tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7084908050587254114..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: A Penance for FrivolityFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-22667286219700682992015-06-13T10:01:57.005+01:002015-06-13T10:01:57.005+01:00Dear Rose Marie, very many thanks.Dear Rose Marie, very many thanks.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30140986470055403832015-06-13T03:29:59.170+01:002015-06-13T03:29:59.170+01:00Dear Father, this evening, the Feast of the Sacred...Dear Father, this evening, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, I attended Holy Mass at the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. Afterwards, I prayed at the Confessio for your intentions and for the guidance and protection of the Ordinariate.<br /><br />May you be abundantly blessed and never lose your sense of humor.Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64689126411489816492015-06-09T10:57:20.690+01:002015-06-09T10:57:20.690+01:00My dear late wife regularly referred to women of e...My dear late wife regularly referred to women of equal age or younger as girls.Don Camillo SSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181985690276317480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-54274127944674549472015-06-08T11:30:59.118+01:002015-06-08T11:30:59.118+01:00Being of an age with you, Father, I think (of cour...Being of an age with you, Father, I think (of course) some license should be accorded due to our advanced years. Not in the sense of being in our dotage – which is possible for some of us - not present company, of course! But in the sense that so many people we encounter daily are younger – lads and lassies, as your northern neighbors might describe them. We may have lost a step or two and are GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84895537258131933622015-06-08T05:32:02.262+01:002015-06-08T05:32:02.262+01:00Father, if the Second Vatican Council had had your...Father, if the Second Vatican Council had had your 'visions of frivolous incongruity' I think the hermeneutic of continuity might have been a reality.Our Lady of Good Success-pray for us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14746510579669229511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-90845101926616306842015-06-08T01:55:43.538+01:002015-06-08T01:55:43.538+01:00One unsuccessful attempt after another Padre - as...One unsuccessful attempt after another Padre - as I try to stop smiling while : reading the original post , reading Boris' <i>ruminations</i> on the "strumming of an udder" (and now, after being given a <i>visual</i> ,as a musician, seriously wondering just what type of melody it might actually render), reading Liam Ronan's ultimate search for a <i>fair reading</i> (which was Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474622031247588124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-43979998045601070062015-06-08T01:04:59.405+01:002015-06-08T01:04:59.405+01:00If its any consolation, my fellow deanery clergy r...If its any consolation, my fellow deanery clergy referred to yours truly as "the boy" until recently, even though I have 5 grandchildren (number 6 in the oven D.G.). It might just have had something to do with the fact that their average age was approx. 79 whereas I was 50.<br /><br />With the arrival of a 40 year-old priest in our ranks, I have reluctantly ceded the mantle of youth toDeacon Augustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03549825303646357455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-29235938626809616832015-06-07T23:00:27.864+01:002015-06-07T23:00:27.864+01:00Mmm, but you could refer to a man as a "lad&q...Mmm, but you could refer to a man as a "lad" if you also mentioned his county of origin; a Shropshire lad, for example. You, yourself, even in your advanced and dotty old age (NB: this is a joke) could be referred to as an Essex lad, and I take pride in describing myself as a Buckinghamshire lad (or Bocknamsheer lad, as people said in my youth).AndrewWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196842185913965725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-1386259739916952522015-06-07T22:52:25.459+01:002015-06-07T22:52:25.459+01:00Oh, no! I take it that means you never saw the Sc...Oh, no! I take it that means you never saw the Scavi. Que peccato! I did the tour in 2003, not to be missed, but I don't have an appointment for this week.<br /><br />I shall pray for you and the Ordinariate at the Confessio. I have friends in the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. I am happy for them, but I miss their company at the EF Mass.Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13910657489237628122015-06-07T21:07:55.018+01:002015-06-07T21:07:55.018+01:00Bless you! I haven't been to Rome since I fell...Bless you! I haven't been to Rome since I fell and smashed a shoulder while on my way to the Schavi excavations. Perhaps, if you go there, you might remember me? It would be kind, too, if you could say a prayer for the Ordinariate, which has enemies as well as friends! I will certainly pray that you get safely there, and have a very wonderful week.Fr John Hunwickehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57328911889152620622015-06-07T19:53:32.260+01:002015-06-07T19:53:32.260+01:00Father dearest, who could resist such a plea? No ...Father dearest, who could resist such a plea? No offense was ever taken. No sentence was given, either, so there is nothing to remit. But know that I look every day for a dose of wisdom, humor, and just plain erudition.<br /><br />I will be in Rome for the coming week and ask your prayers for a safe journey. I will remember you at the tomb of Peter and anywhere else you request if I can get Donna Bethellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889995101309151034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6668144066842290212015-06-07T18:33:19.168+01:002015-06-07T18:33:19.168+01:00Might I say from this side of the Irish Sea, that ...Might I say from this side of the Irish Sea, that there was, I am sure, no intent on your part to offend (perish the thought that you would every willfully do such a thing!); and, it is not uncommon on this Emerald Isle, a places of saints and scholars (once upon a time, at least) though sadly lacking in snakes and toads through the kindly ministrations of St Patrick, for an adult male to be Paddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112119118958158131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64163213892127372402015-06-07T16:41:43.681+01:002015-06-07T16:41:43.681+01:00I live in the West of the County Cork. I am a man,...I live in the West of the County Cork. I am a man, over 65 years of age, and a retired professional who was once active in adjudicating questions of law and disputes arising there-from. <br /><br />My friends and acquaintances here refer to me as 'boy' on occasion (pronounced 'bye'); on other occasions 'lad', etc. 'Tis nothin' a'tall sure less yer after Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53644646686073871712015-06-07T15:22:24.498+01:002015-06-07T15:22:24.498+01:00You are indeed mega weird, dear sir. The strumming...You are indeed mega weird, dear sir. The strumming of a a cow's udders will keep me entertained all day. Thanks for that.Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337815751518652785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-13090293420444181172015-06-07T12:59:43.348+01:002015-06-07T12:59:43.348+01:00Being Irish, and from the Southern part too, I am ...Being Irish, and from the Southern part too, I am the lady in question would have no objection as we have no compunction about referring to adults as 'boy' or 'girl' especially in the Munster region. One of our friars, when a young priest, was even addressed by an old woman with the Irish for a young calf.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140244586477682905noreply@blogger.com