- It is on Thursday 19 June 2014 this year.
- It is always on a Thursday.
- It is one of the most extravagent and lovely religious festivals that human beings have devised.
- 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.
- It is about gazing in wonder – and we don’t do that nearly enough.
- Our Lord himself comes and wanders amongst his people – just like in real life!
- Abraham (as Bishop Kevin was always wont to say) would have understood this feast
- We scatter flower petals hither and yon to make a suitable pathway for God to come amongst us
- It smells. Lovely.
- 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
6 responses to “It’s Time for a Vote”
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I didn’t know that they actor on the Good Wife was a Scotsman!
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I think you mean Alan Cumming – though I’ve never see the Good Wife.
Alan is certainly Scottish and can be seen along with someone else you know on the front cover of this publication.
http://www.equality-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EM-booklet-lores.pdf-
The Good Wife is one of my favorite US TV shows. He plays the part with no detectable accent whatever, unlike his fellow Brit, Archie Panjabi, who speaks with a very proper accent, but from who know where. This past week Alan’s character kissed a girl and they liked it!
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This may come as a revelation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXJ71eX1y0-
So he’s always had bad hair! The Ginger’s cute. Are those natural accents or tuned up a bit?
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Tuned up a bit though you do hear people speak like that.
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