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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:44 PM Original message |
Why should you tip a priest in your time of need? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I really don't know the answer to this. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. He will utter the relative's name during a mass he |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah, I don't get that. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. I have neverm ever heard of this practice |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. I gave the priest $150 when we buried my FIL. |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. But you can afford it. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh, that is different. I was thinking of the funeral service. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That's what I thought as well. I don't think you need to tip if it isn't |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Again, I have NEVER heard of this practice in an RC parish |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. So they don't instruct the funeral home to dump the body in the river and resell the coffin? |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. LOL! But the body was cremated and buried and fully |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. You're forgetting Purgatory. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. In Protestant churches, it's not an obligation, but |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wait. Priests get tips? |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. I never heard of this. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think that is a different deal. I mean they aren't probably |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Some priests take vows of poverty, others don't...it depends on the order |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. "don't muzzle the ox" |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd tip him a hell of a lot less than I tipped my mohel |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, uh, er, uh, yeah ............... |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I believe your mohel tipped you. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because the Catholic Church is the original organized crime syndicate |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. LOL |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Oh, man. We had both. |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think we made a $30 donation for baptism, $100 for our wedding. nt |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. I always thought the funeral company took care of that and it was |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Here is a correct answer that is of no use, whatsoever (as well as a useful one) |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That's only a guide for funerals. A Mass stipend for a |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Sorry - misunderstood |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
28. Clergy do not expect payment for funeral services |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Actually, I do expect payment when asked to do funerals for people |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't ask for an honorarium from church members for funerals or weddings, |
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hibbing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Hi.. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. So, this is a memorial mass, not a funeral mass? |
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