to walk on the moon, but he was the first – and only – person to celebrate Holy Communion on it.
Inside the lunar module just hours before following Neil Armstrong onto the heavenly body in 1969, Aldrin celebrated the Christian sacrament with wafers and a bottle of wine – a fact the U.S. government reportedly refused to make public at the time.
The Apollo 11 astronaut’s plan to broadcast the religious act back to Earth was blocked by NASA after an atheist filed a lawsuit complaining about a previous holy broadcast on the Apollo 8.
Holy Communion is a Christian act of worship in which parishioners recreate the last meal Jesus had with his disciples, known as the Last Supper.
Before stepping out of the module, Aldrin pulled out a small plastic container of wine and some bread which he had brought from Webster Presbyterian church near Houston, where he was an elder.
Aldrin had received permission from the Presbyterian church’s general assembly to administer it to himself.
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You can read the rest there.
For more about who is Bishop of the Moon, go HERE.
satire?
No, sadly. I've heard and read of this incident before.
I’m not going to rag on him for not knowing the Truth about the Holy Mass.
He intended an act of piety. In a way it’s like “planting the flag,” declaring that God is sovereign everywhere and we can never go beyond his loving reach.
“Aldrin had received permission from the Presbyterian church’s general assembly to administer it to himself.”
I suppose being on the moon might qualify as an extraordinary circumstance :)
Well, if you can literally claim to be the only Presbyterian within a million miles, maybe you get a pass on doing it alone.
Bit back in Aldrin’s day wasn’t the PCUSA valid?
But back in Aldrin’s day wasn’t the PCUSA valid?
If they were on the moon at the time, the moon does have 1/6 earth's gravity. So if something weighed 6oz, it would weigh 1oz.
Mark
Okay; didn’t know that. I was just amazed that the wine didn’t float-up into drops in the module. Thanks.
Aldrin’s Communion rite is described in Mailer’s OF A FIRE ON THE MOON, page 394 ( copyright 1969.) That’s where I learned of it.
Mark
Bit back in Aldrin’s day wasn’t the PCUSA valid?
That would take a bit of analysis. Short answer, sounder than now.
Catholics - 0 ... because a priest must be present. To my knowledge, no astronauts have been Catholic priests.
A side-point, there are those who are sick and invalid who cannot make it to Mass. For those people, the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was consecrated at Mass, is delivered to such individuals who are bed-ridden, etc., by an appointed Extra-Ordinary minister of the Eucharist.
Even if Buzz Aldrin was a Catholic, I doubt that he could have been given the opportunity to take the Host with him. Upon consecration, the host is meant to be consumed immediately upon presentation.
I actually asked whether you put the PC(USA) within the definition of "Presbyterian". I note you changed the subject instead of answering the question.
at the time the Moon was God’s house so I guess that makes Buzz a Lunartick!
>Transubstantiation can’t occur in a vacuum<
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Wow, was it St. Thomas Aquinas or was it St. Augustine who divulged this to you?
At what minimum atmospheric pressure can transubstantiation begin to take place?
I did not know this and thanks for the post describing it.
Most welcome.
Could you post your pic?
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