She Grabbed the Body of Christ, Calling Him a Cookie:
So the Priest Bit Her?
This Florida priest bit a woman to defend the Eucharist: We all doubt until we are filled with His Body, Blood, and the Holy Spirit
It’s all about the Eucharist. Father Fidel Rodriguez — the priest who bit a woman — shows that the Body of Christ is sacred.
“I bit her — I am not denying that,” Father Fidel told police in a videotaped statement. “I was defending myself and the sacrament.”
Most media — and too many believers — don’t understand (or comprehend) Catholic reverence for God and his Eucharist, so most headlines screamed, “Priest Bites Woman After Refusing Her Communion at Mass.”
A beloved non-Catholic sent me the ABC News story, “Priest Bites Woman’s Hand.” Her powerful question: “Body of Christ?”
The London Daily Mail had the most photos but really didn’t get it at all: “A Florida priest is arrested after BITING woman in bizarre fight over communion.”
The Associated Press ran the most objective (and accurate) headline: “Florida priest accused of biting woman who grabbed Holy Communion wafers during Mass.”
