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Post by Séamus on Apr 16, 2022 12:25:42 GMT
Scottish students are reportedly now being taught that the legend of the Loch Ness monster is in itself a symbol of England's self-assumed superiority. I'm not sure that legends of monsters, fairies or whatever are something to be ashamed of when perpetrated in the right measure.
One of the things unchanged in Holy Week liturgy is the exclusive use of John's Gospel on Good Friday.
An Australian priest I know studied in the now defunct seminary in Adelaide. A country Irish priest apparently assisted in Good Friday at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral in those days. Taking the part of Christ for the Passion Gospel, instead of "Who do you seek?" He called out "and who wouldya be lookin'for now?".
For then-seminarian it was perennially memorable.
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Post by cato on Apr 16, 2022 15:55:38 GMT
Scottish students are reportedly now being taught that the legend of the Loch Ness monster is in itself a symbol of England's self-assumed superiority. I'm not sure that legends of monsters, fairies or whatever are something to be be ashamed of when perpetrated in the right measure. One of the things unchanged in Holy Week liturgy is the exclusive use of John's Gospel on Good Friday. An Australian priest I know studied in the note defunct seminary in Adelaide. A country Irish priest apparently assisted in Good Friday at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral in those days. Taking the part of Christ for the Passion Gospel, instead of "Who do you seek?" He called out "and who wouldya be lookin'for now?". For him it was perennially memorable. Stories of dragons and monsters are a common theme in much medieval writing . The first account of the Loch Ness monster is in St Adamhnain's Life of St Columba where the Saint baits Nessie by ordering a monk to swim across the Loch! Columba repels the monster with the sign of the cross. These stories are much more likely to be symbolic representations of the Gospel banishing heathen darkness. Yesterday at 3 pm I dropped into an Irish church which shall remain nameless. The priest who seems orthodox and works in a pretty poor parish led a Divine Mercy Novena in place of the normal solemn liturgy. Poor St John and his passion Gospel got the heave ho in favour of a devotional practice. Puzzling. |
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Post by Séamus on Apr 18, 2022 4:20:14 GMT
Scottish students are reportedly now being taught that the legend of the Loch Ness monster is in itself a symbol of England's self-assumed superiority. I'm not sure that legends of monsters, fairies or whatever are something to be be ashamed of when perpetrated in the right measure. One of the things unchanged in Holy Week liturgy is the exclusive use of John's Gospel on Good Friday. An Australian priest I know studied in the note defunct seminary in Adelaide. A country Irish priest apparently assisted in Good Friday at St Francis Xavier's Cathedral in those days. Taking the part of Christ for the Passion Gospel, instead of "Who do you seek?" He called out "and who wouldya be lookin'for now?". For him it was perennially memorable. Stories of dragons and monsters are a common theme in much medieval writing . The first account of the Loch Ness monster is in St Adamhnain's Life of St Columba where the Saint baits Nessie by ordering a monk to swim across the Loch! Columba repels the monster with the sign of the cross. These stories are much more likely to be symbolic representations of the Gospel banishing heathen darkness. Yesterday at 3 pm I dropped into an Irish church which shall remain nameless. The priest who seems orthodox and works in a pretty poor parish led a Divine Mercy Novena in place of the normal solemn liturgy. Poor St John and his passion Gospel got the heave ho in favour of a devotional practice. Puzzling. Seems very strange. Perhaps the ceremony if the Passion was too difficult for the size and resources of the congregation? It might also reflect a situation around the world where several churches amalgamate under a central government- no-one has probably put much thought into how it effects Triduum ceremonies and whether each can hold something simultaneously. As we were saying about folk-isms, as much as they might now disparage the FrTed-type clergy, there was the upside of having so many priests to run things. |
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