tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3927716524171723494..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Caption?Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17533618020408156862008-07-21T02:32:00.000+01:002008-07-21T02:32:00.000+01:00It's definitely the Bishop of Leeds. Obviously he...It's definitely the Bishop of Leeds. Obviously he's bored of being Bishop of Leeds and is busy daydreaming - about Westminster, perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-42403368706979866712008-07-19T02:03:00.000+01:002008-07-19T02:03:00.000+01:00I saw this picture in yesterdays 'Metro' Newspaper...I saw this picture in yesterdays 'Metro' Newspaper - and to agree with 'christoph' I'm sure the yawing prelate is Bp Roach of Leeds...that's what caught my eye! And I thought he was one of the 'good guys'...! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-63032692035794548972008-07-19T00:00:00.000+01:002008-07-19T00:00:00.000+01:00My apologies - as my blog name suggests, I am not ...My apologies - as my blog name suggests, I am not very attentive to the minutiae of posting - and after having had my password rejected three times, I just hit the nearest radio button that permitted me to post(open id?). <BR/>Perhaps the caption should come from T.S.Eliot's poem "Hippopotamus"<BR/>"..God moves in mysterious ways<BR/>The Church can sleep and feed at once".<BR/>(P.S. - I wonder would dear old T.S. be so rude about our Church if he could see what is going on in his own at the moment).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50638545448358044612008-07-18T21:50:00.001+01:002008-07-18T21:50:00.001+01:00psespecially if they are amusingps<BR/>especially if they are amusingFr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-63533040507079651232008-07-18T21:50:00.000+01:002008-07-18T21:50:00.000+01:00"Anonymous" comments will be rejected: use your re..."Anonymous" comments will be rejected: use your real nameFr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-67482342457695862802008-07-18T21:15:00.000+01:002008-07-18T21:15:00.000+01:00Fr. Blake, in case Bernadette doesn't see your que...Fr. Blake, in case Bernadette doesn't see your query - "to gag" or "gagging" means to make the person shut up. Often times if there is sensitive information given in a court case a judge will issue what is colloquially known as a "gag" order. In other words if X information / conversations etc. from the courtroom leak, the judge will come down on your rear end so hard it will make you wish you'd never been born.<BR/><BR/>With the bishops' attempt at a gag order, one wishes THEY'D never been born.....gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-88303622174063507622008-07-18T19:28:00.000+01:002008-07-18T19:28:00.000+01:00Pope Rumbles MobstersActing on a text-message tip-...<B>Pope Rumbles Mobsters</B><BR/><BR/>Acting on a text-message tip-off, police yesterday rounded up the whole Koala gang in a mid-service swoop. Alarm bells rang when sharp-eyed worshippers noticed that the body language among a group of unknown clerics seemed to be at odds with their impeccable episcopal attire...Anagnostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706938507885553293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-81931869046508455132008-07-18T18:04:00.000+01:002008-07-18T18:04:00.000+01:00yes. there had been some talk of it earlier in the...yes. there had been some talk of it earlier in the week. See The Mulier Fortis.<BR/><BR/>Humorous license you understand, Fr. It hasn`t and won`t happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-77216080588927064712008-07-18T17:48:00.000+01:002008-07-18T17:48:00.000+01:00Bernardette,Gagged?Bernardette,<BR/>Gagged?Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-45189182589896860112008-07-18T16:53:00.000+01:002008-07-18T16:53:00.000+01:00"The little guy in white by the microphone - is th..."The little guy in white by the microphone - is that the Pope?"<BR/>"Don't know, but isn't that Rolf Harris with him?"Londiniensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310965192661014230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-71293759384442154732008-07-18T15:52:00.000+01:002008-07-18T15:52:00.000+01:00An unintended consequence of gagging the priestly ...An unintended consequence of gagging the priestly blogosphere was that life had now become a lot less fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-13591819199536658912008-07-18T15:34:00.000+01:002008-07-18T15:34:00.000+01:00"Who invited Cardinal Egan? He was boring enough ..."Who invited Cardinal Egan? He was boring enough in New York!"gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-38597237531998414942008-07-18T15:06:00.000+01:002008-07-18T15:06:00.000+01:00Get that hand out of my face whitie.Get that hand out of my face whitie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-11422090836356639872008-07-18T14:41:00.000+01:002008-07-18T14:41:00.000+01:00Tom, amusing but too barbed for publication.Tom, amusing but too barbed for publication.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-15293895200431111262008-07-18T14:00:00.000+01:002008-07-18T14:00:00.000+01:00"I wish my new ICEL translation was in place". I'm..."I wish my new ICEL translation was in place". <BR/><BR/>I'm pretty certain the yawning bishop is Arthur Roche of Leeds - and beside him (nodding off) is Bishop Brain of Salford. There was another photo of Bishop Brain on Fr Zs blog where he's wielding a camera (with Bishop Hollis behind him).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-32508173122709262882008-07-18T13:33:00.000+01:002008-07-18T13:33:00.000+01:00Bishop at back: Oi - over here - I think we've bee...Bishop at back: Oi - over here - I think we've been infiltrated by the Mafia.<BR/><BR/>Bishop in middle: Oh no - we've been rumbled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-54606881525288507442008-07-18T11:30:00.000+01:002008-07-18T11:30:00.000+01:00How about 'Collective Jetlag'? Or, 'Oh no, the the...How about 'Collective Jetlag'? <BR/><BR/>Or, 'Oh no, the the dratted didgeridoo players again!'Cheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14482248798568539188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-67007732270263740252008-07-18T11:19:00.000+01:002008-07-18T11:19:00.000+01:00Bishops reaction to Pope Benedict saying, "I would...Bishops reaction to Pope Benedict saying, "I would like to add that I desire the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite in every parish church, to the new generation can be exposed and benefit from this type of worship."Aduliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534730218402742905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35927840191959675062008-07-18T09:34:00.000+01:002008-07-18T09:34:00.000+01:00I don't think so.I don't think so.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-45630713544809427632008-07-18T09:25:00.000+01:002008-07-18T09:25:00.000+01:00Is not the 'yawning' prelate the Bishop of Leeds?Is not the 'yawning' prelate the Bishop of Leeds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com