• Overheard in the Bookshop

    The scene is a very busy bookshop. A bepigtailed elderwoman protagonist approaches the information desk. She pauses for a moment and then asks…

    “Excuse me, Religion is…?”

    Her bearded interlocutor pauses for a moment and then replies….

    “Religion is in the gold room, just up the stairs.”

    He pauses once again, and then asks, “Or were you looking for a more esoteric answer?”

2 responses to “The Chrism”

  1. Stewart Avatar

    Kelvin – Over the years I have observed the Chrism Mass at St Mary’s one sticks out as it was in 2002. It was the first service in the building after 18 months at Lansdowne. If memory serves me correctly it was 2 March (the following day was Mothering Sunday).

  2. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    A football reference indeed! Am delighted with your blog’s new, butch direction ;-). Cool video too!

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