Posted on 05/27/2005 7:23:13 AM PDT by sionnsar
Then take a gander over at Trinity Episcopal Church in New York.
They are claiming that they are doing the first ever Clown Eucharist.
However my describing it doesnt do it justice. If you are able to stomach it, and actually make it to the fractioning rite, just be very afraid.
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They have an audio only link, but for a service that is going to be done in Mime and Sign well you get the picture. Audio of a service that is going to be done in almost silence you will hear a lot of noisemakers.
For those of you who simply dont want to click on it (and I do understand your reasons) here are some pictures from the service to make your day.
The height of the silliness comes at the fractioning rite, and the Eucharist. Thank God that the Episcopal orders are invalid. That along with the fact that there were no spoken words means that even if the orders had somehow been valid (some Anglicans have been re-ordained by the Old Catholic Church that split off from Rome after Vatican I) there was no concentration.
So here you go.. I hope you havent eaten yet.
At which time the guy in back with the horns hits the symbols three times
At which point the natives start becoming restless
No doubt they will go out to their coffee shops, and book clubs the next day and talk about how much of a spiritual event it was.
Some people think clowns are funny. To me, clowns are scary. I think it all goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad.
- Jack Handy
OMG. She looks like she is about to belly dance.
With regards to the clowns--clowns are evil. I hate clowns. I can't believe someone thought it would be a great idea to mix clowns and the Body of Christ. Just another way to trivialize the Real Presence. =(
OMG, I thought the clown Mass was offensive. It's hard to believe this is a real Mass! It isn't in so many ways, but it seems the perpetrators thought so! Who's brain storm was this? More goddess crap...
Nearby is J.P. Morgan's "private" Episcopal church. St. John the Divine, up close to Columbia, looks like some kind of radical feminist and liberation theology museum these days. It does have a fine chapel of St. Michael the Archangel in honor of the military, police, and firemen I used to like to visit (when I was still an Episcopalian). The best Episcopal church in NYC is St. Thomas on Fifth Avenue. There is an associated boy's church choir school, it has the finest liturgical music and processionals, and is veddy High Church.
Grace Cathedral in SF is now dominated by the homosexuals. Their maze (which I have walked as a pre-Catholic) is New Age.
St. Mark's in Seattle has male and female homosexual clergy now, and a great choir - mostly homosexuals.
I don't know why all the Olde blueblood WASPs of the East Coast remain loyal to the Episcopal Church, in its present degraded state. Somebody ought to bring this up with Bush Sr. and Barbara.
Supposed Catholic places are using the labyrinth, too. It's funny how these same folks will scoff at the notion of the Rosary as old-fashioned or repetitive, but circling the labyrinth and meditating is somehow not.
Oh, my, I just got the link to work (my computer). Unbelievable. Clowns are so creepy.
All we need then, are dixie cups for the kool aid!
I can not good friend I can not!!!!!!Good G-D help this persons this persons do not know Thank you
The thing about "liturgical dancers" is that they are FAILED dancers. They are folks who can't get a gig anywhere else. They impose on the naivete and ignorance of the priests who allow them to perform.
My mom has been a professional dancer and teacher for 50 plus years . . . I'm not built for the job but I do serious folk dancing (ex-competitive Highland Dancer and Scottish Country Dance exhibition team) and I know good dance when I see it.
I've been watching these idiots prance around various altars for years, and I can confidently say that I have never seen one that was actually a good dancer.
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Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line
Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time
My girl's name is Senora
I tell you friends, I adore her
And when she dances, oh brother!
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de line, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
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