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 doesn’t 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 don’t 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 haven’t 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.
Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. btw, the pictures didn't post.
Clown masses have been around for years. That does not in any way diminish the disgust than any right thinking Christian should feel towards them. It is desecration of the highest order.
How sad. Such a beautiful, old and historic church. I remember going to Tenebrae services there when I lived in New York. One of the few things the Episcopal Church has had going for it in recent years is that its liturgies have generally been more reverent, traditional and beautiful than your average Catholic liturgy. If you add bad "contemporary" liturgies to heresy, what have you got left?
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Unfortunately one has to go through considerable gyrations to figure out whether they will or won't -- and usually they do. If they don't, just click through on the link...
After years of catholic rad trads posting the same absurd photograph of a catholic clown mass, I expected to see something similar.
Yikes!!! The church is decorated in a circus theme! The congregants have been given blinking red noses to wear and noisemakers to use because this is a 'mime' liturgy. I haven't made it that far yet but is the communion service also silent? And the procession set to circus music. <<<>>>
Watch the first video!!
Don't miss this one. Unbelievable!
I've never seen that. Do you have a link?
Thanks. Looks almost tame by comparison...
Holy crap.
Loved the blinking red noses and noisemakers.
Oh, I'm so SORRY. I watched the clown service in part.
How heartbreaking for you. We had our Superman Mass here once. Our new Bishop has removed the offender and is much more orthodox.
There is hope for you!
btw, was that jello in the bowl for the Consecration?
btw, was that jello in the bowl for the Consecration?
Dear sionnsar,
"Thanks. Looks almost tame by comparison..."
You Anglicans often do the pageantry better than us, these days.
I think I'll go curl up in a fetal ball, now.....
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No way. Where did this take place???
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