It seems to me that one rarely sees a priest who happens to be a woman happen to wear a maniple.
Actually, one doesn’t see many people wear the maniple these days, for reasons that I’ve never quite understood.
Why, when one does see such a thing, does it seem invariably to be sported on the left forearm of a priest who happens to be a man?
Your thoughts please.
[…] EFORE He preached this AM, Bishop Gene Robinson sat down with the Provost of the Glasgow Cathedral and discussed – among other things, I’m sure – blogging. […]
and speaking of blogging about today, Fr. Jonathan (MadPriest) has told us of his journey up to Glasgow to join you today.
the rest of us are rather jealous and wish that we had been there, too.
Madly, I read the sense of the first sentence as fall into the *arms* of a happy but exhausted provost ,and thought that you had went ahead and posted your suggested personal ad :-).
Thank you and goodnight! (and no probs on Firefox as far as this is concerned)
Brilliant! Looking forward to more, hope you had a great rest after a great day!
Here via Mad Priest and TheMeThatIsMe, both of whom were right there with you in church. Lucky lads.
Keep up the good work. I had no problems seeing & hearing +Gene clearly
using my Firefox browser.
Someone’s blogging Lord, kum by ya. Someone’s blogging me Lord, kum by ya. Someone’s blogging Lord, kum by ya. O Lord, kum by ya.http://www.bishopdavid.net
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