Parishioner mistakes coral snake for rosary

[Are_grits_groceries]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Father James Galvin has served at Mission San Juan de Capistrano for 11 years. In that time he's seen plenty of coral snakes in his rectory and even inside the church.

On Sunday, a woman in line to take communion spotted what she thought was a rosary; instead it was a colorful coral snake. The woman threw the snake and caused quite a scare.

Despite the scare, no one was hurt.

As for the snake in the church, a greeter took care of it and threw it outside. The coral snake was about a foot long.

Father Galvin said keeps at least five cats around, including two in the house, to alert him when a snake sneaks in.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090812_jj_snakes-in-rosary.d2556644.html

She's lucky.

[tkmorris]

1. Praise the Lord and pass the snakes

[orleans]

2. maybe it's an omen? n/t

[damntexdem]

8. I'm MFin' tired of these MFin' snakes in this MFin' church!

Wow, think of the movie sequel!

[orleans]

11. "think of the movie sequel"

...snakes for christ?
...snakes of god?
...rosemary's rosary?

[Feron]

3. Wow. I'm glad that she is unhurt.

But I can't see how someone could mistake a snake for a rosary. Perhaps the woman has bad eyesight.

[chaplainM]

6. She forgot the old rhyme

"Red against yellow will kill a fellow
Bead against bead: Godspeed."

[nolabear]

9. ROTFL! Red against black, friend of Satan? nt.

[pitohui]

12. i can easily "see" how she made the mistake

there's a key age where you can no longer see up close but you can still see at a distance so you never remember to carry your fucking glasses

i'd probably do the same damn thing, only the snake would prob. eat me for lunch

[chaplainM]

4. In other news, Eve is tempted by a talking rosary.

[JBoy]

5. I hear Bill O'Reilly likes to put a snake in his rectory.

[damntexdem]

7. Was it a miracle?

How does one mistake a coral snake for a rosary?

How many Hail Marys did she pray before noticing that she was using a venomous snake with nerve poison?

[BlooInBloo]

10. Presumably that's a mistake you only make once.

[XemaSab]

13. "Hail Mary, full of grace...

...get this snake, out of my face."

[Toucano]

14. LOL! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. She's damn lucky and so is the Father

I have my King Cobra story...

On the bright side, coral snakes have some problems breaking through skin...