tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post7768935385644304298..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: An Orthodox ComplaintFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-84151790541153861752007-08-29T00:59:00.000+01:002007-08-29T00:59:00.000+01:00I loved when the Popes, donned the big jewel encru...I loved when the Popes, donned the big jewel encrusted crown, jumped in the mobile chair to be carried around St Peter's by the footmen with a few ostrich feathers thrown in. Great spectacle. Who got rid of this, it is so dull and dreary now by comparison. <BR/><BR/>By the way, Russian men (ortho or otherwise) don't do praise very well so consider his statement high praise indeed. <BR/><BR/>Great to hear you're cassocked, come on Father, lets see a photo. You don't have to pose with a gun, remember you are English. Let me see, I think a stuffed fox would do, or a bowl of lumpy semolena!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-21601787645157404632007-08-28T21:55:00.000+01:002007-08-28T21:55:00.000+01:00Anonymous IV, NoAnonymous IV, NoFr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-66504995738350234722007-08-28T21:22:00.000+01:002007-08-28T21:22:00.000+01:00I have been puzzling over the Pope's rejection of ...I have been puzzling over the Pope's rejection of the title of Patriarch and his not using the Triple Crown on his Coat of Arms. I wonder if "reculer pour mieux sauter" is in his vocabulary.<BR/><BR/>I am beginning to think that anything is possible with this Pontiff!Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-27377957219814925802007-08-28T19:03:00.000+01:002007-08-28T19:03:00.000+01:00Funny thing veiled criticism. An Anglican cleric o...Funny thing veiled criticism. An Anglican cleric once asked me why our own Catholic bishop didn't wear his proper choir dress at the installation of his Anglican bishop. 'Didn't he think we were worth it?' he said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com