Posted by Christopher Mc on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Under: Church
What have the Pope's Mass in Jerusalem and tonight's semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in common. Apart from the lurid costumes, the dreadful flat singing. Did you see the beginning of the papal Mass? There was a dreadful introduction, a long speech of welcome by the Latin Patriarch, full of ridiculous political propoganda. I have checked my General Instruction on the Roman Missal thoroughly and there is no provision in the rubrics for someone welcoming the celebrant.
Meanwhile Lombardi continues to make a mess of things with his, reminiscent of Paisley and Thatcher - "never, never, never" assertion that the Holy Father was never in Hitler Youth. He was. It's historical fact.
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Catholic, Carmelite, Husband, Father, Reader of all sorts of books, Writer of occasional letters, Viewer of lots of TV and movies, Lover of tea, Hater of coffee. Anything I write is my own opionion and is not intended to represent the views of any organisation with which I have a connection. You can email me at "blog at live.ie" (replace the "at" with @). Don't be shy. To comment, click on the title of post. You have to include a name and email but fake ones work fine. Make sure there's an @ in the email.
