Comments on: St Clement's Gun Carrying Mass

By: LibraryJim

LibraryJim — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:16:21 +0000

With all the infighting in congregations, I would be extremely wary of attending a church where members of both ‘factions’ are “packin’”. I might get caught in the crossfire. It would make the gunfight at the OK corral seem like a Sunday school picnic.

hmmm, gives new meaning to the warning about ‘sitting on the fence’, however.

BTW, I’m with fragrantgrass in loving the “peace/piece” exchange.

LibraryJim

By: John J. O'Sullivan

John J. O'Sullivan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:14:04 +0000

I don’t know if I agree with all this gun stuff. It seems entirely unnecessary and a bit gauche. Guns do not belong in an Anglican parish. *Everybody* knows that Anglo-Catholics are trained in the deadly arts of the ninja class. Guns just get in the way when we practise our deadly (and liturgically correct) mad ninja skillz.

-j (NINJA SUBDEACON)

By: Bromartin

Bromartin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:01:23 +0000

SO!…a display of lethal weaponry in the church?
I think a certain lack of character is shown, what with high security and ammunition free pieces. Why not bring properly fortified weapons in, and exercise a rage of firepower, perhaps at the offertory?

By: Fr. J

Fr. J — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:19:40 +0000

I just keep thinking of the Holy Hand Grenade from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

By: fragrantgrass

fragrantgrass — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:54:48 +0000

“The peace of the Lord be always with you” will be replaced by ”You carryin’ your piece?”

That’s hilarious! The New Bethel Church service will seem downright Yankee in comparison.