Richard Allen Anderson

Immaculate Misconception

One of the most appealing moments in the modern Roman Catholic mass occurs at the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer

and just prior to the solemn Eucharistic Celebration when members of the congregation extend one-on-one invocations for personal peace to each other

in the most humanistic of the church’s rituals.

after the handshake
peace be with you
the smell of Purell