Tony at Catholic Pillow Fight has infringed into some of my territory, though instead of sending him a cease and desist order I will send him a will deserved tip of the jester’s hat for his JPS (Jesus Positioning System) parody.
Besides Tony has been kind enough to link to some of my pieces in the past and his somewhat new blog (since June) has matured into an excellent read.
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Now that was just a way cool parody. Thanks Tony (and Jeff)
Beautiful! I was LOL just from reading your link! 🙂
Not cool. Parody of the Real Presence is humor run amuck. That parody could just as well be written by the most embittered anti-Catholic.
Cornelius: huh? He wasn’t making fun of the Real Presence of the Eucharist, far from it! This JPS actually detected the Real Presence, whether small or large, which I found really cool. Wish I had one of those!! It would serve a lot if I ever visit LA Cathedral, provided they had a real Eucharist in there…
Years ago, in Crime Intelligence, one of my co-workers (who actually hated me) gave me a photocopy of an item from the book of NOT THE NINE O’CLOCK NEWS, a British comedy skit show in the late 70’s early 80’s (incidently where Rowan Atkinson among others got his start). Called the Perpetual Pope Finder, it featured a world map with a presumably detachable arrow, and a listing of every country in the world along with dates for when the Pope would supposedly visit! It wasn’t until I had a closer look that I realised exactly what they’d done. The dates were all the national days of each country, so or you Americanies it was 4th July while for us Aussies it was 29th January…
Make that 26th… Trust me to get it wrong!!!
1. I read on another blog where St. Joan’s get to interview any possible new pastors. What? Since when do they get veto power? Any parish to which I belonged never did. The bishop appointed someone, usually (with the help of the Holy Spirit) that will be “just what the Divine Physician ordered”.
2. Great parody! The hat tip is almost like a seal of approval, acknowledging the “apprentice” has the “master’s” recognition. I could see both of you collaborating on something; your styles are very similiar.
Thanks to those who offered kind words. I think Jeff’s parody posts are hysterical. To be compared to him in even passing is a great honor indeed 🙂
I like your “kneel” idea Jack, although in deference to our handicapped, maybe it should say “venerate.”
I have no problem finding Jesus in my church. He is smack dab two feet away from our side door. The result of which is an awkward pile-up of people entering the church from that door. People opening and closing the door (ofen in mid loud chatter) makes focusing reverantly on the tabernacle nigh impossible.
“Venerate” it is, dear Teresa. I’ve read and enjoyed some of your other comments, by the way!
Many are the times I’ve had to hunt for the Tabernacle, and the contortions I then have to do to properly genuflect impact heavily on my ageing body. In one case, the main Tabernacle is in a separate BUILDING, although they do have another Tabernacle within for Mass…
Chatter is another problem, I have a video of the Consecration of the altar of the small Church at Murrurundi (where my Mum came from). Before and after the Mass, the congregation were like Brown’s cows; to the extent that Bishop Clarke emphasised the need for reverence and silence within a Church during his homily. He must have sighed with despair as they ignored him and went back to their noisy ways straight after the Mass…
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