Post by Séamus on Jul 13, 2024 12:17:43 GMT
I'd been getting several texts, many attached to links of hour-long commentaries, about the Vatican's alleged universal imminent-ban on traditional masses.
The announcement of Carlo Acutis' probable canonization was the cause of one person sharing that this was a sign of significant upheaval, this was followed by news about the theft of the famous sword from Rocamadour. Which meant something else apparently.
I had to just tell her that one more text- the appearance of Antichrist perhaps- was going to keep me in bed tomorrow if not indefinitely.
But one could certainly see a mystical significance in an ancient sword from the time of Charlemagne disappearing, considering also that it seems to have been difficult to climb up and take unnoticed; maybe reflected upon in the light of much confusion and division in the world, noticed in particular after the latest French election (I know many good people who would cheer for LePen,but what would 'hard right' with mostly secular principals look like anyway?).
A fire, even a lesser one, in another of France's famous Notre Dames makes further backdrop.
That Rocamadour is a monastic town would be a delight to fans of the likes of recently deceased author Mr Sansom, who I'm sure in death can see the ridiculous inaccuracies of his Shardlake novels. Reading a couple of them years ago,I doubt whether my parents' generation would have understood some of the 1970s-or-thereabouts-invented slang in conversations,let alone the Tudors (Eamon Duffy, while not biased in churches or monasteries favour, good teach something worthwhile to followers there.)
I was introduced to the existence of the Marian shrine of Rocamadour through a booklet that a Mauritian priest gave my parents some years ago after leading a group to France. There's certainly a patronage and history there that would overshadow anything from Nineteenth-Century France, wether Monet, Eiffel Tower or even Lourdes, although I'm actually guessing that residents and pilgrims are happy to bask in the mystical and cultural significance there without the myriads of souvenir shops.
The announcement of Carlo Acutis' probable canonization was the cause of one person sharing that this was a sign of significant upheaval, this was followed by news about the theft of the famous sword from Rocamadour. Which meant something else apparently.
I had to just tell her that one more text- the appearance of Antichrist perhaps- was going to keep me in bed tomorrow if not indefinitely.
But one could certainly see a mystical significance in an ancient sword from the time of Charlemagne disappearing, considering also that it seems to have been difficult to climb up and take unnoticed; maybe reflected upon in the light of much confusion and division in the world, noticed in particular after the latest French election (I know many good people who would cheer for LePen,but what would 'hard right' with mostly secular principals look like anyway?).
A fire, even a lesser one, in another of France's famous Notre Dames makes further backdrop.
That Rocamadour is a monastic town would be a delight to fans of the likes of recently deceased author Mr Sansom, who I'm sure in death can see the ridiculous inaccuracies of his Shardlake novels. Reading a couple of them years ago,I doubt whether my parents' generation would have understood some of the 1970s-or-thereabouts-invented slang in conversations,let alone the Tudors (Eamon Duffy, while not biased in churches or monasteries favour, good teach something worthwhile to followers there.)
I was introduced to the existence of the Marian shrine of Rocamadour through a booklet that a Mauritian priest gave my parents some years ago after leading a group to France. There's certainly a patronage and history there that would overshadow anything from Nineteenth-Century France, wether Monet, Eiffel Tower or even Lourdes, although I'm actually guessing that residents and pilgrims are happy to bask in the mystical and cultural significance there without the myriads of souvenir shops.