Saturday, 26 November 2011
THE DEEP VOICED WOMEN OF NORFOLK
This is a photo of a noticeboard outside the pub we stayed in during our recent visit to East Anglia:
THE MADPRIEST GANG GO TO NORFOLK
We've just got back from an unexpected, two day visit to Norfolk, made necessary by Mrs MP's parents having a fire in their home and her mum ending up in hospital. Things were bad but not as bad as they could have been and, although it's going to take a few months, their bungalow will be cleaned, repaired and redecorated courtesy of their insurers. Some other stuff that needed sorting out also went surprisingly well.
We managed to get a few hours to ourselves on Friday morning and so we took the dogs to Holkham Beach (top photo) and then we popped into Walsingham. Mrs MP lit a candle in the Holy House for her parents and I lit one for the St. Laika's congregation.
The bottom photos are the front and rooftops of the pub we stayed out.
We managed to get a few hours to ourselves on Friday morning and so we took the dogs to Holkham Beach (top photo) and then we popped into Walsingham. Mrs MP lit a candle in the Holy House for her parents and I lit one for the St. Laika's congregation.
The bottom photos are the front and rooftops of the pub we stayed out.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
REASON FOR ENGLISH ORDINARIATE UNCOVERED
You may have wondered why the Pope was so eager to take on board so many Church of England apostate bishops. I may have found the answer.
From ASSOCIATED PRESS:
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday accepted the resignation of another Irish bishop, leaving seven of Ireland's 26 Catholic dioceses without one.
From ASSOCIATED PRESS:
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday accepted the resignation of another Irish bishop, leaving seven of Ireland's 26 Catholic dioceses without one.
JESUS ASCENDS
I have a feeling that this is from a comedy sketch.
But, what the heck?! It's still funny.
But, what the heck?! It's still funny.
THE PRIVILEGES OF PRIVILEGE
People with top jobs who were born into money, went to the right schools and universities and know all the right people will tell you that they worked hard to get to the top. Some, if not all of them, may well be telling the truth. What they fail to accept and understand is that for every privileged person who works their way to the top there are hundreds of the "wrong sort" of people who work just as hard but because of the accident of their birth will never get the chance to be considered for the top jobs. Privilege is not about what you do, even if what you do is the best. It is about who you are and who you know.
WORSHIP AT ST. LAIKA'S
PRAYER
WEDNESDAY
23RD.
NOVEMBER
2011ON THE
FEAST OF
ST. CLEMENT
OF ROME
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BRING BACK GLAM!
Today I'm mostly listening to early Cockney Rebel.
Two interesting facts, one sad, one not sad, about the band:
Paul Jeffreys, the bass player in the video, died in the Lockerbie Air Disaster.
Lead singer, Steve Harley, eventually became a churchwarden at his local Anglican, parish church.
Two interesting facts, one sad, one not sad, about the band:
Paul Jeffreys, the bass player in the video, died in the Lockerbie Air Disaster.
Lead singer, Steve Harley, eventually became a churchwarden at his local Anglican, parish church.
NEW BISHOP OF DURHAM IS
AN UPPER CLASS TWITTERER
From THE CHRONICLE:
This week the new Bishop of Durham Justin Welby is touring the region before his enthronement on Saturday.
For many the Church of England has been out of touch with the ordinary man or woman. The Tory Party at prayer, it has been scornfully labelled. Strangely enough, an Old Etonian, who spent 11 years in the oil industry, eventually becoming group treasurer of Enterprise Oil PLC, may be about to change all that, with the aid of 21st Century social networks. He is inviting the region to have their say on what they want for their communities via social networking websites. As well as giving people an easy way to communicate, people are also being invited to send in prayers.
He said, “We see social networking as important because it’s a whole new way of attracting people to the word of God.”
COMMENT: I notice he's still posh enough to use the "royal we." We'll have to wait and see if he will turn out to be a bishop prepared to utilise new technologies in radical, open and imaginative ways or if he is just out to make them an extension of a boring, conformist, privileged, judgemental and frightened church.
This week the new Bishop of Durham Justin Welby is touring the region before his enthronement on Saturday.
For many the Church of England has been out of touch with the ordinary man or woman. The Tory Party at prayer, it has been scornfully labelled. Strangely enough, an Old Etonian, who spent 11 years in the oil industry, eventually becoming group treasurer of Enterprise Oil PLC, may be about to change all that, with the aid of 21st Century social networks. He is inviting the region to have their say on what they want for their communities via social networking websites. As well as giving people an easy way to communicate, people are also being invited to send in prayers.
He said, “We see social networking as important because it’s a whole new way of attracting people to the word of God.”
COMMENT: I notice he's still posh enough to use the "royal we." We'll have to wait and see if he will turn out to be a bishop prepared to utilise new technologies in radical, open and imaginative ways or if he is just out to make them an extension of a boring, conformist, privileged, judgemental and frightened church.
