Dude.
I just went to St George's (the tres jolie Anglican cathedral) for Mass, just to show the Vatican they aren't the boss of me. And they had free sherry. Really incredible sherry too, all delightfully smooth and richy plummy mmmmmm. Better than the Harvey's Bristol Cream we keep on hand at home! Free sherry. Free booze at church. They have a "Sherry Team". Read that sentence again. My parish-involved peeps, next time you're at a meeting and someone asks what to do to encourage visitors, tell them: "We need a Sherry Team!"
Or possibly a Port Team, or a Scotch Team, or whatever.
Anyway. St George's is (still) very pretty. They had a hella great mezzo soprano soloist, and did all the Mass parts in Latin (yeah baby yeah) in spite of, y'know, the 39 Articles and everything. I still don't get the Anglican tendency to randomly cut parts of the Mass that I consider important, like the Agnus Dei, or to be ridiculously Byzantine about the hymns: "We will be singing hymn number 332, to the tune of 248, omitting verses 2, 4, and 7, and finishing with a verse that isn't in the book at all because you just got PUNK'D!"
And yet Anglicans are far more willing to sing than Catholics, who only have the auld CBWII/III to contend with.
I'd be lying if I said the gay thing wasn't one of the reasons I went this morning, but truth be told I still feel better at St Mary's.
DEAR POPE BENEDICT XVI,
THERE IS BUT ONE THING NEEDFUL STOP
FREE BOOZE STOP
ALSO LAY OFF THE GAYS
YOUR PAL
ALEX
PS LATIN
Or possibly a Port Team, or a Scotch Team, or whatever.
Anyway. St George's is (still) very pretty. They had a hella great mezzo soprano soloist, and did all the Mass parts in Latin (yeah baby yeah) in spite of, y'know, the 39 Articles and everything. I still don't get the Anglican tendency to randomly cut parts of the Mass that I consider important, like the Agnus Dei, or to be ridiculously Byzantine about the hymns: "We will be singing hymn number 332, to the tune of 248, omitting verses 2, 4, and 7, and finishing with a verse that isn't in the book at all because you just got PUNK'D!"
And yet Anglicans are far more willing to sing than Catholics, who only have the auld CBWII/III to contend with.
I'd be lying if I said the gay thing wasn't one of the reasons I went this morning, but truth be told I still feel better at St Mary's.
DEAR POPE BENEDICT XVI,
THERE IS BUT ONE THING NEEDFUL STOP
FREE BOOZE STOP
ALSO LAY OFF THE GAYS
YOUR PAL
ALEX
PS LATIN