tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post6703295089983918390..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: ButterfliesFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13197437343988764722018-06-28T00:54:50.202+01:002018-06-28T00:54:50.202+01:00It might be a reference to one of Pope Francis'...It might be a reference to one of Pope Francis' more memorable remarks: “Only if priests base their lives on Christ can they fully respond to their vocation and avoid becoming 'priest-wheeler dealers', 'priest-tycoons', 'butterfly-priests', always vain, that is.” (Santa Marta homily, January 11 2014). In which case the symbolic decoration on the stole would be both an Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05174247888532190924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26199657083604873182018-06-27T23:17:04.255+01:002018-06-27T23:17:04.255+01:00'Uncle Percy thinks Boko's a butterfly....'Uncle Percy thinks Boko's a butterfly.'<br />I couldn't follow her. She had me fogged. Anything less liike a butterfly than good old Boko I've never set eyes on. <br />'A butterfly?'<br />'Yes. Flitting from flower to flower and sipping.'<br />'And he doesn't like butterflies?'<br />'Not when they flit and sip.'<br /><br />John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42332145027011780042018-06-27T23:09:44.077+01:002018-06-27T23:09:44.077+01:00I suppose chasubles with smiley faces and other em...I suppose chasubles with smiley faces and other emojis cannot be far behind: chosen for the liturgy of the day, perhaps.<br /><br />The reference above to 'unliturgical colours' reminds me of the vestment collection at the Matisse Chapel in Vence - I would not recommend a visit there to any traditionalist with high blood-pressure...<br /><br />PS William Arthurs - your link is a John Vaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335331585265267754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6894701059631327402018-06-26T18:02:07.120+01:002018-06-26T18:02:07.120+01:00Also a clear reference to Romans 12:2:
Do not be ...Also a clear reference to Romans 12:2:<br /><br />Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed (metamorphusthe) by the renewal of your mind. <br />Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-9783273831179198752018-06-26T15:55:57.804+01:002018-06-26T15:55:57.804+01:00"How long before we have clerical fashion sho..."How long before we have clerical fashion shows featuring Dior, Givenchy, Versace, et alii?"<br /><br />It's already here! The theme for this year's "Met Gala" in New York was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," and featured many of to-day's celebrities in ecclesiastical costume. This was done with the full support of the Vatican, whoPatrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-1995840376850028352018-06-26T12:05:04.801+01:002018-06-26T12:05:04.801+01:00Surely "red Indian" is all right, since ...Surely "<i>red</i> Indian" is all right, since there is no possibility of confusion.Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-2806566017311717682018-06-26T10:46:55.277+01:002018-06-26T10:46:55.277+01:00The reference is obviously to Dante's Purgator...The reference is obviously to Dante's Purgatorio.<br /><br />O superbi cristian, miseri lassi,<br />che, de la vista de la mente infermi,<br />fidanza avete ne’ retrosi passi,<br /><br />non v’accorgete voi che noi siam vermi<br />nati a formar l’angelica farfalla,<br />che vola a la giustizia sanza schermi?<br /><br />Di che l’animo vostro in alto galla,<br />poi siete quasi antomata in Grant Milburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381331872077276383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26328480805934193382018-06-26T10:21:11.580+01:002018-06-26T10:21:11.580+01:00A good (female) friend is now an Anglican vicar - ...A good (female) friend is now an Anglican vicar - she was ordained* about 12 years ago, I think. She commissioned a stole for the ceremony embroidered with butterflies: the symbolism was apparently from 1 Cor. 15: "[The body] is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a naturalSue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25802709066521677802018-06-25T20:28:56.978+01:002018-06-25T20:28:56.978+01:00Regarding the Boko Fiddleworth reference:
