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Several people have sent me this: a brief clip of two young boys \u201cplaying Mass\u201d\u2014and one has to make it clear he\u2019s the priest, not the deacon.<\/p>\n

These kids have clearly been spending too much time around the sacristy\u2026<\/p>\n

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Several people have sent me this: a brief clip of two young boys \u201cplaying Mass\u201d\u2014and one has to make it clear he\u2019s the priest, not the deacon. These kids have clearly been spending too much time around the sacristy\u2026 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fullarmorband\/videos\/1279291692094138\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":266736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-mind"],"yoast_head":"\nWhen kids play Mass: 'The priest does that!!'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Several people have sent me this: a brief clip of two young boys "playing Mass"\u2014and one has to make it clear he's the priest, not the deacon. 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