[Magdalen] Curse on Masons

[Sally Davies]

Well worth that, plus a good laugh as a bonus, thanks Chad!

Sally D

On Wednesday, 13 January 2016, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Well, if a pope ever put a curse on the Masons, it obviously didn't work
> very well, as evidenced by all the famous and not-so-famous people who
> were/are Masons. You can see a list at:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Freemasons. The list includes
> Prince Philip, Wyatt Earp, Jon Entwistle (of the Who), Douglas Fairbanks,
> Enrico Fermi, Gerald, Glenn & Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, and a great
> many others. All these people were cursed?
>
> And, why should a good Episcopalian worry about curses placed by
> Catholics, after all?
>
> All of this, of course, is just logic, but somehow I doubt that Grace's
> parishioner, since he believes in a supposed curse placed by a long-ago
> pope, would be swayed by logic. I suspect that if Grace just made up a
> prayer it would have the desired effect, much as the feather did for Dumbo.
>
> Just my $0.02, and worth about that.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>