tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post6225852201578447802..comments2023-10-18T01:26:10.564-07:00Comments on GAFCON: Oh the humanity!The Rev. Dr. Christian Trollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036555999630488760noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-67332480280285518082010-01-28T07:21:54.255-08:002010-01-28T07:21:54.255-08:00I know that I am being shallow, but I find the maj...I know that I am being shallow, but I find the majority of ACNE bishops to be unattractive. OK, most are butt ugly! One thing Father Mass Prodigy has going is that he is fit and attractive. Maybe the bishops are jealous and would be resentful of a cute ACNE bishop.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-21765042163969450692010-01-27T20:35:53.842-08:002010-01-27T20:35:53.842-08:00Now that you mention it, Mattie must surely be the...Now that you mention it, Mattie must surely be the only male member of ACNA who is not a bishop.<br /><br />I wonder what's wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-72937167310507001292010-01-27T18:48:21.884-08:002010-01-27T18:48:21.884-08:00I'm quite sure Fortescue would castigate Littl...I'm quite sure Fortescue would castigate Little Matty for over-reaching into the episcopal prerogatives for deconsecrating altars and buildings. I also think the children look neglected. Ah-hem!Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280101735605490823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-42094104768580339352010-01-27T13:35:37.656-08:002010-01-27T13:35:37.656-08:00I have very little experience with deconsecration ...I have very little experience with deconsecration services, although I recently watched the deconsecration scene at the beginning of "Alice's Restaurant" again a few weeks ago. I was unaware that a bishop needed to preside over such a service. Agree to it, yes, but preside over it? May we have a liturgical ruling here, Fr. Christian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-14632507859317716572010-01-27T11:59:33.866-08:002010-01-27T11:59:33.866-08:00Fr. Ackeroff: I believe this is known as the Eucha...<b>Fr. Ackeroff:</b> I believe this is known as the Eucharistic Theology of the Real Absence, and is a key part of liturgical practice in Sydney, where there is always a great fear of Our Lord sneaking into the Sacraments when nobody is looking.<br /><br /><b>Fr. Smart:</b> I fear 99's marvelous attributes would be unappreciated by little Matt. CONTROL should send someone who is male, emotionally sensitive, and preferably buffed. Hymie the Robot perhaps?The Rev. Dr. Christian Trollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12036555999630488760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-47971565590624877132010-01-27T07:43:27.137-08:002010-01-27T07:43:27.137-08:00So layman Matt is now acting as a bishop by decons...So layman Matt is now acting as a bishop by deconsecrating sacred things. Time to send Agent 99 to the rescue.<br /><br />Fr. Maxwell Smart+Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-3498077702693588542010-01-27T06:20:43.920-08:002010-01-27T06:20:43.920-08:00 You know, if he and his family had to leave b... You know, if he and his family had to leave because they truly felt they had to find God elsewhere, I would find this touching. Although I disagree with their reasons, I could be supportive and wish him well. It is the hubris of thinking you are so right you deserve/own everything that keeps my eyes dry as I read his account. He is simply experiencing the natural consequences of his choice and how he misled his flock to believe they were as entitled as he.Rick+https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322574092020268536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-64572288201310752372010-01-27T02:54:14.751-08:002010-01-27T02:54:14.751-08:00The well-known liturgical practice of De-consecrat...The well-known liturgical practice of De-consecrating an Altar can be extended to other spheres. I often take the Blessed Sacrament and, by saying the words "This is NOT my Body", am able to change Our Lord back into mere bread again. I sometimes do this just for the fun of it, so that Our Lord doesn't quite know where He is. Similarly, an Episcopal priest who leaves the Church to found a Sect will find that he has been de-ordained and de-priested, only to find that he been miraculously transformed into a layman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-36464897077029801582010-01-27T02:12:47.858-08:002010-01-27T02:12:47.858-08:00Why, oh why, don't people like Matthew and his...Why, oh why, don't people like Matthew and his family simply change churches and go to Rome or the Orthodox Church? Why make themselves so unhappy staying in a church whose teaching they no longer accept?<br /><br />I read his account of the forced removal. What I noticed was how everybody else ran round after him (parishioners packing up linen, doing the laundry, men acting as an unpaid removal firm etc). <br /><br />It's so typical of the pseudy, melodramatic "catholicism" of this type. Watch me do the important stuff at the altar, everybody, while you wear yourselves out and then mop my fevered brow.<br /><br />And as for his wife. Five children, a silly, conceited husband and no income. I wonder when she'll crack?smithj1@unisa.ac.zanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-78952960006438597122010-01-26T18:42:51.794-08:002010-01-26T18:42:51.794-08:00Um, make that "fact", not "fat"...Um, make that "fact", not "fat"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346224469658951999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-68264380954676460032010-01-26T18:41:58.653-08:002010-01-26T18:41:58.653-08:00Well, now I'm really confused. There's a ...Well, now I'm really confused. There's a picture "over there" with the caption "Photos taken during the last service at Good Shepherd", and I was at the last Episcopal service at CotGS, and I don't remember acolytes dressed for Halloween, nor do I remember Little Matty or Hostilium stepping up to deconsecrate anything. <br /><br />In fat, I'm pretty sure they weren't even there. But obviously, they must think that if they aren't there, it's not a "proper" service. Now, I'm an old dog, and we clumbers have dreadful memories, but I think they must have forgotten that the church is more than where they stand, both physically and morally.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346224469658951999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224671339660011652.post-70086285592691870812010-01-26T18:37:58.310-08:002010-01-26T18:37:58.310-08:00A masterpiece of the maudlin!
For someone so reso...A masterpiece of the maudlin!<br /><br />For someone so resolutely, extravagantly, awe-inspiringly heterosexual, Our Mattie sure has a queen's flair for the melodramatic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com