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April 30, 2010
Of a Communion on the Moon
before the planned eating and rest periods, I reached into my personal preference kit and pulled out the communion elements along with a three-by-five card on which I had written the words of Jesus: ‘I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.’ I poured a thimbleful of wine from a sealed plastic container into a small chalice, and waited for the wine to settle down as it swirled in the one-sixth Earth gravity of the moon. My comments to the world were inclusive: ‘I would like to request a few moments of silence … and to invite each person listening in, wherever and whomever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours, and to give thanks in his or her own way.’ I silently read the Bible passage as I partook of the wafer and the wine, and offered a private prayer for the task at hand and the opportunity I had been given." -- Buzz Aldrin
Posted by Vanderleun at April 30, 2010 8:07 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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It's important that we never again allow any federal employees to ever express religious sentiment, or conduct religious services in space. Unless they're Muslim.
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at April 30, 2010 11:51 AM