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LucyP
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Posted: July 16 2009 at 10:16am \| IP Logged

I have to wash the sacristry linens again on Sunday. The last time we were using red wine, and it was a terrible experience as I could see the "blood stains" as they appeared to me all over the linens when I washed them as per the sacristan's instructions. When I phoned her up to explain and again ask whether we shouldn't be washing them "properly" (soaking, pouring away the water respectfully etc) she just laughed and said she would speak to "the boy" (ie our dean!) and we would go back to golden wine.

I am feeling so sick about this again. I think I will soak the linens, and pour the water on our Mary Garden - we have a "statue" of Our Lady I made the children from painted flower pots, and if I pour the water under her, it will not be walked on or anything, and we often say prayers there etc so it is a special place. Do you think that seems okay and reverential enough?

Now I am wondering afresh if I should speak to Father about this? I don't want to be annoying about it or seem to be criticising the sacristan, but I am worried about it. The red wine made the fact that the linens were soaked in the Precious Blood very very painfully obvious to me, and I can't bear to just bung it in the washing machine again as I was told. I have tried to ring Father today but it was a answer machine and I am so stressed out and jumpy I didn't want to leave a message and get called back. Do you think I should speak to Father to get his advice - and, really, make sure he is aware of how we are washing the linens and is okay with it or otherwise? Would it be a total cop-out to "make" DH ring him?

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Posted: July 16 2009 at 12:04pm \| IP Logged

Well, it seems to me the sacristan is just wrong. I would try to speak to Father before I washed the linens,telling him what I planned to do, but if I couldn't reach him, I would follow through on the plan to pour the water in your Mary garden. It seems acceptable to me, based on what I remember from my Liturgy Comm. days. then I would be sure to speak to Fr. as soon as possible.
God bless your reverence for the Blessed Sacrament, Lucy!

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Posted: July 16 2009 at 1:23pm \| IP Logged

When my Mom washed the linens for her church they insisted that they be soaked and the water poured on the ground outside. She poured it in her garden each time. You are doing the right thing. If you do decide to talk to Fr., make sure you have documentation of the correct procedure. I don't know where to find it, but I am sure it is out there.

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Posted: July 17 2009 at 10:23am \| IP Logged

LucyP wrote:

The red wine made the fact that the linens were soaked in the Precious Blood very very painfully obvious to me,

I think you are doing the right thing!

Is it possible that the wine was spilled in pouring the wine into the chalice before the consecration. Is this wine necessarily consecrated? Of course you want to take precautions just in case, but in our diocese, the priests are not supposed to pour the wine after the consecration so they fill the individual chalices prior to reduce spillage of the sacred blood. It seems more likely that it would be spilled during the preparation of gifts rather than after the consecration.

Just in case that makes you feel a little less ill. I know that a situation like that could leave me physically ill from from all the knots in my stomach; so, I just thought that remembering that might ease some stress in the mean time before you can speak with your priest.

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Posted: July 17 2009 at 2:09pm \| IP Logged

Lindsay, I think it was the Precious Blood and not unconsecrated wine as it was over literally almost all the linens - it is a cathedral and I had a full bag, and I could only iron and return less than two dozen, meaning at least 150 were stained.

Thanks for your input ladies - I will go with my plan and speak to Father when I am feeling less pressured for time, as per my dh's advice - the water will be poured under the statue so no person or animal will have access to the ground which I think was an important part from all I have read.

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