When I was a church custodian, thene Pastor that was my boss, would have me help before, during and after weddings. He was an older Priest, but he was ahead of his time. He walked up & down the isles while preaching (years before it was an order) and he even had a shirt collar microphone 3years before any other Pastor!

Immediately after a wedding, the Bride & Groom would walk out of the church and stand outside, at the main doors of the church, and accept the well-wishes of the people who attended the wedding (ie a recieving line).

Meanwhile I would be in the church, quickly gathering up the white runner (from the center isle) and straightening up the Alter area & would put all the large and small Alter chairs back against the Alter walls, so they wedding party could return to the Alter for the Wedding photo shoot (after the attendees went to the Reception Hall).

Meanwhile my boss, The Pastor, would collect up the wedding items, Holy Water and etc., and take them to the Sacristy and put them away. Then he would remove his remote microphone from his Vestment collar, take off his Wedding ceremony Vestment and usually by the time the newlyweds were back having their pictures raken on the Alter, the Father and I would be putting the rest of the things away in the Sacristy while discussing the wedding & how it went and problems that arose and suggestions to improve weddings in the future. And too, sometimes he would comment to me how the Wedding Rehersal had gone the night before the weddings.

On this one wedding day, I went into the Sacristy to help Father finish up, but I noticed something while I was finishing up onthe Alter, so I needed to tell my Boss about it.

The Newlyweds, the Wedding Party and All the parents were on the Alter already and the photographer was just starting to position the Brides gown. But when I entered the room, my Boss – The Pastor was carrying on & talking to himself about how the Mother of ther Bride was so pushy, glad thats over and being thankful that the woman had no more daughters

When he saw me enter the Sacristy, he said Can you believe that last night at the wedding rehersal, the Brides Mother kept telling ME how to officiate the Wedding Ceremony?

I quickly told him that I needed to tell him something … but he kept on complaining about the woman … saying to me perhaps SHE should would have preferred marrying them herself (he was real peeved!)

Again I told him that I HAD to tell him something … but he continued complaining about the woman saying I hope she doesnt run those kids marriage like she tried to run my Wedding Mass!

I quickly closed the Sacristy doors and hollered FATHER I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

He turned and faced me. He looked me dead-in-the-eye. His face became beet red, and then he said slowly (and maybe too calmly) … What?

I now realized that he was now MORE angry with me, than he was with the Mother of the Bride!! But I decided to continue on and take my chances!

Again he said What is it Greg?

So I said Father – your microphone is still turned on!