ANGLICANS LESS LIKELY TO
MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE
From THE MAIL:
It seems Catholics are the most adulterous religious group in Britain. The number of Catholics actively looking for affairs was almost twice that of other religions, a survey has found.
Research showed 21.5% of the 600,000 members on an extra-marital dating site were Catholic - a high figure since they make up only 10% of the UK population Church of England followers are less common – although 40% of English citizens list themselves as CofE, Anglicans only made up 33% of members surveyed by extra-marital dating site Illicit Encounters. Furthermore, CofE subscribers turned out to be more faithful in their marriages than atheists and agnostics, listed as 'no religion'. The most loyal spouses were either Jewish or Methodists.
COMMENT: So there you have it. Methodists really are as boring as people say they are. As for the more fervent type of Jewish male I'm surprised, to be honest, that they ever get to pick up women. I mean, ladies, would you?
It seems Catholics are the most adulterous religious group in Britain. The number of Catholics actively looking for affairs was almost twice that of other religions, a survey has found.
Research showed 21.5% of the 600,000 members on an extra-marital dating site were Catholic - a high figure since they make up only 10% of the UK population Church of England followers are less common – although 40% of English citizens list themselves as CofE, Anglicans only made up 33% of members surveyed by extra-marital dating site Illicit Encounters. Furthermore, CofE subscribers turned out to be more faithful in their marriages than atheists and agnostics, listed as 'no religion'. The most loyal spouses were either Jewish or Methodists.
COMMENT: So there you have it. Methodists really are as boring as people say they are. As for the more fervent type of Jewish male I'm surprised, to be honest, that they ever get to pick up women. I mean, ladies, would you?
GUMBY OF THE DAY
The Salvation Army holds a positive view of human sexuality. Scripture forbids sexual intimacy between members of the same sex. The Salvation Army believes, therefore, that Christians whose sexual orientation is primarily or exclusively same-sex are called upon to embrace celibacy as a way of life.
I think I'm going to leave it up to Mister Chuck Berry to give voice to what we are all thinking right now:
Thanks to Alison for finding this excellent example of religious doublespeak and sending it in to me.
CANADIANS TO BAN EVERYTHING
From LOWERING THE BAR:
Earl Beatty Public School in Toronto has limited the children to "sponge or other soft balls" because things like baseballs, soccer balls, footballs, and tennis balls are just too dangerous to be entrusted to children. The ban was not even prompted by an injury to a child, but rather came after a parent suffered a concussion from being hit in the head with a soccer ball.
"We want our balls back! We want our balls back!" the children chanted in a demonstration last Wednesday.
"You can take our balls," one boy reportedly shouted, "but you cannot take our freedom!"
One parent said he was "disgusted" by the ban. "A lot of things could happen," said Chris Stateski. "A child could trip on the asphalt, a child could fall off the monkey bars and break their arm. So many things could happen. What are they going to do - cover the schoolyard in pillows?"
COMMENT: When I was a kid we used to ride our bikes on the road, stay out after dark, climb trees, carry sheaf knives, get chased by horses and farm dogs, play in derelict buildings and building sites, crawl along drains, play pirates in the school gym, play British Bulldog, get into fights, use public transport on our own, hang around on the streets, light bonfires, throw bangers at each other and pretty much do everything that is now considered far too dangerous for children to even think about doing. And yet, with the exception of my friend, James, who fell off a bus shelter and broke his arm once, we all somehow survived and had a good time growing up as well. I feel so sorry for kids growing up nowadays. They must be so bloody bored. No wonder so many of them start taking drugs and abusing alcohol as soon as they can get their hands on the stuff. What else can they do to have some fun?
Thanks to Paul(A) for sending in the link to this story.
Earl Beatty Public School in Toronto has limited the children to "sponge or other soft balls" because things like baseballs, soccer balls, footballs, and tennis balls are just too dangerous to be entrusted to children. The ban was not even prompted by an injury to a child, but rather came after a parent suffered a concussion from being hit in the head with a soccer ball.
"We want our balls back! We want our balls back!" the children chanted in a demonstration last Wednesday.
"You can take our balls," one boy reportedly shouted, "but you cannot take our freedom!"
One parent said he was "disgusted" by the ban. "A lot of things could happen," said Chris Stateski. "A child could trip on the asphalt, a child could fall off the monkey bars and break their arm. So many things could happen. What are they going to do - cover the schoolyard in pillows?"
COMMENT: When I was a kid we used to ride our bikes on the road, stay out after dark, climb trees, carry sheaf knives, get chased by horses and farm dogs, play in derelict buildings and building sites, crawl along drains, play pirates in the school gym, play British Bulldog, get into fights, use public transport on our own, hang around on the streets, light bonfires, throw bangers at each other and pretty much do everything that is now considered far too dangerous for children to even think about doing. And yet, with the exception of my friend, James, who fell off a bus shelter and broke his arm once, we all somehow survived and had a good time growing up as well. I feel so sorry for kids growing up nowadays. They must be so bloody bored. No wonder so many of them start taking drugs and abusing alcohol as soon as they can get their hands on the stuff. What else can they do to have some fun?
