The day began well, after a less than perfect night; I even managed to say Matins and Lauds before work.
After I knocked off, I went to Glendalough to say my prayers and be shriven; I managed Prime, Terce, Sext and None before, and Vespers after, coram Sanctissimo (since they have Perpetual Adoration there).
Tonight I was so tired I napped for two hours before having dinner with my housemates and an old friend come to visit; soon I must go to sleep.
But stay! From our Protestant friends, something beyond tacky... unbelievable, where even to start saying why it's so very wrong... ROTFL!
After I knocked off, I went to Glendalough to say my prayers and be shriven; I managed Prime, Terce, Sext and None before, and Vespers after, coram Sanctissimo (since they have Perpetual Adoration there).
Tonight I was so tired I napped for two hours before having dinner with my housemates and an old friend come to visit; soon I must go to sleep.
But stay! From our Protestant friends, something beyond tacky... unbelievable, where even to start saying why it's so very wrong... ROTFL!
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But stay! From our Protestant friends, something beyond tacky... unbelievable, where even to start saying why it's so very wrong... ROTFL!
My immediate reaction was "that's bloody disgusting!".
I particularly hated the line about the congregation all receiving the *juice* together.
Well, 99/1 says it's filled with grape juice, not wine.
I first heard about this from, of all places, a Quaker blog, two or three years ago, where the attitude was that they couldn't begin to say on how many levels this was wrong. In fairness, I don't think we should be tarring all Protestants with this particular brush.
Quite right: our Lutheran friends, etc. would hate the idea, while Anglicans - at least in N.Z. - would instead enjoy a good port.
It's like the country priest in Italy who relied on his friend, a local peasant farmer, to supply the wine for Mass each year. "O Padre," quoth he, "I have no wine for you this year: the apple trees, they no bear any fruit..." Woops!
I think you'll find Anglicans in Australia using a good port as well. A good port in a reverent chalice I can tolerate, but those communion cups...I imagine that's how communion would be served on an airplane as well.
Rob A
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