The horned worms got our tomatoes this year..
Your comment brings back a memory of seeing a large horned tomato worm crawling across a woman’s back collar during Mass. People directly behind her scooted over on the pew. I was behind her but at a diagonal. I could see the worm was going to have no choice but to crawl into her neck, so I reached over two people, pulled it off her collar which sent the people to the left of me sliding over into the aisle on the Gospel side. The woman felt it when the worm was removed and had no idea what was going on or why someone in the pew behind her had touched her collar, or were sliding over on one side and getting up on the other. She scowled briefly and went back to her prayers. Everyone moved out of my way as I slid over myself and exited the church via the door to hall and cry room. The window was slightly opened in the cry room, so I tossed the worm outside. It felt kind of cool and plump, squishy if I’d killed it. It would have been disgusting to mush it on the floor, so I returned it to nature.
When I returned to Mass, I saw my missal and Rosary on the end of the pew against the armrest and the space I’d occupied filled up. The woman seated on the end shook her head when I indicated I’d like to kneel down. I could see her staring at my hands, to her, obviously defiled. I took the hint, my belongings, and moved myself to a folding chair in the back.
When I went to Communion, I thought how if it were the novus ordo, I’d be placing Our Lord in hands that had handled a tomato worm! 🍅 🐛 Thank God for reverent Communion kneeling and on the tongue!
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