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Com-moon-ion (Buzz Aldrin)
WDTPRS ^ | July 22, 2013 | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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.


TOPICS: Catholic; History; Skeptics/Seekers; Worship
KEYWORDS: aldrin; astronaut; astronauts; christians; communion; moon; nasa
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1 posted on 07/22/2013 1:49:56 PM PDT by NYer
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To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; SumProVita; ...
Revealed: Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion on the MOON (but NASA kept it secret)
2 posted on 07/22/2013 1:50:47 PM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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To: NYer

That’s wonderful.


3 posted on 07/22/2013 1:52:28 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: NYer

I may be mistaken but it seems like it was included in the movie “Moonshot”.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251357/


4 posted on 07/22/2013 1:55:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
Posted before:
First Communion on the Moon
Communion on the Moon
Charlie Duke celebrates Aldrin's communion in Huntsville

Communion on the Moon, score so far:
Presbyterians 1, Catholics 0

5 posted on 07/22/2013 1:57:20 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: NYer

Buzz is the coolest of the moon-walkers. He saw UFOs. He took communion on the Moon. And, he beat up that hippie a couple years ago.


6 posted on 07/22/2013 1:57:39 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: cripplecreek
Seems like it may have been in the From The Earth To The Moon miniseries, too.
7 posted on 07/22/2013 1:58:12 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: cripplecreek

It was included in “From The Earth To The Moon.” I watched it on Saturday night to mark the anniversary of the landing.

Aldrin quotes John 15:5 in administering the sacrament.


8 posted on 07/22/2013 1:58:53 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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To: NYer

Which Federal Circuit Court has jurisdiction over the moon?

That alone would have kept the atheist lawsuit tied-up for at least thirteen years.


9 posted on 07/22/2013 1:59:03 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Bryanw92

Well, now that you mention it... those are all things that a cool guy would do.


10 posted on 07/22/2013 2:00:11 PM PDT by OKSooner
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To: NYer

I am remembering that Buzz was an alcoholic for many years so he took more than his share of ‘the holy wine.’


11 posted on 07/22/2013 2:02:21 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: NYer; bcsco

:: 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. ::

A “eucharist of one” is no eucharist (note the term “parishioners” above?).

If Buzz can claim a eucharist celebration sequestered in his “hovel of technology”, then so can I every evening with a glass of Valpolicella and a corn-meal bicuit. BCSCO can grab a few crackers and a Woodford Reserve and do the same.

Buzz just be showin’ off!


12 posted on 07/22/2013 2:05:42 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Colonel_Flagg

I knew I had seen it in a film somewhere.


13 posted on 07/22/2013 2:06:15 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: OKSooner

They also made Buzz into a GI Joe.

http://www.amazon.com/Joe-Anniversary-Classic-Collection-ALDRIN/dp/B00000JE0Y


14 posted on 07/22/2013 2:06:32 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: NYer

OH MAN props to Buzz


15 posted on 07/22/2013 2:06:45 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Alex Murphy

Catholics - 0 ... because a priest must be present. To my knowledge, no astronauts have been Catholic priests.


16 posted on 07/22/2013 2:08:21 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Bryanw92

He called our house back in the early 80s left messages by mistake not just once but a bunch of times on the machine. one day my mom answered they talked for about an hour and a half he came and saw her at Computer Sciences after that to meet her and say hi he was down the the street Raytheon or TRW for some kind of function he was just a good guy LAX area And no he did not try to pick up my mother


17 posted on 07/22/2013 2:08:40 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: cripplecreek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEZvPg1itw

Here you go!


18 posted on 07/22/2013 2:09:46 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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To: Alex Murphy

It’s a PCUSA church. I thought those didn’t count as Presbyterian. Was I wrong?


19 posted on 07/22/2013 2:11:07 PM PDT by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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To: al baby

>>>And no he did not try to pick up my mother

Well, of course. He’s cool, but he’s not Chuck Norris!


20 posted on 07/22/2013 2:13:24 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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