tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post898085810338880530..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Bells and SmellsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-8772109802355503042010-02-01T07:35:31.284-05:002010-02-01T07:35:31.284-05:00There's praying over corpses, and then there&#...There's praying over corpses, and then there's putting them on display. It's the latter I object to.<br /><br />I agree with you about the whole Baby Jesus cult.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-49983663853558420782010-02-01T02:49:30.975-05:002010-02-01T02:49:30.975-05:00I don't mind worshipping over tombs, as long a...I don't mind worshipping over tombs, as long as ridiculous claims aren't made about body parts, or their "Special Powers".<br /><br />No, ya know where *I* draw the line?<br /><br />"Baby Jesus" (or "The Divine Child Jesus" or "El Nino Divino")!<br /><br />I'm sorry, the Second Person of the Trinity may (being God!) have <i>memories</i> of being a child---even a very young child!<br /><br />...but there is NO SUCH THING as a <i>current</i> "Baby Jesus" to pray to! Jesus <b>grew up</b> all ready---get over it! [Oy vey. Popoids---I'm watching too much EWTN again. ;-/]JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-69521066253750993252010-01-31T21:51:20.719-05:002010-01-31T21:51:20.719-05:00What is it about Methodists and high church? Most...What is it about Methodists and high church? Most of the former Methodists I know in the Episcopal Church are very Anglo-Catholic. I'm a former Methodist, and I love worship with lots of bells and fire and water. I love it whether it is intricately choreographed as in Byzantine Divine Liturgy, or very messy as in a Hindu puja. I like it in grand settings like this Roman Catholic Mass in a great historic church, and in intimate private settings like the dining table in a Jewish household used for the Sabbath rituals.<br />I know a lot of current Methodists who would love this.<br /><br />I've known former Quakers in the Episcopal Church who also went very Anglo-Catholic. Perhaps this was in reaction to the plainness of their native traditions. It could also be that the sense of immanent divine at the heart of so much Anglo-Catholicism (the American version anyway) resonates with their Quaker upbringing.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-89474917150102205922010-01-31T21:31:06.796-05:002010-01-31T21:31:06.796-05:00I remember visiting the treasuries of a few great ...I remember visiting the treasuries of a few great churches in Florence, and wondering just how many arms did John the Baptist really have.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-40979053472765677492010-01-31T20:04:17.559-05:002010-01-31T20:04:17.559-05:00We travelled along the Adriatic a few years ago, i...We travelled along the Adriatic a few years ago, in Croatia. Every church has bits of saints. We went to a convent's monastery that was full of reliquaries of parts. Yech!IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-57598852661390064692010-01-31T19:56:57.808-05:002010-01-31T19:56:57.808-05:00Beautiful service and you are right the bells duri...Beautiful service and you are right the bells during the Eucharist was lovely! The clouds of incense were something, too. That was a long video, but cool to see.<br /><br />And those saints - that is yucky!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.com