Yesterday was the Feast of Christ the King – and that meant a lovely baptism service of a pair of twins.
Here’s how it went:
Unbridled joy.
3 responses to “Back to base”
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Have you invited the Primus to come along with his Brompton?
Personally, I doubt that bicycles are a helpful liturgical tool. The last time I was on one, it was in tandem with my training rector. We fell. We bled. Weeks passed before we could kneel at the daily office.
(though perhaps if bikes still came with sparkly ribbon streamers as they did when I was 8, I could be persuaded)
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It sounds to me as though it would have been quite a good idea to have looked for a blessing before taking to the tandem.
+Primus has been invited by facebook.
Natch.
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Unlike with pets, bikes are less prone to accidents on the carpets.
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