A Treasure To Be Shared

Novice Ordo Missay: a misspoken line only a novice would make. Crucifur: crucifer arm hair; see also - fire hazard. Sacramentalist: psychic altar server who can anticipate liturgical needs. Jesuit: see protestant. Synod (sin+nod): assent to sin. Fast: how quickly some people give up Mass for Lent. Thurifur: thurifer arm hair; see also - fire hazard. Boat Buoy: floatation device for the Barque of Peter.* Choir Director: see pope. Pope: see choir director. Walsingham: site of a major shrine; not to be confused with a dancing pig (waltzing ham). Nonsense: cheap incense unfit for Catholic liturgy. Casshock: a tawdry or tattered cassock. Alp: high church alb. Maff: awkward liturgy; High Maff: very awkward liturgy. 1962 Missile Romanum: liturgical object that causes heterodox prelates to freak out. "Between a Roche and a hard place": liturgical twilight zone. Collect: prayer favoured by church fundraisers and financial committees. Biretta: clergyman's weapon of choice. Credence...

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes We Catholics have one foot planted on God's green earth and another in heaven. Human beings are enfleshed souls. The Catechism reminds us that 365 The unity of soul and body is so profound that one has to consider the soul to be the "form" of the body: 234 i.e., it is because of its spiritual soul that the body made of matter becomes a living, human body; spirit and matter, in man, are not two natures united, but rather their union forms a single nature. Despite misguided popular assumptions, we are not angels nor will we ever be. This Lent, if we are earnest about our intention to praise God by refining our witness to His goodness and mercy, we might reach out to ask God to direct our guardian angel to render a specific form of assistance. Or, we might ask God to send our guardian to help someone - a friend or stranger, a coworker or family member - in need of assistance beyond our capacity to offer assistance. Who or what are angels? L...

Sudbury.com Today is Collop Monday, Gie's a collop, an' let's away. Prior to Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) in Shrovetide, there's Collop Monday. Save your bacon fat! The British name Collopy Monday is after the traditional dish of the day, consisting of slices of leftover meat (collops of bacon) along with eggs. It is eaten for breakfast and is part of the traditional Lenten preparations. In addition to providing a little meat, the collops were also the source of the fat for the following day's pancakes. - WP Penny Scramble In 1881, Edward Brook of Meltham began a custom of distributing "new pennies" to local children on Collop Monday. A similar practise of distributing small gifts took place in Meltham on other days of year, including Whit Monday. Reportedly the coins would be handed out from a leather pouch, then any that remained would be thrown into the street and a "scramble" would take place to retrieve them. The children would then often use...

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?   Feral is an apt term to describe the maniacal and calculating behavior of individuals who often arm themselves with willing though often unsuspecting accomplices to terrorize others. Feral - physically aggressive and psychologically manipulative. The feral (person) habitually engage(s) in: physical intimidation cancellation; people deemed a threat are ostracized, boycotted or shunned deplatforming, which is a threat to free speech gaslighting - "People who engage in gaslighting may do so for a variety of reasons. They may be trying to gain control over the victim or trying to avoid accountability for their own actions, mistakes, insecurities, and feelings. An underlying mental health condition, like narcissistic personality disorder, may also play a part." - E. Feldman What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us? -   Romans 8:31 In many western societies, grade school and college teachers are espe...

Our Father Who art in Heaven... . (St. Matthew 6:9-13) So-called Christian communities have taken it upon themselves to craft alternate versions of the Lord's Prayer . On Feb. 17 (1999), the Methodist Church in England introduced a new worship book that for the first time includes a prayer referring to God as "our Father and our Mother." - CS Monitor With the Church of England pondering the adoption of alternative language for worship, several sites are offering versions of the Lord's Prayer that might save the C of E some verbal legwork. One such site is Simon Says . https://simoncamilleri.com/the-lords-prayer-woke-edition/ And... an offering from here. Our non-gendered parent-force identical with our self-projections; acknowledged is a title of convenience. Our socialist utopia come; our collective will be done, on earth as it is in our own conceptual framework. Give us today our daily sustenance to which we are entitled, and forgive us our willingness to cooperate...