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Dear Eddie, Some of our bishops are in fear of those bosses, as you said . . .  Alex What have they to fear? Are they in trouble? I'm not wishing anyone in trouble. Did they preach against the Easter Bunny? (just had to put that one in)  Eddie
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Forgive me if I am being redundant here.
Though the egg has been used as a symbol of Springtime since ancient times, and I am not an Eastern Christian, I've known since my youth that for Christians the egg is an excellent symbol to teach the Risen Christ. The shell represents the tomb, and the white and the yoke represent the two natures of Christ.
Bill...who finds nothing wrong with symbols used wisely.
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Dear Eddie, Some of our bishops are in fear of those bosses, as you said . . . Alex What have they to fear? Are they in trouble? I'm not wishing anyone in trouble. Did they preach against the Easter Bunny? (just had to put that one in) Eddie For the past several years now I'd think they have nothing to fear but fear itself! Bill
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Actually I thought a wedding band was the ring used in the service and later worn, in some traditions by both spouses, in others just by the wife.
But why would you deprive the poor wascally wabbits of their dose of Irish whifkey? We should take up a collection and send a few bottles to the Home for Naughty Bunnies (in care of my address, preferably). I shall be vewy pwoud of you.
Does anyone other than myself remember Fletcher Rabbit?
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Dear Father Mack,
Thank you for the info about the "Easter hare". I never could figure out where the bunnies came in. We learn something new every day.
Christ is Risen,
Bill
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Come to think of it, 25 years or so ago there was a horrifying but amusing episode in one RC parish in the US. The parish priest, in an effort to be up to date, had his assistant celebrate a 35-minute version of the Easter Vigil. As this service was drawing to a close, the parishioners were bemused to notice a pair of what looked like large bunny ears poking in and out of the sacristy door. You guessed it: in a minute or so the parish priest himself appeared, dressed in an over-sized bunny rabbit costume, and went up and down the aisles passing out candies! He was promptly christened "the Holy Hare".
Now there is someone who belongs in an institution - and I'm not referring to the Home for Naughty Bunnies!
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Ok. The word Easter can be acceptable - like egg-carrying bunnies - if used to teach the faith. Maybe. But did anyone ask what a bunny would be doing with chicken eggs? Did anyone think of those poor chickens?
I still like the word Pascha for such an event. It is tied to Jesus' Jewish background.
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in a minute or so the parish priest himself appeared, dressed in an over-sized bunny rabbit costume, and went up and down the aisles passing out candies! He was promptly christened "the Holy Hare".
Now there is someone who belongs in an institution - and I'm not referring to the Home for Naughty Bunnies!
Fr. Serge Father Serge. I heard thru the grapevine that that bunny priest was the one who replaced the one who preached against Santa Claus and was later removed by his bishop after much protest from the congregation. Maybe he had too much Irish Whifkey and bunny stew. Eddie
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Dear Friends,
Those EC clergy trained in the spirit of deference to Rome etc. will indeed do nothing without Rome's approval.
This is why members of traditionally "Papalist" jurisdictions get promoted to the episcopate in our Church (i.e. Basilians and Redemptorists).
But it would be wrong to assume that just because someone is from one of those two Orders that one is "Latinist."
Our new priest is a Basilian and yet he is one of the most "Eastern" priests I have ever had the pleasure of coming across.
If anything, as his "new found friend" I've had to ask him to "slow down" with his program of Byzantinization of the parish to avoid dissing too many people off (although some will be angry despite one's best intentions!).
Alex
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Well, I have preached against "Santa Claus" myself more than once, and no one has threatened me with deprivation of poitin or rabbit stew (I've never actually had any rabbit stew, though I have eaten rabbit cooked in other ways - it's really quite good).
I confess to enjoying the old but pleasant film "Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street", but I certainly would not call it a religious experience!
The film does contain an amusing line in the context of the present discussion. Someone opposed to "Kris Kringle's" act as Santa Claus says to Mr. Macy "But sir, he thinks he really is Santa Claus!". Macy responds: "I don't care if he thinks he's the Easter Bunny, as long as he keeps bringing us customers and favorable publicity!".
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