Posted on 01/30/2008 6:51:17 AM PST by NYer
p>.- The Anglican Archbishop of York presented a gift of beer to Pope Benedict XVI on his recent trip to the Vatican, the York Press reports.
Archbishop of York John Sentamu, visiting Rome to celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, presented the Pope with an illustrated history of York Minster and a cut-glass beer tankard from the Minster.
He also gave to the Pope two Yorkshire beers, Holy Grail beer and Black Sheep Ale from the Black Sheep Brewery.
Archbishop Sentamu said the gifts were chosen to reflect the Pope’s appreciation for Bavarian beer. The gifts pleased the Pope, who is Bavarian by birth and prefers beer to wine and water, according to The Guardian.
The Archbishop of York is the second-highest-ranking prelate in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Sorry about that.
Glad you enjoyed your time in Britain. There’s something you just can’t beat about being in a nice British pub with foul weather outside and a roaring fire inside.
::::scratching head, trying to figure out why this is newsworthy::::
Ditto! I think beer is more of a man's drink. Women prefer to sip wine. One of my co-workers brews his own beer and has won a few local awards. He said the price for barley skyrocketed last year as more farmers switch over to growing corn for biofuel.
I often wish I liked Margaritas, because they come in so many neat varieties :-). On the rare occasions I have a distilled beverage, it’s rum.
You can get Holy Grail over here. I’ve had it a few times; pretty good.
With all due respect could we just shorten it to f.u.? Oh, never mind...
F. U. = Felix Unger
I often wish I didn't like beer because the number to try is inexhaustible and I have only worked my way through the G's so far--but you knew that!
A round for all my favorite ladies!
Francis...hiccup
Are you a member of the World Beer Drinkers Club? (Excuse the ignorance if that is not its proper title. One of my coworkers brews his own, enters them in competion, and frequents certain restaurants and bars which are on the World Beer circuit.).
I was passing by ;-o) when I saw the ping and it read “beer”. Nothing gets my attention faster...
No, I am not a member of the Beer Drinkers Society but I have been drinking beer since I was 12 and could heist a few from my dad’s storage bin. My theory is that whenever I have said, “That’s it... No more beer...Ever!” that it is time to turn in my spurs.
And, like Tax-Chick, I first thought the stuff tasted awful until I took that second sip...
Guinness was a revelation to me, and I could travel through all of Europe just hitting pubs. The stuff there is just that good.
;-o)
From the Roman Ritual:
“(”for every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected that is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer” - I Tim. iv, 4. 5):”
5. BLESSING OF BEER
P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
All: Who made heaven and earth.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: May He also be with you.
Let us pray.
Lord, bless + this creature, beer, which by your kindness and
power has been produced from kernels of grain, and let it be a
healthful drink for mankind. Grant that whoever drinks it with
thanksgiving to your holy name may find it a help in body and in
soul; through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
(The beer is then sprinkled with holy water.)
Is that Real?
(Bibo ergo sum.)
Its an alteration of the blessing of wine brought by the laity to the Feast of St. John.
Another:
Blessing of Beer
Bene+dic, Domine, creaturam istam cerevisae, quam ex adipe frumenti producere dignatus es: ut sit remedium salutare humano generi: et praesta per invocationem nominis tui sancti, ut, quicumque ex ea biberint, sanitatem corporis, et animae tutelam percipiant. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen
Bless, O Lord, this creature beer, that Thou hast been pleased to bring forth from the sweetness of the grain: that it might be a salutary remedy for the human race: and grant by the invocation of Thy holy name, that, whosoever drinks of it may obtain health of body and a sure safeguard for the soul. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
“Bless this creature, Beer. . . . Grant that whoever drinks it, with Thanksgiving to Your Holy Name, may find it a help in body and soul; through Christ Our Lord, Amen.”
That invocation, from a Catholic prayer book titled “The Roman Ritual,” pays tribute to a tradition of monastic brewing that stretches back more than 1,000 years. In an age when drinking water was suspect because of bacterial contamination, monks sustained themselves by brewing a thick, nutritious beer, which proved especially useful during the long Lenten fasts. As early as the 800s, the Abbey of St. Gallen near present-day Zurich had three brewhouses turning out beer not just for the monks but also for thousands of thirsty visitors.
Today, six Trappist monasteries in Belgium and one in the Netherlands carry on this tradition. Except for the strictly cloistered Abbey of St. Sixtus in Westvleteren, Belgium, they all export to the United States. The profits from brewing support the upkeep of the monasteries and the order’s charitable works.
The Abbey of Our Lady of Scourmont in Forges, Belgium, which makes more than 100,000 barrels of its Chimay brands each year, is perhaps the best known internationally. But the Abbey of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Westmalle, Belgium, gives us the clearest delineation of abbey styles. Westmalle produces a lighter, lower-alcohol beer called a “single,” for the monks’ consumption; a dark, stronger ale called a “double,” full of fruit and chocolate flavors; and a pale, even stronger ale called a “triple,” with a drier, herbal-spicy profile.
Yep, it's right there between the blessings for Barns and Bees.
http://www.ewtn.com/library/PRAYER/ROMANN.TXT
THAT FUNNYYYYY ROFL
My favorite anecdote about Solanus Casey:
But Solanus’ was not the ideal fund-raiser. Once he went to a bar for a beer with a kitchen worker. The bar owner handed him a check for the soup kitchen, but Father Solanus said, “Oh I didn’t come here for that; I came for a beer. You have a very good beer and you have a nice place here.”
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