Quonia...Regarding the Boko Fiddleworth reference: <br /><br />Quoniam ira in indignatione ejus, et vita in voluntate ejus ad vesperum demorabitur fletus, et ad matutinum laetitia.Thorfinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140352020612339113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-82166700229979732802018-06-25T17:49:09.787+01:002018-06-25T17:49:09.787+01:00Metamorphosis? If so, the allusion backfires, as ...Metamorphosis? If so, the allusion backfires, as no ontological change occurs in the passage from caterpillar to butterfly.<br /><br />It is very naughty of you, Father, to bait the PC police. You know how busy they are.Romulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071095565318181930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-89930154436484503602018-06-25T17:14:47.491+01:002018-06-25T17:14:47.491+01:00https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comment...https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/8sg0ku/they_couldnt_stop_immigration_now_they_live_in/Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910654300435533408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19163327152655557272018-06-25T17:10:47.745+01:002018-06-25T17:10:47.745+01:00A quick consultation of one of the unfortunate sea...A quick consultation of one of the unfortunate search engines yields the following linked description of thecquestioned phrase. <br />http://www.dictionary.com/browse/honest-injun<br /><br />Given that Her Honor’s family have speculated as to the presence of some Indian, oops, Native American, ancestry (supported by several common facial features), one could understand the Indian point of view onWoodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910654300435533408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67791204568012969992018-06-25T17:07:52.703+01:002018-06-25T17:07:52.703+01:00Yes the phrase is most definitely politically inco...Yes the phrase is most definitely politically incorrect, on this side of the Pond even using the term "Indian" for someone other than from that ice-cream-cone shaped country in South Asia is verboten. I believe in Canada they are called the First Nations which I suppose means the individual members are "First Nationals" which used to be a supermarket chain here in the John Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352405449391514146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3743006065054056812018-06-25T16:39:15.564+01:002018-06-25T16:39:15.564+01:00. 'onest injun* ...
*Is this phrase now Poli.... 'onest injun* ... <br /><br />*Is this phrase now Politically Incorrect?<br /><br />Probably.Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4958511817794018182018-06-25T14:21:56.929+01:002018-06-25T14:21:56.929+01:00No, dear Father, I am afraid the phrase is not &qu...No, dear Father, I am afraid the phrase is not "politically correct"! But, in the immortal words of Mehitable ( Don Marquis' alley cat ), "Wot hell! Wot hell! There's a dance in the old dame yet!"<br />Thank you for all you do. KMKafoedKennethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721430274423793601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-7700820961070773752018-06-25T12:56:19.681+01:002018-06-25T12:56:19.681+01:00Butterflies!!! And so it begins...
I have long ma...Butterflies!!! And so it begins...<br /><br />I have long maintained that once the fairer sex got into ‘Orders’ there would be an explosion of clerical haute couture. The pictures of Episcopal women ‘bishops’ or Catholic faux women priests show little concern for liturgical nicety, rather a plethora of garish colors as one seeks to out shine the others.<br /><br />How long before we have clericalGORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71447872941193561492018-06-25T11:11:12.847+01:002018-06-25T11:11:12.847+01:00How do you pronounce "'onest"? Is it...How do you pronounce "'onest"? Is it like "honest"?Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-8301801134418123032018-06-25T10:59:28.501+01:002018-06-25T10:59:28.501+01:00Twenty years ago, I remember being shown around an...Twenty years ago, I remember being shown around an Anglican church by some locals who did the cleaning there - they even produced some of the vestments, in strangely unliturgical colours (orange, perhaps, was one of them), and adorned with less than tasteful floral designs about as relevant to the Eucharist as the butterflies you mentioned. The church had a female minister.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-982092840779974622018-06-25T10:51:16.744+01:002018-06-25T10:51:16.744+01:00The diaconate is the first step. This lies in the ...The diaconate is the first step. <a href="https://www.zazzle.com/congratulations_bishop_ordination_with_butterflies_card-137729370420328968" rel="nofollow">This lies in the future.</a>william arthurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447813388196156894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-21790269358164701082018-06-25T10:38:09.346+01:002018-06-25T10:38:09.346+01:00Do contact xxxx and tell us what the connection is...Do contact xxxx and tell us what the connection is!Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243859145007696053noreply@blogger.com