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  • 10 Things to Remember about Corpus Christi

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    1. It is on Thursday 19 June 2014 this year.
    2. It is always on a Thursday.
    3. It is one of the most extravagent and lovely religious festivals that human beings have devised.
    4. Thomas Aquinas is said to have invented it to bring the focus back to Jesus Christ in churches which were rather keen on his mother.
    5. It is about gazing in wonder – and we don’t do that nearly enough.
    6. Our Lord himself comes and wanders amongst his people – just like in real life!
    7. Abraham (as Bishop Kevin was always wont to say) would have understood this feast
    8. We scatter flower petals hither and yon to make a suitable pathway for God to come amongst us
    9. It smells. Lovely.
    10. The service takes place at 7.30 pm in St Mary’s on Thursday evening – please bring flower petals to the sacristy by 7 pm if you can
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9 responses to “Jane Russell RIP”

  1. fr dougal Avatar
    fr dougal

    She had politics?

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  2. Kelvin Holdsworth Avatar
    Kelvin Holdsworth

    I believe she described herself as “a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot.”

    Any more questions, John?

    (Apart from where one might find flesh coloured swimming trunks?)

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  3. fr dougal Avatar
    fr dougal

    Well, at least she was honest – and by now she knows she was wrong!

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  4. Rosemary Hannah Avatar
    Rosemary Hannah

    Not just the flesh colour but the little dark band on them which is – quite distracting.

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  5. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    I wondered whether the little dark band was sewn on in order to show, for the avoidance of doubt, that they were in fact wearing something.

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  6. Rosemary Hannah Avatar
    Rosemary Hannah

    I think we have to admit the little band does rather more than draw attention to their being to some degree dressed.

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  7. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    I think its a curious visual paradox. It makes them appear dressed on the one hand and quite undressed on the other.

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  8. RevRuth Avatar
    RevRuth

    Oh I see!This wasn’t really about Jane Rusell at all…

    Reply
  9. Kelvin Avatar
    Kelvin

    Pay attention, Mother. Pay attention.

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