[Magdalen] Something cringe worthy...

[ME Michaud]

Oh, Scott, you just reminded me of the saddest thing,

I knew a rector once who used to claim that he "gave good
mass." His sickly smirk whenever he said this was the
stuff of nightmares.
-M


On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 6:56 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > also dislike "perform," especially in church. It flies in the face
> > of what we do. A priest does not perform the mass. Nor does
> > s/he perform a wedding. Save that for the guy spinning plates
> > on poles.
> >
>
> After the funeral of my dear partner's mother, as soon as the bagpipes
> faded away, I heard the rector's self-satisfied comment, "I must say I do
> put on a good funeral." I couldn't believe anyone would say that about
> themselves, at the event itself. Lost any respect I had for her. Really
> pathetic, and showed (IMHO) a badly skewed perspective.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>