tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post4551210660445777107..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: Would you consecrate this?Byzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-274634693742559902013-11-23T23:52:25.059-06:002013-11-23T23:52:25.059-06:00Putting this in the context of wider liturgical tr...Putting this in the context of wider liturgical trends in Catholic Europe:<br />http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2013/11/basket-case-craze-for-strange-new.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109605762983129889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-51037544591819814172013-11-23T20:55:54.149-06:002013-11-23T20:55:54.149-06:00Possibilities:
1. Klingon lie detector
2. Raccoon...Possibilities:<br /><br />1. Klingon lie detector<br />2. Raccoon trap<br />3. Leftover prop from Patrick McGoohan's THE PRISONER<br />4. 4th-grade art project<br />5. Art-deco toilet bowl<br />6. A Faraday cage gone bad<br />7. Spay-and-neuter device from a veterinarian's clinic<br />8. Rejected first design for a 1930s Enigma code machine<br />9. Hi-tech hamburger maker from Target<br />10. Disco platform for a 1960s go-go dancer<br /><br />Lawrence Hall, HSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906964306659335649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-44059394012014396222013-11-23T18:48:52.795-06:002013-11-23T18:48:52.795-06:00Isn't this that game where each person has to ...Isn't this that game where each person has to pull a stick out until finally the thing falls down? I always hated that game. Ochlophobist https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751003558600087713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-42136685252099711992013-11-23T12:11:17.811-06:002013-11-23T12:11:17.811-06:00It looks like a giant gold slinky gone terribly wr...It looks like a giant gold slinky gone terribly wrong.Elijahmariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278394189405309838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-60592306155316445152013-11-23T11:28:32.421-06:002013-11-23T11:28:32.421-06:00Uggh. How long ohh Lord? “...the spirit of wicked...Uggh. How long ohh Lord? “...the spirit of wickedness in high places is now so powerful and many-headed in its incarnations that there seems nothing more to do than personally refuse to worship any of the hydras' heads.” ~ J.R.R. TolkienMarcus Josephushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923497401842583722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-7025787279913719502013-11-22T22:56:53.329-06:002013-11-22T22:56:53.329-06:00Here: http://www.stgeorgeaz.org/index.php?id=24&am...Here: http://www.stgeorgeaz.org/index.php?id=24&albumID=5527942185373687697Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-15196624790232662592013-11-22T22:54:02.251-06:002013-11-22T22:54:02.251-06:00Well... it looks like the former iconostasis of St...Well... it looks like the former iconostasis of St. George Antiochian in Phoenix. We used to call the altar area the helm of the starship Antioch. Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-78141209366532135162013-11-22T22:41:46.091-06:002013-11-22T22:41:46.091-06:00"Ah, the glories of the Second Vatican Counci..."Ah, the glories of the Second Vatican Council!" as the Roman priests and prelates were fond of saying 40 years ago. And now you see to what depths it has dragged them...SamuelMorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152957568030479598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-44533315536592134822013-11-22T20:03:19.443-06:002013-11-22T20:03:19.443-06:00Is it a portable unit? (i.e. collapses) Is it a portable unit? (i.e. collapses) A readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00330876142449304359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-56163968183363149992013-11-22T16:17:30.641-06:002013-11-22T16:17:30.641-06:00Never! It looks more like a futuristic dog kennel ...Never! It looks more like a futuristic dog kennel than an Altar.Abbot Theodorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033976541107844341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-9871367616744282062013-11-22T12:04:09.992-06:002013-11-22T12:04:09.992-06:00Not to mention the walls and windows have less dec...Not to mention the walls and windows have less decoration than my low-church Protestant home church.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883761718979175423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-62855694381439825542013-11-22T11:54:42.854-06:002013-11-22T11:54:42.854-06:00I'd be worried it would collapse under the Gos...I'd be worried it would collapse under the Gospel book.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-3729409933262632712013-11-22T11:34:59.562-06:002013-11-22T11:34:59.562-06:00I know Roman Catholic priests who have inherited u...I know Roman Catholic priests who have inherited utterly simple/hideous altars and tabernacles, and salvage them by simply covering them completely with beautiful brocade.<br /><br />In this case, however, "salvaging" this altar would mean taking it to a junk yard. And to think the church probably paid and arm and a leg for such an item!Borthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286815250863499793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-90987032253016738622013-11-22T11:34:32.806-06:002013-11-22T11:34:32.806-06:00What else could one expect from Cardinal Marx? He...What else could one expect from Cardinal Marx? He is an embarrassment. Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.com