{"id":265943,"date":"2017-12-27T18:14:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T23:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleteia.org\/?post_type=post&p=265943"},"modified":"2017-12-27T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T23:14:42","slug":"behold-jim-gaffigan-gives-out-holy-communion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2017\/12\/behold-jim-gaffigan-gives-out-holy-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"Behold: Jim Gaffigan gives out Holy Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Ladies and gentlemen, Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion Jim Gaffigan.<\/p>\n

When was the last time you saw a standup comic doing that<\/em>?<\/p>\n

This is a screen shot from Instagram,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>where his proud wife posted a short video\u00a0<\/strong>showing her husband distributing the Eucharist during the Mass at Christmas.<\/p>\n

Keep up the good work, Mr. Gaffigan. Next thing you know, someone will ask you if you\u2019ve ever thought of becoming a deacon\u2026<\/p>\n

So\u2026have you???<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ladies and gentlemen, Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion Jim Gaffigan. When was the last time you saw a standup comic doing that? This is a screen shot from Instagram,\u00a0where his proud wife posted a short video\u00a0showing her husband distributing the Eucharist during the Mass at Christmas. Keep up the good work, Mr. Gaffigan. Next thing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":265944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-mind"],"yoast_head":"\nBehold: Jim Gaffigan gives out Holy Communion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ladies and gentlemen, Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion Jim Gaffigan. When was the last time you saw a standup comic doing that? 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