Thanks to Paul(A) for sending in the link to this story.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
MILLSTONE BROKEN
From MY CENTRAL JERSEY:
A Mendham man charged with destroying a memorial for sexual abuse at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church with a sledgehammer has applied for a public defender and has a hearing scheduled for after the new year. Meanwhile, Paterson Diocese officials said Monday that the memorial, a black basalt millstone considered one of a kind because of its location at a Catholic church, would be replaced without significant changes. That statement came one day after the St. Joseph’s pastor, Monsignor Joseph Anginoli, said a replacement would take a different form.
Ken Mullaney, the diocese attorney, said the church pastor wants to add something to the memorial that would be “a symbol of hope for the future,” like a statue of Jesus embracing a child. “He has no intention of replacing the millstone, that’s for sure,” Mullaney said.
Gordon Ellis has been charged with criminal mischief, defacement of property, desecration of a memorial and possession of a weapon, the sledgehammer, for an unlawful purpose.
COMMENT: Well, I think I've had an idea for a replacement memorial which should please (or annoy, of course) everybody involved and which contains an appropriate message. It might even appeal to the bloke who smashed it up.
A Mendham man charged with destroying a memorial for sexual abuse at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church with a sledgehammer has applied for a public defender and has a hearing scheduled for after the new year. Meanwhile, Paterson Diocese officials said Monday that the memorial, a black basalt millstone considered one of a kind because of its location at a Catholic church, would be replaced without significant changes. That statement came one day after the St. Joseph’s pastor, Monsignor Joseph Anginoli, said a replacement would take a different form.
Ken Mullaney, the diocese attorney, said the church pastor wants to add something to the memorial that would be “a symbol of hope for the future,” like a statue of Jesus embracing a child. “He has no intention of replacing the millstone, that’s for sure,” Mullaney said.
Gordon Ellis has been charged with criminal mischief, defacement of property, desecration of a memorial and possession of a weapon, the sledgehammer, for an unlawful purpose.
COMMENT: Well, I think I've had an idea for a replacement memorial which should please (or annoy, of course) everybody involved and which contains an appropriate message. It might even appeal to the bloke who smashed it up.
WORSHIP AT ST. LAIKA'S
EVENING PRAYER
TUESDAY
22ND. NOVEMBER 2011
ON THE
FEAST OF
ST. CECILIA
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Monday, 21 November 2011
WHERE DOES HE FIND THEM?
FAMOUS FOLK SONG SPECIAL
No days off purgatory for listening to this. But I am offering 50 days off for the first person to name the singer. If you Google the answer you will not get any days off purgatory but will have 50 added to your, no doubt already quite substantial, stay in between floors.
LT. JOHN PIKE PEPPER SPRAYS JESUS
From THE WASHINGTON POST:
Lt. John Pike, the U.C. Davis campus police officer who pepper-sprayed passive student protesters, is popping up in some of the world’s most famous paintings as part of an Internet meme intended to shame him for his actions. On Friday, Pike casually pepper-sprayed protesters in a video that quickly went viral. Over the weekend, Pike’s visage popped up in Photoshopped into other scenes of languid passivity, such as Edouard Manet’s “Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe." The images are a cheeky way of fighting back against what students say was an unwarranted use of forceful policing tactics. The university has defended Pike’s actions, though he and two other police officers have been suspended pending an investigation.
MadPriest is not a photoshopper who backs away from a challenge.
So, here is my entry:
Lt. John Pike, the U.C. Davis campus police officer who pepper-sprayed passive student protesters, is popping up in some of the world’s most famous paintings as part of an Internet meme intended to shame him for his actions. On Friday, Pike casually pepper-sprayed protesters in a video that quickly went viral. Over the weekend, Pike’s visage popped up in Photoshopped into other scenes of languid passivity, such as Edouard Manet’s “Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe." The images are a cheeky way of fighting back against what students say was an unwarranted use of forceful policing tactics. The university has defended Pike’s actions, though he and two other police officers have been suspended pending an investigation.
MadPriest is not a photoshopper who backs away from a challenge.
So, here is my entry:
WORSHIP AT ST. LAIKA'S
EVENING PRAYER: 21ST. NOVEMBER 2011
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Sunday, 20 November 2011
WORSHIP AT ST. LAIKA'S
THE FEAST OF
CHRIST THE KING
All are welcome to join me in taking communion. There are no exceptions.
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If you want to physically partake of communion you will require a small piece of bread and a small amount of drink (preferably made from grapes and containing alcohol). You eat the bread after I say “The body of Christ,” and drink the wine after I say “The blood of Christ.” How you view the nature of this part of the service is completely up to you.
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