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Worcester Cathedral blessing for asparagus crop criticised as 'absurd' by Anglicans
U.K. Telegraph ^
| 25 APRIL 2017
| Olivia Rudgard
Posted on 04/25/2017 7:47:40 PM PDT by vladimir998
Asparagus is so venerated in Worcester that it has been blessed in a special ceremony in the city's cathedral.
But the thanksgiving service celebrating the local crop has been criticised by other Anglicans who have called it "absurd".
The bizarre Sunday evensong service was defended by the cathedral's Precentor, who said the vegetable was "a sign of the abundant provision and generosity of God".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Humor; Mainline Protestant; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: anglican; asparagus; blessing
Well...okiedokie.
To: vladimir998
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posted on
04/25/2017 7:47:49 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: vladimir998
I think blessing motorcycles is absurd too, but it’s done around here.
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posted on
04/25/2017 7:50:41 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them.)
To: vladimir998
Asparagus crops accused of stalking...
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posted on
04/25/2017 7:51:42 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: vladimir998
My Dad was born in Southbridge and raised in Springfield and Worcester.
Mass.
To: chajin
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posted on
04/25/2017 7:56:41 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: vladimir998
I suspect that at least some of the “other Anglicans” think the idea that God exists is absurd. Let alone that He is the fount of all blessings.
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posted on
04/25/2017 7:56:59 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: chajin
Only by Euell Gibbons
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posted on
04/25/2017 7:57:10 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: virgil
The motorcycles were created from God’s good earth.
Why not have them blessed as praise for God’s generosity and thanks for being able to buy one and for being safe on the road :)
I once took a z28 to confession.
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posted on
04/25/2017 7:59:33 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: vladimir998
No praise for the rutabaga? That’s not inclusive!
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posted on
04/25/2017 8:03:31 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Don't be a pessimist, be an optometrist.)
To: vladimir998
Isn’t the whole idea of rogation days have something to do with blessing the harvests? Thanking God for providing food is probably the first thing people got religion about.
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posted on
04/25/2017 8:14:14 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
To: dp0622
Asparagus is just as good as a motorcycle is what I’m saying.
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posted on
04/25/2017 8:17:28 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them.)
To: virgil
Don’t indulge in either. I wouldn’t know :)
Sports cars and pizza are more my thing.
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posted on
04/25/2017 8:19:40 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: virgil
How about blessing backpacks? Pets?
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posted on
04/25/2017 8:23:09 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
To: ichabod1
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posted on
04/25/2017 8:27:50 PM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them.)
To: vladimir998
Really thanking God for all good things in life is the least we can do. Whether we need to have a service for one particular vegetable is debatable but thankfulness for everything should come in abundance!
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posted on
04/25/2017 8:59:40 PM PDT
by
melsec
(There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
To: melsec
Maybe they were objecting because it makes your pee stink.
To: oldasrocks
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posted on
04/25/2017 9:07:52 PM PDT
by
melsec
(There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
To: vladimir998
“Worcester Cathedral” wait, wasn’t that a tune from the 70’s sung in that nasally voice oh-bo-dee-oh-do?
To: vladimir998
The ancient Israelites invoked God's blessing on their crops. In fact, this is the time of year for
The Feast of First Fruits. We may ask God's blessing on any sinless endeavor, in Jesus's Name. This would include asparagus.
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